Nouane ( Allied Region ) Nouane was an Allied Region located in the Inner Rim . A semi - independent government of 212 star systems located in the area of space known as the Northern Dependencies , Nouane was once a mini - empire , one of countless territories that existed during the early years of the Galactic Republic . The region ' s capital planet was also named Nouane . After the nomadic Mandalorian warrior s attacked the planet Nouane in 3963 BBY , during the Mandalorian Wars , the Nouanese people petitioned the Republic for assistance . As a result , the region became an Allied Region affiliated with the Republic and governed by a Moff or Grand Moff . Nouane held this distinction into the years of the Galactic Empire that replaced the Republic , and the region became a steadfast supporter of Emperor Palpatine ' s regime as an Imperial client state . When the Empire fell , Nouane chose to declare its independence rather than become a member of the emerging New Republic . Description . The semi - autonomous region of Nouane was located in the area of space known as the Northern Dependencies in the Inner Rim . In the early years of the Galactic Republic , Nouane was a thriving mini - empire , one of many such domains that could be found throughout the galaxy . Its capital planet was Nouane , located in the system of the same name . During the Mandalorian Wars , Nouane joined the Republic as an Allied Region , a semi - autonomous affiliate of the galactic government . By this time , the region came to possess 212 inhabited star systems ; among them , the Comkin , Dwartii , and Telerath system s . The Vaathkree Trade Corridor ran through the northwestern part of the region . History . The region of Nouane was one of countless thriving mini - empires that existed in the galaxy during the early years of the Republic . Its capital was the eponymous world of Nouane . The region — a beacon of civilization surrounded on all sides by unexplored space — was known to the Republic as early as 22 , 000 BBY . By this time , a hyperlane ran from the planet Nouane to Uviuy Exen , a world in the Colonies . In the centuries following 7000 BBY , the Republic kept watch on the Mandalorian warrior clans out of concern for Nouane and other areas of space . During the Mandalorian Wars of 3976 – 3960 BBY , however , the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders attacked the planet Nouane , and the mini - empire turned to the Republic for assistance . Noaune was admitted into the Republic and reorganized into an Allied Region , the name given to a semi - autonomous region of space allied with the galactic government . Leaders of Allied Regions typically held the title of Moff or Grand Moff . As the centuries went by , the status of Allied Regions became largely ceremonial and the territories were gradually absorbed into the Republic as sectors ; Nouane was one of the few to remain until the end of the Republic . Over time , many of the Allied Region ' s worlds , scattered among 212 inhabited star systems , became well - known throughout the Republic . The planet Nouane , with its fabled libraries , became a destination of philosophers and artists from the Core Worlds ; additionally , its minister s could be found on numerous ambitious worlds within the Republic in high places of power . The Four Sages of Dwartii , from the planet Dwartii , brought their coldly - merciless political philosophy to the Republic , where it was greatly contested and studied . The planet Telerath was a tropical experimental bank ing world home to the Telerath Interstellar Banking Initiative during the Mandalorian Wars ; in later centuries , the planet would be largely forgotten . By 19 BBY , centuries after Nouane joined it , the Republic was transformed into a Galactic Empire . Likewise , all of the remaining Allied Regions were reorganized into Imperial client state s . As one such client state , Nouane was fervently loyal to Emperor Palpatine ' s new regime . However , when the Imperial government fell after the Battle of Endor and was gradually replaced by the New Republic , Nouane declared its independence . During Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn ' s campaign against the New Republic in 9 ABY , Nouane was neutral . By 16 ABY , the New Republic ' s reconnaissance vessel " IX - 26 " was on a patrol assignment in Nouane before it was diverted to the Obroan Institute on Obroa - skai to pick up an archaeological team to aid in the investigation surrounding the organic starship known as the Teljkon Vagabond and its frozen homeworld of Brath Qella . Behind the scenes . The region of Nouane was briefly mentioned in 1996 ' s " Before the Storm " , written by Michael P . Kube - McDowell . The region received entries in 1998 ' s " Star Wars Encyclopedia " and 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , but it was not until 2009 ' s " The Essential Atlas " that Nouane was described in detail .