Galactic Republic

The **Galactic Republic**, more commonly referred to as the **Republic**, is a massive democratic Federal Republic composed of millions upon millions of worlds and hundreds of sentient species that has been around since 21K.400 BTC/14K.969 CE. The Republic was the only superpower in the galaxy for over fifteen thousand years, until the creation of the Terran Imperium. To this day, the Republic and Imperium have been in a virtual cold war for the last ten thousand years, and although the two have started making headway to improve their relations, the two may never see eye to eye, which is yet another side effect that the Great Galactic Cold War inflicted upon the Galaxy at large.

Although largely peaceful, the Republic had conflicts throughout its' long history, however, all of them were minor in comparison to the other major conflicts it had later on. Despite this, the Republic still lived in relative peace and stability. However, once the Terran Imperium was formed, the Republic era of peace had finally ended and replaced by this uncertainty, an era that is plagued with both conflict and instability.

## Planets, Space Stations and Satellite Colonies

In terms of astrographical size, the Republic is a truly massive state, spanning from the Deep Core all the way to the Outer Rim, with millions of systems, colonies, space stations, and more making up this vast nation, which only expanded in size following the end of the Second Galactic War with the Republic annexing the Imperium controlled Outer Rim as per the Treaty of Alderaan. Before and after the Second Galactic War, the Republic held a considerably portion of the known galaxy, it only grew larger following the Second Galactic War and the signing of the Treaty of Alderaan.

## Demographics

### Species

The Galactic Republic is a truly diverse and multi-species nation that's made up of millions of sentient species, each unique in their own right. However, the most common species in the entire Republic is Humans, making up a plurality at over 40% of the total population, with Terrans making up the second largest, though nowhere near as large with only 10% of the total population. the rest of the various species aren't near as large as Humans as a single species, with each barely making 1% or so.

To make demographical species easier to compel, the Republic used four demographics, Humans, Terrans, Near-Humans, and Non-Near-Humans, later two of which were used to count and combine all the various species that fall into those categories count as a larger percentage of the population rather than an infantile minority. How a species fall into either Near-Humans or Non-Near-Humans is due to two factors, biology, and physical characteristics. To be considered Near-Human, the species must be able to have viable outsprings with Humans and have Human-like characteristics, this term is also used for species that are offshoots of baseline humans as well. Non-Near-Human classification is equally simple, they must not fall into the first two categories altogether and this is where the rest of the species that make up the Republic fall into.

Within these two groups, there are some species that make them far more than others. Twi'leks, Zabraks (including their offshoot, the Dathomirans), Mirialians, Arkanians (and their offshoot), Kiffars, Umbarans, Rattatakis, Theelins, Wroonians, Miralukas, Zeltrons, Sarkhais, Pantorans, and Torguta making up a larger percentage of the Near-Human Species while Wookiees, Rodians, Gungans, Duros, Ithorians, Bothans, Kaminoans, Hutts, Toydarians, Weequays, Cathars, Niktos, Kaleeshs, Sullustans, Gran, Transdoshans, Quarren, and Mon Calamari equally making up a larger percentage of Non-Near Human Species.

After the Second Galactic War, the Republic grew in size and with that, more species fell into their domain, and while this lead to more species falling into Near-Human and Non-Near-Human categories, their was an equal amount of Humans and Terrans that also became Republic citizens, which in turn ultimately didn't change much of the Republic overall demographics.

### Languages

For as many species that make up the Republic, there are quadruples that amount for the sheer scope and size of the Republic as a whole, with the millions of species having hundreds of separate languages that vary in complexity and structure. Humans alone have untold thousands of separate languages on all of its' various worlds, with language Coruscanti, Corellian, Alder, Alsakan, Kauti, Byssian, Nabooian (which itself is an offshoot of another, now extinct language from the Core), Eriaduian, and Chandrilian being just some of the various Human languages spoken. Oddly enough, while all other species have various languages as well, with some worlds have dozens to hundreds of languages on them, nearly all have a common 'trade' tongue used to speak to each other and the various species as well, but Humans, do not, at least not traditionally speaking. A handful of species are noted to only have one language entirely, either due to the other languages that was once spoken by the species eventually died out, which was the case with the Duros and their once 'trade tongue', or never did develop languages due to their environment being dangerous enough without the barrier of language or the species themselves don't have the physical capability to make more complex sounds, which also limits them to speak their language alone, which is the case with the Wookiees. Other languages are not just solely vocal, some have subtle body movements, which is the case with the Twi'lek's 'trade tongue' of Ryl or more commonly Twi'leki. Then there is languages like Miralukese and Gifted Tythonian both of which uses the Force to implate certain meanings to words that go beyond simple sounds, usually creating a picture through these words in the Force to give a greater depth of meaning which simply does not translate well for non-force sensitive, nor the art of said language can truly be understood by non-force sensitives.

