diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd6c53c..e90b9ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -251,7 +262,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "chrono",
- "clap",
+ "clap 4.4.11",
+ "names",
  "petgraph 0.6.4",
  "prisma-client-rust",
  "serde",
@@ -569,6 +581,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "libloading",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "3.2.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ea181bf566f71cb9a5d17a59e1871af638180a18fb0035c92ae62b705207123"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "clap_derive 3.2.25",
+ "clap_lex 0.2.4",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "once_cell",
+ "strsim",
+ "termcolor",
+ "textwrap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.4.11"
@@ -576,7 +605,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bfaff671f6b22ca62406885ece523383b9b64022e341e53e009a62ebc47a45f2"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
- "clap_derive",
+ "clap_derive 4.4.7",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -587,10 +616,23 @@ checksum = "a216b506622bb1d316cd51328dce24e07bdff4a6128a47c7e7fad11878d5adbb"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_lex 0.6.0",
  "strsim",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "3.2.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae6371b8bdc8b7d3959e9cf7b22d4435ef3e79e138688421ec654acf8c81b008"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.4.1",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
 version = "4.4.7"
@@ -603,6 +645,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.43",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2850f2f5a82cbf437dd5af4d49848fbdfc27c157c3d010345776f952765261c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -1591,6 +1642,15 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -2599,6 +2659,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "names"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7bddcd3bf5144b6392de80e04c347cd7fab2508f6df16a85fc496ecd5cec39bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap 3.2.25",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -2728,7 +2798,7 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.3",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -2856,6 +2926,12 @@ version = "0.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a86ed3f5f244b372d6b1a00b72ef7f8876d0bc6a78a4c9985c53614041512063"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_str_bytes"
+version = "6.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2355d85b9a3786f481747ced0e0ff2ba35213a1f9bd406ed906554d7af805a1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -3290,6 +3366,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-error-attr",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
  "version_check",
 ]
 
@@ -4538,6 +4615,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff1bc3d3f05aff0403e8ac0d92ced918ec05b666a43f83297ccef5bea8a3d449"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "222a222a5bfe1bba4a77b45ec488a741b3cb8872e5e499451fd7d0129c9c7c3d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.52"
@@ -5290,6 +5382,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f29e6f9198ba0d26b4c9f07dbe6f9ed633e1f3d5b8b414090084349e46a52596"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 62f1691..0673470 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
 petgraph = "0.6.4"
+names = "0.14.0"
diff --git a/backend/src/generate.rs b/backend/src/generate.rs
index 766dc2c..642c437 100644
--- a/backend/src/generate.rs
+++ b/backend/src/generate.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, f64::consts::PI};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use chrono::Utc;
+use names::Generator as NameGenerator;
 use petgraph::{graph::UnGraph, graphmap::UnGraphMap};
 use triangle::{triangulate, Point, TrianglulateOpts};
 
 use crate::{
   prisma::PrismaClient,
-  state::{GameCoreState, StarSystemCoreState, StarSystemId, UniverseId},
+  state::{
+    EmpireCoreState, EmpireId, GameCoreState, StarSystemCoreState,
+    StarSystemId, UniverseId,
+  },
 };
 
 pub async fn generate_initial_game_state(
@@ -37,7 +41,14 @@ pub async fn generate_initial_game_state(
   // Generate a new universe ID
   let universe = client.universe().create(json!({}), vec![]).exec().await?;
 
-  let empires = HashMap::new();
+  // Generate some empires
+  let mut empires = HashMap::new();
+  let name_generator = NameGenerator::default();
+  for (idx, name) in name_generator.take(10).enumerate() {
+    let id = EmpireId(idx as i32);
+    let empire = EmpireCoreState { id, name };
+    empires.insert(id, empire);
+  }
 
   // Format the star systems
   let mut star_systems = HashMap::new();
@@ -50,6 +61,7 @@ pub async fn generate_initial_game_state(
     star_systems.insert(id, star_system);
   }
 
+  // Format the hyperlanes into petgraph
   let mut hyperlanes = UnGraphMap::default();
   for indexes in result.triangle_list.into_iter() {
     hyperlanes.add_edge(indexes[0], indexes[1], ());
diff --git a/backend/src/state/empire.rs b/backend/src/state/empire.rs
index a879d72..918eddb 100644
--- a/backend/src/state/empire.rs
+++ b/backend/src/state/empire.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-pub struct EmpireId(u32);
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct EmpireId(pub i32);
 
-pub struct EmpireCoreState {}
+pub struct EmpireCoreState {
+  pub id: EmpireId,
+  pub name: String,
+}
 
 pub struct EmpireDerivedState {}
diff --git a/backend/src/state/game.rs b/backend/src/state/game.rs
index 978773d..e225afb 100644
--- a/backend/src/state/game.rs
+++ b/backend/src/state/game.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use petgraph::{graph::UnGraph, graphmap::UnGraphMap};
 
-use crate::prisma::{star_system, star_system_edges, PrismaClient};
+use crate::prisma::{empire, star_system, star_system_edges, PrismaClient};
 
 use super::{EmpireCoreState, EmpireId, StarSystemCoreState, StarSystemId};
 
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ pub struct GameDerivedState<'a> {
 
 impl GameCoreState {
   pub async fn save_to_database(&self, client: &PrismaClient) -> Result<()> {
-    println!("Self {:?} {:?}", self.universe_id, self.star_systems);
     // Save star systems to database
     client
       .star_system()
@@ -49,19 +48,6 @@ impl GameCoreState {
       .await?;
 
     // Insert edges into database
-    macro_rules! create_edge {
-      ($from:expr, $to:expr) => {{
-        println!("WTF? {}, {}", $from, $to);
-        star_system_edges::create_unchecked(
-          universe.id.clone(),
-          star_system_map.get(&$from).unwrap().to_owned(),
-          $from as i32,
-          star_system_map.get(&$to).unwrap().to_owned(),
-          $to as i32,
-          vec![],
-        )
-      }};
-    }
     client
       .star_system_edges()
       .create_many(
@@ -82,6 +68,26 @@ impl GameCoreState {
       .exec()
       .await?;
 
+    // Save empires to database
+    client
+      .empire()
+      .create_many(
+        self
+          .empires
+          .values()
+          .map(|empire| {
+            empire::create_unchecked(
+              self.universe_id.0,
+              empire.name.clone(),
+              vec![empire::id::set(empire.id.0)],
+            )
+          })
+          .collect(),
+      )
+      .skip_duplicates()
+      .exec()
+      .await?;
+
     Ok(())
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/MapView.tsx b/frontend/src/routes/MapView.tsx
index b1ec577..95a9c80 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/MapView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/MapView.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function MapView({}) {
           const x = point.coordX / 80;
           const y = point.coordY / 80;
           return (
-            <StarSystem key={point.id} system={point} position={[x, 0, y]} />
+            <StarSystem key={point.index} system={point} position={[x, 0, y]} />
           );
         })}
 
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 3938892..65afa2d 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ model Player {
 }
 
 model Empire {
-  id String @id @default(uuid())
+  id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
 
   universeId Int
   universe   Universe @relation(fields: [universeId], references: [id])
 
   name  String
-  color String
+  color String?
 
   playerId String? @unique
   player   Player? @relation(fields: [playerId], references: [id])