Kathol Republic The Kathol Republic was a pocket empire in the Kathol Outback centered around the Episol system . History . The Kathol Republic was established several decades prior to 8 ABY by a number of politicians who were seeking to escape the crumbling Galactic Republic . Leading a number of like - minded colonists , they traveled into the Kathol Outback , and settled fourteen planets in ten neighboring star systems . At first , only two planets were habitable without terraforming , and some required that the colonists lived in biospheres . However , the colonists did not mind this , and they were willing to work to build a better future for themselves and their descendants . Unfortunately for the Republic , the union eventually fell into political infighting as the children and grandchildren of the original colonists began to take leadership roles . Never having experienced the chaos that their ancestors had sought to escape , they fell into the same underhanded patterns , vying for power as they struggled to become the President and make their homeworld the center of government for the Kathol Republic . The government of the Republic was aware that the Galactic Republic that they had fled had fallen , and that the Galactic Empire had risen from its ashes . They were also aware that the Empire was engaged in a civil war with a group calling itself the New Republic . The original settlers were ill - disposed towards Palpatine and his Empire , but were not concerned with who was assigned to control the Kathol sector . As of 8 ABY , they had not formed an opinion on the fledgling New Republic . In 7 ABY , Senator Sho ' ban Do of Pitann started to plan a coup to overthrow President Chandra Hobat by developing a droid remote control that would enable him to take control of all droids on a planet . To cover up his work , he started a series of droid gladiatorial contests that became a contentious issue within the Senatorial Chambers . After an incident in 8 ABY , the Kathol Republic initially thought that the New Republic was a tyrannical regime that wanted to take control of their planets . However , Captain Kaiya Adrimetrum , commander of the New Republic corvette " FarStar " , managed to convince President Hobat of the truth , and uncovered the plot by Do to overthrow the legal government . In the aftermath , Hobat agreed to a tentative alliance with the New Republic . Governing body . Regardless of its size , each member world of the Kathol Republic elected eleven senators to sit on the Senatorial Council . From these eleven , one was chosen to be that planet ' s presidential candidate . The president was then chosen from the fourteen candidates by a majority vote of all the inhabitants of the Republic . The official seat of government for the Kathol Republic was always the homeworld of the current president . Due to the large population on the capital , Dayark , the elected president was more often than not a native of the colony . The president acted as a moderator for the senatorial council , and served as the figurehead of the military . The President served for a period of three years , and could serve at least two consecutive terms . Laws . Under the proxy law of the Kathol Republic , representatives of a foreign state could be held accountable for the actions of other members of that state . Because of this , the crew of the " FarStar " were put on trial for the actions of the " Lialic II " ( posing as the " Lance of Endor " ) in 8 ABY , since both identified themselves as representatives of the New Republic . Military . The Kathol Republic operated a small fleet of capital ships , many of which were considered obsolete by the Empire . The backbone of the Kathol Republic fleet were a number of Republic Sienar Systems " Marauder " - class corvettes . The Republic also maintained a force of Marines for space - borne boarding actions .