Galactic Republic (Smashb1996)

The Galactic Republic, more commonly known as the Republic, and sometimes referred to as the Old Order, was one of the longest-tenured ruling governments of in.

Before the Republic's formation, many of the Republic's founding member planets were separate, ruling their own area. However, shortly before the Republic's creation, war broke out between these factions; the end result was the signing of the, and the founding of the Galactic Republic, with all the formerly-independent planets and systems uniting under the Republic's banner. Shortly after, they were joined by the a group of warrior-monks who used a mystical power source called.

Together, the Republic and Jedi fought against many threats in many wars, especially against the Jedi's ancient enemies, the, as well as other foes.

The Republic, led by a Supreme Chancellor, had a supposedly democratic government that was able to persevere for a very long count of years. For most of its duration as the dominant galactic regime, the Republic did not style itself as a strong centralized state, but rather as a organization, a bloc of sovereign planets, for the purposes of promoting trade, mediating disputes, and mutual protection. It was said that its complete history would "fill a thousand libraries".

During the, it was swathed in layers of bureaucracy, being partially ineffective, yet benevolent; this almost resulted in the Sith overthrowing the once-mighty government. Still, thanks to the, they survived, later changing government polices in order to balance the power of the Chancellor, with the power of the.