To overcome this obvious barrier, most species that are comparable to speaking other languages, especially of other species languages, the Republic has since adopted a common tongue for the wider Republic, Galactic Basic. Over time, an alphabet was adopted and become widely used, which, over the course of centuries, replaced all the other languages alphabets all together, regulating the various languages into being solely vocal now, but still spoken.

Overall, the Republic is largely bilingual with some parts of the population being trilingual. However, Jedi are noted to be polyglot, as they pride themselves in their ability to speak multiple languages, of which, famous Jedi Master Anakin Skywalker, is noted to being able to speak upwards of hundreds of languages, making him a hyperpolyglot.

### Religions

Ever since the Republic was created, the people of the Republic had enjoyed a great deal of religious liberty, the freedom to follow or worship any religion one may seek. Thusly, there is a multitude of religious views and groups that make up the Republic, ranging from local religions to galaxy-wide religions. However, the two biggest groups are those who do not partake in religion (at around 46% or 3.45 Quadrillion) and those from the Followers of the Force (at around 45% or 3.38 Quadrillion) with the remaining 9% or 6.75 Trillion being made up of various, often smaller and minor, localized religions, limited to individual planets and or systems.

### Family Structure

Due to the number of species that reside in the Republic, as well as the diverse nature of these various species, the Republic has a diverse range of family structures ranging from gender-based to hive-mind. However, there are three types of family structures that have largely dominate the Republic, Matriarchal and Matrilineal, Patriarchal and Patrilineal, and Egalitarchal and Bilineal, with Reptilian species largely being Matriarchal, Mammalian species largely being Patriarchal and Avian and Aquatic species largely being Egalitarchal, with noted exceptions, however.

Matriarchal and Matrilineal structures are families where the authority and lineage are based on the eldest female and female line of the family and is largely considered the dominant family structure in the Republic. Not due to the number of Reptilian species in the Republic, which certainly did help to create this, it was more to deal with Humanity, as 75% of all human worlds having matriarchal and matrilineal societies with only a quarter of them being some kind of patriarchal, though they were split between patrilineal and Bilineal lineage structure. Aside from humans, most reptilians are matriarchal in nature, with only a handful of non-reptilian species having matriarchal society, like Duros, Twi'leks, and Grans being some examples.

Patriarchal and Patrilineal structures are families where the authority and lineage are based on the eldest male and male line of the family. Unlike Matriarchal and Matrilineal structures, Patriarchal and Patrilineal are not nearly as commonplace, being alongside Egalitarchal and Bilineal. Nonetheless, most Mammalian species are patriarchal in some way, like Terrans and Wookiees, with only a handful of other species outside of Mammals having these family structures.

the final type is Egalitarchal and Bilineal structures, which are families where the authority and lineage is interchangeable. Most Avian and Aquatic species are Egalitarchal and Bilineal in some shape and form, like Mon Calamaris and Quarrens being some examples, though quite a few other species are also noted to have this sort of structure in places too, like Cathars, which are Mammalian species.

### Marriage

Marriage is perhaps one of the few things that united all the various species found in the Republic, no matter their biology, society, culture, or mindset. However they vary considerably from planet to planet not only in traditions and customs involving but also the types of marriages found. Although the majority of the Republic marriages are monogamous in nature (80%), there still plenty of worlds, systems, and even species that practice other forms of marriages for a variety of reasons. But ultimately, all those various marriage types falls down to two factors, Biology and Society.

