[Suzerain of Sheol]

Well, it's not quite like that for a couple reasons. The main one being that "the Imperium" doesn't actually cover a whole lot of ground here, maybe 6 or 7 major cities that are part of the alliance, at most, with various smaller outposts primarily for military purposes. So their power is more concentrated, but it doesn't reach very far, and in the wastes beyond, there's no real rule of law whatsoever.

Beyond that, though, at least here it Thyati'ra (which is admittedly the most extreme and puritanical of the strongholds of humanity by far), the presence of the Iron Scepter alone makes an active resistance nearly impossible to get going, not to mention that they have absolutely no tolerance for disobedience and will readily black-bag dissenters and mind-wipe them for experimental fodder. And there's the nuke satellite, too, which may be a bit *obvious* of a policing mechanism, but certainly effective as a threat. :P

But mostly because if the government *were* overthrown, human extinction would follow in short order. There's a precarious balance of power between the Antichrist, Abaddon, the human alliance, and the fallen angels in Hell -- right now, they're all in a stalemate, if one acts against the other, the other two will pounce, but if one crumbles from within, it'd be open season and you're looking at Armageddon 2.0

So, a resistance movement would have to be centered in slightly more wild regions... but then, the Saints' stronghold in France is a lot less totalitarian and just as safe, so dissidents would really be better off just relocating there.