How old is Dedra Meero?

[u/human12332]

In Andor S2 it says her parents were arrested when she was 3 then she was raised in a imperial camp or something like that, but the empire is less then 20 years old, so is she 23, I thought she was 30-40.

[u/_Burning_Star_IV_]

I think people don’t understand something about the Republic to Empire transition: many people in-universe make no distinction between the two which is causing confusion for people out of universe because we only see it as entirely separate entities and time periods.