Monogamy is the most commonly seen form of marriage found within the Republic, regardless of it being heterosexual based or homosexual based. As for why this is the case boils down to ones' biology and society. Many species within the Republic have societies that typically or largely encourage monogamy in some form or another, of which Humans, Terrans, Duros, Zabraks, and Twi'leks fall into. Other species it is more biology that determines their marriage types, as is the case with Cathars and Wookiees. However, there are clear differences between the two groups that it is notable, the first of which is the concept of divorce. Within societies that encourage monogamy, divorce occurs in somewhat regular frequency, with the latest numbers having the average divorce rates anywhere between 30 to 40 percent. Furthermore widow or widower, while it does affect both group regardless, also differ considerably, typically speaking the social monogamous species would typically find and marry again, while biological monogamous species generally don't. In fact, some species like the Cathar typically do not find another mate after their first died. But regardless of the differences that exist, both combined helped to dominate the type of marriages found within the Republic, exampling the large variation between monogamy and other forms of marriages.

The other more commonly seen, although rare, form of marriage are polyamory, be they polygamy or polyandry, at around 18% of the population. Like with Monogamy, it can be split between society and biology for why these types of marriages are commonplace. While most Humans and Terrans have societies that's largely monogamous in nature, there do exist societies where polyamory is the norm, though they do vary in what form it takes. For instance, Kuat, while still heavily monogamous in nature, does practice polyamory in the form of polygamy, specifically the practice of sororal polygyny, or when sisters share the same husband. Then there are species like the two brained Cereans, who's gender imbalance of 20 females for every male born, combined with males aging quicker then the females, necessitates the need for polygamy.

The remaining 2% of marriage types found in the Republic are those of open marriages and mix orientation marriages. Although different from one another, the two are often associated with one another due to how frequently the two overlap, but still different from one another. Open marriages are exactly as they are called, a marriage in which both partners consent to have it be open to various sexual relationships, while mix-orientation marriages are marriages in which one partner's sexual orientation is different from their romantic orientation. A majority of these sorts of marriages are of the asexual variety, meaning one partner does not have any desire for sexual relationships while the other does, however, other types of mix orientations exist, like heteroromantic and homosexual orientations or homoromantic and heterosexual orientations where a partner's romantic orientation is the opposite of their sexual orientation. As such, mix-orientation marriages often times become open marriages due to these conflicting sexual orientations among committed romantic partners.

#### Visual Marital Status

Given the vast amount of worlds under its' control, as well as the number of species found within, it is unexpected that the Republic would have various types of markers for the status of married individuals. However, what these take vary considerably from planet to planet, species to species, and culture to culture. Some have elaborate symbols used to indicate marriage status while others have a more simple symbol, usually a ring, a necklace, a bracelet, or even a colored drop of face paint on their faces, and some forgo it entirely, having no symbols whatsoever to indicate marriage status, either due to cultural practices or biological nature of the species in question. For instance, one group may not have marital symbols due entirely to earlier social views on the genders of the person in particular, typically in the form of that person's spouse being their property rather then a individual and this notion, while long gone, carries on in the form of having no visual symbols for the status of a person, while another its' entirely biology that makes the need for a visual marker for the status of a married individual pointless as the species themselves are strict monogamous and generally only have a single spouse/mate their entire lives. Then you have species that usually subtly mark their spouses by a particular scent and that was used to indicate marriage. Regardless, markers for marriages is just as varied throughout the Republic as is the language, species, and religions.

## Government and Politics

The Republic based much of its government, and even certain forms of its culture, on the United States model of government and parts of its' vast and complex culture, making it a constitutional republic and representative democracy with a system of checks and balances to ensure that any of the three branches, the Legislative, Executive or Judicial, do not gain too much power over each other and make their powers equal to one another. However, that's where the similarities end. The Republic has a unicameral legislature, whereas the United States has a bicameral legislature and the Supreme Chancellor is elected by members of the Senate, whereas the United States's President is elected by its population. Overall, it's a Federal Constitutional Republic with a representative democracy with certain elements of a parliamentary system, namely in how the Supreme Chancellor is elected.

