Khoonda Republic

The Khoonda Republic was the democratic state that governed most of the planet Dantooine. It was named after the lost city of Khoonda, which was purportedly the first successful Human colony on Dantooine.

History
History speculates that colonists on Dantooine cooperated under a single government as early as 4200 BBY, with references to a state named Khoonda appearing as far back as 3960 BBY. Initially, Khoonda was a kingdom ruled by a totalitarian monarch. Apart from their occasional encounters with foreign pirates and criminals, the Dantooinians remained largely isolated, fighting amongst themselves over the millennia as Khoonda frequently shifted between being a hereditary monarchy and a democratic republic. In this time the Dantooinians endured several invasions from the Mandalorians, Kaleesh, and neighboring star systems and remained close allies with the government of Dubrillion. In between these conflicts, Khoonda and its territories remained largely peaceful, with the majority of their military activity pertaining to settling disputes between farming communities and preventing/eliminating revolts. Like the majority of the galaxy's sovereign systems, the Khoonda Republic was disbanded and replaced with an occupational government during the Imperial era, though was reformed in 4 ABY as part of the New Republic. During the Imperial occupation, the Free Khoonda Front was formed to resist the Imperial Army garrisons; while they were largely unsuccessful in their guerrilla war, the New Republic Army was eventually deployed to Dantooine in 4 ABY and helped remaining guerrilla fighters oust the Imperials and restore their former government.

Military
The Khoonda Militia was the government's primary defense and police force and comprised volunteers from numerous settlements. Khoonda militiamen were often poorly equipped - usually with slugthrower rifles or imported low-quality blasters - and had no uniform beyond armbands depicting their affiliation and rank. They also had no functional naval force (except for a few dozen Z-92 and Z-95 starfighters provided by their allies at Dubrillion) and relied on the Republic Judicial Forces and contracted privateers to defend their aerospace from piracy. As of the Clone Wars, the Khoonda Militia contained 30,000 active "soldiers" and several more part-time vigilantes. During the Imperial era, the Khoonda Militia was transferred into the Imperial Army, and those who refused to serve the Imperial regime formed the Free Khoonda Front.