965. Corrupt Galactic Republic
During the Battle of Rusan more than a thousand years ago, the Galactic Republic completely eliminated the Sith Empire, won the long war, and dominated the entire galaxy.
After that, the Galactic Republic Council announced that there would be no more war in the galaxy, and began to promote Ruusan reforms, reducing the country's military expenditure to a minimum and vigorously developing the service industry and industry and commerce.
In fact, the original intention of this reform is very good, just like after you kill all the enemies in the "Total War Series", the painting style suddenly changes to "City Skylines". At this time, what you are thinking about must be to disband all your armies that require high maintenance fees. Nothing can stop me from building...
Well……
Shili power station! ! ! !
But the fact is that although the Galactic Republic has disbanded most of its military and has only relied on the Jedi Order to maintain the order and rule of the Republic for a long time, the extra revenue of the Republic has not entered the national treasury. among.
Of course, the good days still lasted for a few decades, but soon, the economic lifeline of the Galactic Republic was controlled by those super corporations. The result of excessive commercialization is the excessive development of these enterprises.
Gradually, these super corporations discovered that it was much cheaper to bribe relevant government officials than to act in accordance with the Constitution of the Galactic Republic, so corruption began to prevail.
To what extent was corruption at the end of the Galactic Republic? It has reached a point where no one in the entire Galactic Republic's government agencies is immune to corruption and no one does not accept bribes, and this has even become a matter of course. Because there are no external enemies, no matter how corrupt or short-changed we are, there will be no serious consequences.
As for the outer planets and civilians who suffer because of these corruptions, no one cares what they think.
Because in the interstellar age, civilians who want to resist the government can no longer do it by rising up in the cold weapon age, because you are facing countless Star Destroyers!
Just like the brain plague disaster that broke out on the planet Jabim before this civil war broke out.
In fact, after the cerebral plague broke out on the planet Jabim, the planetary government asked the Galactic Republic for help, and then the Republic Parliament passed a bill to rescue the planet Jabim and prepared a rescue plan of 1 billion credits.
But at the end of the Galactic Republic, there was almost no cash in the Republic's treasury. They could only ask some super enterprises to bear this money, and then the Republic would repay it through debt.
So at that time, the work of rescuing Planet Jabim was outsourced to the Trade Federation. Then the Trade Federation backhandedly quoted a price of 5 billion credit points, saying that the cerebral plague on Jabiem Planet was very serious and that investment must be increased.
Then the Trade Federation paid bribes up and down, and finally the Treasury of the Galactic Republic agreed to increase the expenditure to 5 billion, so the Galactic Republic owed the Trade Federation 5 billion credits.
Then, there is no more.
The Trade Federation sent a few spaceships over to show their interest, and they checked in to show that I was here, and then ignored them.
But cerebral plague has not been solved? In the end, at least half of the population of Planet Jabiem died in this brain plague, and the planet's economy and politics were on the verge of collapse. They then went to the Republic to file a lawsuit, accusing the Republic of ignoring them.
Then the Galactic Parliament began to hold the Trade Federation accountable, and the Trade Federation continued to bribe people up and down and mess around in the Parliament. Then, over a simple matter like whether the Trade Federation rescued the planet Jabiem, the Galactic Parliament held a meeting for more than a month and still did not come to a conclusion, so it decided to send a delegation to the planet Jabiim to investigate.
Then those people who had been bribed by the Trade Federation began to secretly say that there was no need for the Jedi to intervene in the affairs of the Jabim planet, and that they could just let the Republic's Ministry of Commerce send people there.
Then the Trade Federation continued to bribe the people of the investigation team. The investigation team landed in several safe places on the Jabiim planet, took a few photos and went back. They reported to the Galactic Council that it was not that the Trade Federation was not doing anything, but that the brain plague on the planet Jabim was too severe and exceeded their capabilities.
In the end, they also came to an absurd conclusion - wasn't this brain plague finally under control? Do you think there are still living people on the planet Jabim? Doesn’t this mean that the Trade Alliance has done something wrong?
So after three months of investigation and wrangling, the Galactic Republic finally gave the reply to Planet Jabiem: We have tried hard, but there is nothing we can do to help.
And what about the planet Jabim at this time? No one has cared about what happened to the Republic for a long time, because the revolutionary flames of Otto Stratus have already ignited the entire planet, and civil war has broken out.
This is the current situation at the end of the Republic. Their fiscal revenue all depends on the faces of those super enterprises, and their financial expenditures all depend on the faces of those super enterprises.
In the end, a year into this galactic civil war, the Galactic Republic finally exhausted its last bit of money.
Facing the increasingly severe frontline war, military investment not only cannot be reduced, but must also be increased. What should we do at this time?
Borrow money.
Who can I borrow from?
The richest man.
Who is the richest?
Interstellar Banking Association.
However, Lot Doud, the representative of the Interstellar Banking Association on the Galactic Parliament side, said very arrogantly that if you want to borrow money, you can, the interest must be 25%, and at the same time, a new bill must be passed to liberalize the interstellar banking industry. Regulation of the association.
Both of these conditions can be said to be a slap in the face of the Galactic Republic.
Not to mention the 25% super interest rate, for the government of the Galactic Republic, it is self-evident what it means once it relaxes the supervision of the national banking system.
It is equivalent to you having no idea how the economic lifeline of your entire country operates, how much money is spent, and how many things are done!
Such conditions are simply breaking the bottom line!
However, among the Galactic Council, they are still quarreling over this matter. Supporters said that your Galactic Republic is so poor. It is estimated that even if you sell your government, it will not be as rich as the Interstellar Banking Association. What happened to the relaxation of regulations? Rather than supervising the banking association, let's think about how to ensure that Coruscant is not overrun by separatism.
But opponents say the unlimited expansion of the war is the root cause of the fiscal crisis. What's the use of borrowing more money and increasing military spending? It doesn't mean adding fuel to the fire.
The strongest voices of opposition are Padmé Amidala, the parliamentarian representative from the planet Naboo, and Bail Organa, the parliamentarian representative from the planet Alderaan.
At the same time, Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa are also advocates of the peace agreement.
"We must see clearly! This war is no longer a battle of ideas, but a war for the sake of war! The purpose of the war is no longer strong! Do we really want to reach the outer ring of the galaxy and drive them all away? Padmé Amidala said loudly.
Orn Free Tower said coldly: "If you don't fight to the outer ring of the galaxy, how will you end the war? Those planets that openly oppose the Republic, do you still want to persuade them to surrender with your words?"
Speaker Sheev Palpatine just turned a cold eye to the quarrel, and even looked at Lot Dude, the representative of the Interstellar Banking Association, with a trace of pity in his eyes.
In the parliament, everyone saw the tyranny and power of the Interstellar Banking Association, but only he understood that this was only temporary.
It’s time for the Interstellar Banking Association to change its course!
