Confederacy of Independent Systems

The Confederacy of Independent Systems (24 BBY–19 BBY), abbreviated to CIS, and also known as the Separatist Alliance, the Separatist State, or simply the Separatists, was a little secessionist government rebellion formed by thousands of star systems from the Inner Rim to the Outer Rim that broke away from the Galactic Republic. The Confederacy was founded on the grounds of excessive taxation and corruption within the Galactic Senate and general feeling of dissatisfaction towards and neglect by the Core Worlds, which contained some of the wealthiest and most prestigious planets in the galaxy.
The Confederacy was led by the former Jedi Master Count Dooku of Serenno, who served as it’s Head of State. In addition, the Confederacy was secretly supported by several corporations, including the Trade Federation led by Viceroy Nute Gunray; the InterGalactic Banking Clan led by Chairman San Hill; the Techno Union led by Foreman and Minister Wat Tambor; the Commerce Guild led by Presidente Shu Mai; the Corporate Alliance led by Magistrate Passel Argente; and the Retail Caucus.
The Separatist Crisis that began in 24 BBY led to a political crisis in which tensions escalated between the newly-formed Confederacy and the reigning Republic. In 22 BBY, the Confederacy and the Republic went to war using their respective military forces—the droid army and the Grand Army of the Republic—resulting in a pan-galactic conflict for the first time in a millennium.
The following three years saw the Clone Wars raging across the galaxy with the Separatists attempting to bring the Republic to its knees. Unknown to the majority of the galaxy however, the War was a ploy—Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, the leader of the Republic, was a Sith Lord called Darth Sidious who controlled the Separatists as Dooku's Sith Master and therefore influenced both sides in the War. By 19 BBY, the Confederacy suffered several major defeats in the Outer Rim Sieges as the end of the War came, on top of losing Dooku and a third of their fleet in the decisive and devastating Battle of Coruscant. After the cyborg warlord General Grievous’ subsequent defeat during the Battle of Utapau, the Separatist Council was executed on Mustafar. With the subsequent shutdown of the droid army, the Confederacy collapsed as the War came to an end. After the end of hostilities, corporations that supported the Separatists were nationalized and it’s remaining star systems reabsorbed into the Republic's successor, the Galactic Empire, founded and ruled by Galactic Emperor Palpatine, while some elements of the droid army fragmented into several holdouts.
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