What are the powerful and privileged?
After the Imperial Intelligence Bureau brazenly arrested a group of Imperial Senators led by Mon Mothma, a massive uproar swept through the entire Core Worlds!
Because the senators arrested were no ordinary senators. They were all senators from the Core Worlds.
Since the founding of the Galactic Republic over twenty-five thousand years ago, such a thing had never been heard of!
A senator from the Core Worlds represented two identities—the Core Worlds and a senator. First came the Core Worlds. The planets there were basically the most developed and prosperous in the Milky Way Galaxy. Even the lowest-ranking and least developed habitable planets in the Core Worlds had economies more than a hundred times larger than the capitals of the Outer Rim Territories!
Over the past twenty-five thousand years, countless species had risen throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, bringing countless enemies to the Galactic Republic—the Infinite Empire, the Legions of Lettow, the Hutt Empire, the Dion Alliance, the Eternal Empire, the Sith Empire, the Mandalorian Crusaders, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Every one of those enemies had been extraordinarily dangerous and immensely powerful. Yet throughout the wars against them, the Galactic Republic government had always stood as steady as Mount Tai. Why?
Because the economic and industrial capacity of the Core Worlds accounted for more than 80% of the entire Milky Way Galaxy! In other words, the combined industrial output of the Inner Rim, Mid Rim, and Outer Rim Territories was only one-quarter that of the Core Worlds.
That immense economic and industrial strength allowed the Galactic Republic to lose countless battles in foreign wars, while its enemies could not afford to lose even once.
The Core Worlds could build one powerful fleet after another, while their enemies could only cling cautiously to