965. Corrupt Galactic Republic
Among Battle of Rusan more than a thousand years ago, Galactic Republic completely eliminated Sith Empire, won this long war, and dominated the entire galaxy.
After that, Galactic Republic Senate announced that there would be no more war in the galaxy, so he began to promote Rusan Reforms, reducing the country's military expenditure to a minimum and vigorously developing the service industry, industry and commerce.
In fact, the original intention of this reform is very good, just like after you kill all the enemies in "Total War series", the style of painting suddenly changes to "Cities: 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...
Uh...
Shili power station!!!!
But the fact is that although Galactic Republic disbanded most of the army and only relied on Jedi Order to maintain the order and rule of Galactic Republic for a long time, the extra income from Galactic Republic did not enter the national treasury.
Of course, good times will last for a few decades, but soon, Galactic Republic's economic lifeline will be controlled by those Mega-corporations. The result of excessive commercialization is the excessive development of these enterprises.
Gradually, these Mega-corporations discovered that it was much cheaper to bribe relevant government staff than to do things according to Galactic Republic Constitution's rules, so corruption began to prevail.
To what extent did corruption reach the end of Galactic Republic? It has reached the point where no one in the entire Galactic Republic government agency is not corrupt or 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 it is, there will be no serious consequences.
As for the Outer Rim planets and ordinary people who suffer due to these corruptions, no one cares what they think.
Because in the interstellar age, if civilians want to resist the government, it is no longer possible for Cold Weapon Era to rise up, because you are facing countless Star Destroyer!
Just like the Brain Plague disaster that broke out in Jabiim planet before this civil war broke out.
In fact, after Jabiim planet broke out Brain Plague, the planet government asked Galactic Republic for help, and then Republic Senate passed a motion to rescue Jabiim planet and prepared a rescue plan of 1 billion credits.
But at the end of the Galactic Republic period, there was almost no cash in the Galactic Republic treasury. They could only ask some Mega-corporations to bear the money, and then Galactic Republic repay it through debt.
So at that time, the rescue work of Jabiim planet was outsourced to Trade Federation. Then Trade Federation backhandedly quoted a price of 5 billion credit points, saying that Jabiim planet's Brain Plague was very serious and investment must be increased.
Then Trade Federation paid bribes up and down, and finally Galactic Republic Finance Department agreed to increase the expenditure to 5 billion, so Galactic Republic owed Trade Federation 5 billion credit points.
Then, there is no more.
Trade Federation sent a few spaceships over to express their intention, and signed in to show that I was here, and then ignored them.
But Brain Plague is not solved? In the end, at least half of the population of Jabiim planet died in this Brain Plague, and the planet's economy and politics were on the verge of collapse. Then they went to Galactic Republic to sue, accusing Galactic Republic of ignoring them.
Then Galactic Senate began to hold Trade Federation accountable, and Trade Federation continued to bribe people and mess around in the parliament. Then, for a simple matter like whether Trade Federation rescued Jabiim planet, Galactic Senate actually held meetings for more than a month and still did not come to a conclusion, so they decided to send a delegation to Jabiim planet to investigate.
Then those people who were bribed by Trade Federation began to use their strength secretly, saying that there was no need for Jedi Knight to intervene in Jabiim planet's matter, and just let Republic Commerce Department send people there.
Then Trade Federation continued to bribe the people of the investigation team. The investigation team landed in several safe places at Jabiim planet, took a few photos and went back. They reported Galactic Senate, not that Trade Federation didn't do anything, but that Jabiim planet's Brain Plague was too powerful and exceeded their capabilities.
In the end, they also came to an absurd conclusion - didn't Brain Plague finally have it under control this time? Look, there are still people alive on Jabiim planet? Doesn't this mean that Trade Federation did something?
So Galactic Republic finally gave Jabiim planet a reply after three months of investigation and wrangling: We have tried hard, but there is nothing we can do to help.
And what about Jabiim planet at this time? No one has cared about what happened to Galactic 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 Galactic Republic. Their financial income all depends on the faces of those Mega-corporationss, and their financial expenditures all depend on the faces of those Mega-corporationss.
In the end, when this galactic civil war broke out for a year, Galactic Republic finally exhausted his 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?
InterGalactic Banking Clan.
However, InterGalactic Banking Clan's representative on Galactic Senate's side, Rush-Clovis (Rush Clovis), said very arrogantly that if you want to borrow money, you can, but the interest must be 25%. At the same time, a new bill must be passed to relax the supervision of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.
These two conditions can be said to be a slap in the face of Galactic Republic.
Let's not talk about the 25% super interest rate. For the Galactic Republic government, it is self-evident what it will mean 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 Galactic Senate, they are still quarreling over this matter. Supporters said that you Galactic Republic are so poor. It is estimated that even if you sell the government, you will not be as rich as InterGalactic Banking Clan. What happened to the relaxation of regulations? Rather than supervising banking associations, it is better to think about how to ensure that Coruscant is not defeated by Separatists.
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 opposition is that Naboo Senator represents Padmé-Amidala, and Alderaan Senator represents Bail-Organa.
At the same time, Padmé-Amidala and Bail-Organa are also the advocates of Peace Accord.
"We must see it 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 hit Outer Rim of the galaxy and kill them all?" Padmé-Amidala said loudly.
Orn Free Tower said coldly, "If you don't fight Outer Rim of the galaxy, how will you end the war? Those planets that openly oppose Galactic Republic, do you still want to persuade them to surrender with your words?"
Speaker Sheev-Palpatine just watched the quarrel indifferently, and even looked at the InterGalactic Banking Clan representatives Rush-Clovis with a trace of pity in his eyes.
In the parliament, everyone saw InterGalactic Banking Clan's arrogance and power, but only he understood that this was only temporary.
InterGalactic Banking Clan, it's time for a change!