Republican Society

[Ser Gregor]

GALACTIC REPUBLIC
REPUBLICAN SOCIETY
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The Galactic Republic had a very diverse culture. Member worlds were able to maintain their own culture in accordance with local beliefs, customs and traditions. There was a wide variety of different cultures within the Republic from religious communities like the Jedi Order to hive-like communities. The Republic also had a liberal policy towards arts. The dominant aesthetic style was opulence and ornamentation.

Although Humanocentrism was technically outlawed by the Rights of Sentience clause of the Galactic Constitution, it still existed throughout the life of the Republic. Human led companies tended to enslave entire nonhuman races, while other planets reserved the best sections of the world for Humans while forcing nonhumans to live in ghettos. The majority of the slaves in the galaxy were nonhuman.

The Republic’s influence on the galactic economy was linked to its regulatory powers, production of Republic dataries and authorization of relevant bodies. At the heart of the economy was planetary trade. Intraplanetary trade court support a local economy, but the high levels of government spending required for an advanced society could only be funded by interplanetary exports. While some planets maintained their own shipping fleets, most relied on large freight firms or independent freight haulers to carry their goods along major hyperlanes. All working beings were required to pay income taxes, which were collected by the Republic Tax Collection Agency.