When it was first formed, the first act that the newly established Republic did was disband any and all forms of an Aristocracy and the dissolvement of the Monarchies that once govern the various planets that made up of the Republic. This policy trend has since continued as the Republic grows more and moreover its tens of thousands of years worth of history. Any and all new worlds that petitioned via a referendum to join the Republic must disband its Aristocracy and Monarchy should it have any, of which has caused conflict in its early history as members of the newly annexed planet's former aristocracy would often stage rebellions against the Republic in some shape and form, although said rebellions tend to be minor in detail, with the Nobles supporting the rebellion and the common people supporting the Republic in establishing order on the worlds affected by these, often nicknamed, 'Noble Rebellions'.

As the Republic grew in size, the more backlogged the Republic's Senate and Bureaucracy became. Soon enough the Senate became overwhelmed with the amount of sector-related issues, with each one taking days to deal with and the manner in which the Republic dealt with these specific sector issues was to pass resolutions and acts that affect the entire Republic, predictable, this was highly inefficient. Soon enough, the public's faith in the Senate started to decline with the once efficient and relatively fast bureaucracy becoming more and more inefficient and slow. So, debates began over potential reforms to enact to try and fix these glaring and obvious cracks in the system that couldn't exactly handle a range of systems that the Republic currently had at the time. But the debates were slow and long, as disagreements and fierce debates dragged the issues onward for centuries. Eventually, the debates did end and the Republic's government was restructured to ensure that the Senate only deal with Republic-wide issues, and not be swamped by sector issues ever again. The answer to preventing future inefficiency was the creation of numerous Sector Assemblies, made to debate and solve sector related issues solely, without affecting the wider Republic. These Sector Assemblies are a smaller version of the Galactic Senate, with the planets within the sectors electing Assemblypersons to present their planet in a sector-wide legislature to answer any problem that affects their sector alone.

### Legislative branch

Main Article: Galactic Senate

Each member world elects a Senator to the Galactic Senate. Much of the Galactic Senate is based on the United States own legislative process, only it's unicameral, but none the less, the Galactic Senate powers includes making Federal Law (laws that affect the Republic as a whole), Declares war, approves treaties, has power over the treasury and the power to impeach, which it can remove sitting members of the government, be it the Chancellor, a Senator or anyone other members of the government

When the Republic's power and influence expanded, the Senate decided to expand the role of the Federal Government by passing acts that effectively made public what used to be private institutions, water, power, healthcare, transportation and, holonet access. The Senate also made the effort to make as much of their secession as public as possible by broadcasting them via Holonet to public spaces across the Republic.

The Senate was headquartered in an enormous building containing many floating platforms, each of which contained several senators. Each platform in the Senate represented the many worlds that make up the Galactic Republic but refuse to allow representatives from private entities, corporations, guilds or unions, to be in the Senate, learning that from the United States' earlier history.

Senators received one vote in all matters—procedural and substantive. The Chancellor is elected from within the Senate. From there, the Government is divided up into Departments which either run or regulates parts of the Republic, of which the Chancellor chooses who to run them.

But, like the United States government that the Republic based much of its governmental workings on, the Senate represents the federal level, while the local-level represents the Planetary governments (governorships) that most people follow with each governorship having their own legislative body to make laws and acts that affect their world or system.

### Executive branch

Main Article: Supreme Chancellor

Main Article: Office of the Supreme Chancellor

The members of the Senate elect a Supreme Chancellor from amongst their ranks who would serve as the Republic's head of government (and, by default, head of state), chief diplomat, and chief of the military.

The office is, by many regards, very similar to the United States' President, the Chancellor has the power to veto bills, have the final say in military affairs, appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.

When it first created, the Supreme Chancellor was referred to as President for a full four centuries before the title was changed to what it is now. the Vice-Chair, who oversees Senate proceedings and serves as the Chancellor's highest adviser, of which he or she shares this with the Jedi Council. But if the Chancellor is away for important diplomatic missions, illness, health concerns or whatever other reason, the Vice-Chair serves as temporally Chancellor until the Chancellor returns. But should the Chancellor dies unexpectedly, the Vice-Chair is then named Supreme Chancellor. However, if a Chancellor steps down from office, the Senate elects a new Chancellor to replace him or her, this includes the Vice-Chair's position as well. The most well-known example of this was in 3625 ATC (39K.994 CE) when then-Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorium step down from the position of Chancellery due to years of doubting himself due to his own, although perceived, failure regarding the Naboo Crisis, which allowed Padme Amidala to be Elected as Supreme Chancellor with Mas Amedda remaining as Vice-Chair.

