Brasworth Agreement

The Brasworth Agreement was an agreement drafted by Senator Ty Brasworth of Coruscant in 733 BBY that merged smaller planetary defense agencies into the Judicial Forces. Although the agreement was not mandatory, larger planets put immense pressure on smaller ones to join. The purpose of drafting the provision was the belief that tax dollars sent to lesser populated planets for their individual defense forces would better be spent elsewhere. The Judicial Forces would then be required, according to the bill, to provide for defense as needed. Initially, seventy-eight planets signed onto the agreement under the pressure of planets such as Corellia, Coruscant, Denon, and Rodia. One of these planets was Tanaab, but after the planet was unsuccessfully defended&mdash;a breach of the agreement&mdash;Tanaab backed out. Sixty-one other planets also backed out, collapsing the agreement. In its aftermath was a wave of planetism on many worlds, angering the historically larger worlds.