Private to Obi-Wan
I believe the only person who knows for certain is Master Skywalker, and he has been missing since that time, although I have heard whispers that he started training someone new. Search the holonet here and you will see a girl sometimes by the name of Rey. I have not met her, but she has made comments in passing about training, and referred to him obliquely. This is why I caution you, because if I can find that, so can others.
We are governed nominally by the Republic now, which came into existence after the fall of the Empire...and depending on what time of your own history you came forward from, you may have seen the beginnings of it. The Emperor and his troops fell back when I was a child, and the Republic has ruled since then, but there is a newer group gaining notoriety, called the First Order. What I know of them is that many of those scattered by the fall of the Empire eventually found a way under their banner. They have a peace treaty of sorts with the Republic, that they will not arm themselves and they can be left alone, but...well, most of us suspect them.