### Judicial branch

Main Article: Supreme Court

The one thing that the Republic completely copied from the United States' Judicial system, not only its powers are virtually identical to the United States, it's completely identical to them. The Courts have the power to interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional. And like the United States' Judicial system, the Judges who head the Republic's Supreme Court are appointed by the Supreme Chancellor which is approved by the Senate, while the lower courts are elected via popular vote. However, the two things that is different from it's United States' counterpart is that it has the power to limit the Jedi Order's influence in either the Senate or the Chancellery, which was created when the Jedi Order first joined the Republic and the Senate voted to add this action to prevent their government from turning into a Light-side Theocracy instead of a Secular Democratic Republic should the Order were to decided to place more and more influence over the Senate or Chancellor. The second is only the Chief Justice is a life position, the other 14 Justices have strict age limit and once that Justice age limit is reached, it is expect that Justice leaves the position for another Justice to be selected.

### Relationship with the Jedi Order

Main Article: Jedi Order

The Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic share a close partnership that has survived for thousands of years. The Jedi act as the guardians and the defenders of the Republic and also serve as Generals within the Republic military, leading the Clones and Regulars into battle against the Republic's enemies in times of war, especially against the Terran Imperium. Though the Republic and the Jedi Order share a close relationship, there were tense moments between them, once such an example being the Jedi Civil War. But despite that, the two of them have weathered countless storms together.

The Jedi Order has been around for a full 730 years before the Republic came to be, building a thriving civilization on Tython and a handful of other systems, but Within a decade after the Republic's conception, the Order pledged its support for the new government, and thus became formally answerable to the Galactic Senate. But despite the Jedi's allegiance to the Senate, the Order had always enjoyed a great degree of autonomy to act as they saw fit, especially regarding internal Jedi affairs. But, as the Republic grew in size and power, eventually becoming the Galaxy's lone Superpower, the Jedi Order moved it's headquarters from Tython to Coruscant, but still keeping Tython as a Jedi world, a tribute of sorts to their early days and the order's creation from the remnant of the old Je'daii Order.

Over the centuries, the Jedi became more and more involved in the Republic's government and not just as guardians (guard), peacekeepers (police), and defenders (military) but also as bureaucrats, public servants, and public service administrators, which in turn caused a high number of Republic citizens to hold favorable opinions of the Jedi Order.

Another aspect of their relationship that changed in time was the introduction of Jedi Order representation in the Galactic Senate in 11K.369 BTC/25,000 CE. While there have been a number of Jedi Senators in the Republic history before 11K.369 BTC/25,000 CE, but those Senators often only represented individual planets and systems, not the order as a whole. However, these seats given to the Jedi Order do not have any power, rather, they are merely advisory positions meant for the Order to give their own insight and views on subjects but not have any power to affect any decisions. Furthermore, the seats are chosen not by vote but by a random selection where a Jedi serves two terms before going back to regular Jedi duties, whatever that might be. But regardless, this decision by the Senate to give the Order some representation, even if it is purely show, showcase just how deeply connected the two organizations are.

## Law Enforcement and Crime

Law enforcement in the Republic is primarily the responsibility of local police (typically called Security Forces) and sheriff's departments, with Planetary police providing broader services, with the Coruscant Security Force being the largest in the entire Republic. Federal agencies, such as the Galactic Investigation Service (GIS) and the Galactic Bureau of Marshals having specialized duties, including protecting the civil rights of Republic citizens, national security, and enforcing the Republic Federal Courts' rulings and Federal Laws. At the Federal level and in almost every member world, a legal system is operated on common law. Planetary courts conduct most criminal trials while federal courts handle certain designated crimes as well as certain appeals from planetary criminal courts. Just like in the United States; plea bargaining is equally as common, with the vast majority of criminal cases in the Republic being settled by plea bargain rather than a jury trial.

While the administration of the Republic's policing force ultimately lies in the hands of local governments, the Federal government still has control over certain aspects of would be security officers' training, largely to ensure that all of the Republic police has the same level of training and professionalism across the entire Republic. Furthermore, the training they have is also meant to try and encourage military-like respect and deference of civilian higher ups, as well as install a culture of professionalism. And to encourage this training, all insubordination is also heavily punished as well, ensuring that no Security Officers deify orders and directives given to them by civilian authorities.

Interestingly, while the Republic's law enforcement are made up of various species and groups, a slight majority of the Republic's law enforcers are made up of Exos and Droids of all kinds at around 55% of the Republic's law enforcers, with only a handful of planets being made up solely of organic security officers or solely of non-organic security officers. As to why this is the case largely a result of earlier policing policies that had previously non-sentient and or pre-Droid Rights Droids used to supplement security forces. Once the laws were changed in regards to AIs and Droid's civil rights, the AIs and Droids that were support units for organic police forces became full officers in their own right, of which many of the newly freed droids happily accepted and continued to serve the force but now as a full-time officer then a robotic aid.

## Military

The Republic's military is a vast and large force made up of volunteers, but it never went above three to five trillion. But following the creation of the Imperium and the Republic's utter defeat in their first conflict with the Imperium, the Republic started to spend more and more credits on it's military to compete with the Imperium and have since grown to include untold billions of soldiers, naval personnel and pilots. Since then, it's split up into three groups, the Regulars, the Clones and, the Militia, however, these groups are also divided into three groups, the Army, Navy, and Starfighter corps.

Unlike the Imperium, the Republic allowed anyone into their military, be they Humans, Terrans, Near-Humans, and Non-Near-Humans. This, of course, made it difficult for the Imperium to stage false-flag operations and friendly fire incidents due to the sheer number of species allowed into the Republic military. like many other militaries throughout Galactic History, the Republic's military is largely used for defense and offensives, both domestic and abroad.

### Regulars

Main Article: Republic Army, Republic Navy, Starfighter Corps

A term that originated after the creation of the Clone Legions, Regulars are what makes up the bulk of the Republic's military, be it the Army, Navy, or Starfighter Corps, however, they didn't come to be until 21K.342 BTC (15K.027 CE), in the aftermath of the Alsakan Rebellion, some 58 years after the creation of the Republic itself. before this, the Republic's defense was largely in the hands of either the Jedi Order or the numerous Militia groups on their individual member worlds, but due to the Rebellion and it's resulting failure that comes about with such a divided military force, forced the Republic to create a unified military force. Not only to put a quicker end to future Noble Rebellions but also to defend it against any external threat. Originally, the Republic's Army, Navy, and Starfighter Corps was under the command of Jedi Order, before it was turned over to a High Command made up of Generals and Admirals within the Army, Navy, and Starfighter Corps following the Creation of the Clone Legions.

### Clones

Main Article: Clone Legions

Commissioned in 3131 ATC (39K.500 CE), the clone legions, which are equally referred to as the clone army and the Jedi's clone legions, was created for the intent of having a highly trained force to support its regular military and the Republic's answer to the Imperium's Homeworld Twenty and the Space Marines. Officially, the clone legions are controlled by the Galactic Senate, while unofficially, the Jedi Order effectively in control over the clones, due to the fact that Jedi are by technicalities the clones generals, which, as a result, their training reflex this. Clones are trained almost seemingly from birth to fight, although they are also taught every sort of skills needed to live and function in normal Republic society and have the freedom to choose rather or not they wish to join the legions, most of the time, these clones join the legions anyhow. They also have a series of orders drilled into them that are contingencies relating to a variety of possible scenarios, ranging from the arrest of the current, seating Chancellor, due to a variety of issues, but enacted by the Jedi Council with the Senate's approval (Order 65) to the arrest of all Jedi Order members due to a variety of possible scenarios, enacted by the Chancellor with the Senate's approval (Order 66), the rest, varies per order but all must have the Senate's approval, in the event the Senate cannot approve, due to said senate's complete destruction, then it's turned over to the Joint Command.

### Militia

Originally made up of the founding members military and various loosely-organized military groups, the Republic's Militia was, for all case and purposes, it's the only form of defense when it was first created, a fact of which helped make the Alsakan Rebellion last as long as it did, thus, following the end of the Rebellion, the Republic decided that it would be best if they had a truly organized military force to help defend the Republic as a whole, be it Internal and External threats, instead of trying to organize the various militia units into a makeshift army should another rebellion or invasion occur. While the creation of the Republic's Army, Navy, and Spacefighter corp was going on, the various Militia units were being overhauled to make them something akin to the United States' National Guard, which was all for the purpose of creating a competent defense force for the Republic's various member worlds, either defending a planet long enough for the main Republic Army to arrive and force the invading army out or to put a quick end to a Noble Rebellion on the planet or at the very least, stop them from taking the planet completely. However, this overhauled did not include a unified uniform system for these various Militia Units, allowing them to continue to remain diverse, this also reflects the Republic's diverse nature, leading many to regard the Militia Units as a 'symbol' of that fact by nearly everyone.

## Economy

*Main article: Economy of the Galactic Republic*

The Republic has a social capitalistic mixed economy which is fueled by abundant natural resources, high productivity, a massive industrial base, and an equally massive consumer base. For its' entire history, the Republic has maintained a massive economy, one that effectively determines the wider Galactic Economy, even when the Imperium rise to power as a rival superpower. It's this economic power that for most of the Imperium's history could never actual overtake as it had done in military power, and eventually, this economic power would allow the Republic to create a military that would eventually overtake the Imperium's military in terms of overall military power, if barely.

The nominal GDP and IWI of the Republic is estimated to be 52.178 Septillion Credits and 653 Septillion Credits respectfully before the Second Galactic War; in comparison to the Imperium's GDP and IWI at around 5.178 Septillion Credits and 189 Septillion Credits and the Confederacy's GDP and IWI at around 435.2 Sextillion Credits and around 926 Sextillion Credits, the Republic was effectively the galaxy's economic superpower, that no one could compete with, not even their political and military rival, the Terran Imperium.

As to how the Republic maintains this massive economic power for so long is largely to do with their economic policies. Government funds going into developing technology and sciences, and small businesses, allowing these small businesses to help local economies across the Republic. Another policy was a high amount of social welfare programs which help maintain and create a massive middle-class, and aid those down on their luck, effectively decreasing the number of people impoverished (at around 2 to 1 percent of the total population), and a high amount of taxes on the wealthy, decreasing income inequality, and certain industries are nationalized entirely, like Health-care and Transporation. However, there are downsides, the Republic has a high amount of regulations that sometimes makes it difficult to create larger businesses, and these high taxes on larger businesses and the wealthy have made a large portion of them dislike the Republic and outright side with the Imperium once the Second Galactic War broke out, and understandably was punished once the War ended in Republic victory.

## Society and Culture

The Galactic Republic have a very diverse culture. Member worlds were able to maintain their own culture in accordance with local beliefs, customs, and traditions. There is a wide variety of different cultures within the Republic: from religious communities like the Jedi to hive-like communes.

but as the centuries went on, the Republic's culture eventually developed a core set of values while still keeping its diverse nature. Over time, the "Republican Creed" which emphasized Liberty, Equality, Private Property, Democracy, the Rule of Law, and disregard for any sort of aristocratic hierarchy or class system. Another point in the Republic's overall culture is the high importance of Social Mobility, believing that it's something everyone in the Republic can active if they work hard enough, yet at the same time believes that the government of the Republic ensures that the People can active this out of merit instead of birth and should also ensure there is equal standing between its people, regardless of the economic situation they were born into, be it the impoverished or the ultra-wealthy

Although Humanocentrism was technically outlawed by the Rights of Sentience clause of the Galactic Constitution, it still very much existed throughout the first half of the Galactic Republic. Human-led organizations such as Czerka enslaved entire nonhuman species, while planetary governments such as that of Taris reserved the best sections of the world for Humans while forcing non-humans into ghettos. However, by the end of the Galactic Dark Ages, the influence of Humanocentric organization became virtually non-existent with many of these organizations dissolved outright by the Jedi-controlled Galactic Republic at the time.

From that point on, any sense of Humanocentrism became more and more discouraged in all levels of society, to the point where it became a political ending scandal for any Human politician or will lead to the utter bankruptcy of Human-controlled and or dominated corporations. Instead, it was just hidden more, subtlety passing policies that aid Humans overall and usage of certain words to imply a Humanocentric viewpoint. This was especially noticeable on more rural and or homogenous parts of the Republic were interactions between different species isn't as commonplace as it would on planets like Coruscant or Corellia, although this is not a consistent theme across the Republic with Alderaan as a prominent example.

But after the Imperium became a viable threat to the Republic, the Republic started passing policies to ensure that it's member-species are more equal to each other in all levels of society, entirely because of the Imperium more Terran-centric political and Societal ideology that dominated the Imperium, thus leading to the desire to be different from the Imperium in not just Political ideology but also Societal ideology as well. By the time of the Second Galactic War, the Galactic Republic's Humanocentric problems are virtually non-existent, limited entirely to an insignificant, powerless but vocal minority.

## Science and technology

The Galactic Republic has always been the leader in technological advancement and development, as well as scientific research since its' creation in 21K.400 BTC/14K.969 CE.

## Education

*Main article: Education in the Galactic Republic*

Like many post-industrial, heavily automated states in the galaxy, the Republic's education system is developed not to put students into the workforce as quickly as possible, instead, it's designed to try and get students ready to enter college to get a degree that best suits them.

The Republic's Public education is typically operated by Planet and local governments with strict regulations, guidelines, and standards to ensure some kind of uniformity to its' education systems. Children across the Republic are required to attend school from the age of six (Level 1) until the age of 19 (Level 3, though some planets do allow students to leave school at 16 or 17 age.

Students are typically arranged into groups based on skill range rather than age. One group could perform better in mathematics while another is better in grammar and writing, and this is usually determined over a course of years by various tests taken by the students to determine what group they'd be grouped into once they enter Level 3 public education.

Nearly all schools within the Republic do not have a uniform system. What's more typical is a dress code for what students can and can not wear, which are often lax in what is and is not allowed.

Private schools are strictly illegal within the Republic, homeschool is legal but is heavily regulated to ensure homeschooled children have the same standard of education as their public school counterparts. The Republic spends the most on its students than any other nation in the galaxy, spending 110 thousand credits per student, with over 94% of Republic college students attending public universities.

While private schools and universities are illegal under Republic law, public-funded academies are still allowed, like the Mandalorian Academy for Future Leaders, which specializes in creating future Mandalorian leaders.

Colleges and universities are publicly funded and free to the citizens of the Republic, with all expenses paid for by Republic taxes. The types of colleges found within the Republic range from more specialize community colleges to galaxy renowned universities, like the University of Norton, University of Alderaan, University of Corellia, and the University of Naboo. While typically college students attend their planets' local universities, its' not entirely uncommon for some college students to leave their homeworld and attend an off-world university instead.

Academies ran by the Government exist all throughout the Republic, which ranges from Police academies, which tends to be localized, to Military academies, some of which are renowned across the galaxy.

The Jedi Order is one of the few groups within the Republic that's allowed to run their own education system, with an assortment of Jedi Academies located throughout the Republic, however, the Jedi education system often reflects the Republic's own if more compacted.

## Health

the average life expectancy of the Republic is 150 years at birth for much of its' history, though that's for Human, Terran, and other Near-Human species. Other species either have a lower life expectancy on average or higher life expectancy on average, but ultimately it depends on the species in question, species like the Draenei have a life expectancy at 2500 years on average while species like the Talz (average at 120), Transdoshan (average at 130), and Advozse (average at 120) have a slightly lower than average lifespan than the majority of species found in the Republic. However, there are exceptions to this rule in the form of Force-sensitivity, as people who are Force-sensitive often live well beyond their species lifespan, with Human Force-sensitives living up to being 200 on average.

Healthcare in the Galactic Republic is a largely devolved matter, and each planet has its own system of private and publicly funded health care. Republic-wide, each and every citizen has access to a publicly funded healthcare system that is free at the point of need, all of which is being paid for by the Republic's taxes that funds these programs. Within the wider galaxy, the Republic healthcare program is often regarded as being one of the best in the Galaxy, with the Imperium a close second.

The Republic is often considered the galaxy's leading figure in medical innovation, with it having developed or contributed significant resources to important medical innovations for numerous centuries, while the Imperium followed closely behind in the contributions. However, a significate portion of these medical advances and innovation is made not by physicians but rather by the Jedi. More than 35% of the Republic's recent medical innovation and advancement in the last few centuries were made by Jedi Doctors, who often do so purely to help as many people as they can.