Drama Acolyte is coming soon!
You can finally experience the great era of the Jedi Order and understand what the Republic was like in peacetime! Democracy was working.
The Senate of the Republic is a body of worthy representatives who serve the people.
It is in a clean state, untainted by corruption and depravity.
The number of member planets will increase and become larger. The economy is booming, and we can afford large-scale national projects.
Lawmakers do not try to protect themselves, but put the public interest first and share in the prosperity of the republic. The Jedi quietly watch over the Republic, offering helpful advice in the Force.
Existence of evil? war? Dark side? It was defeated long ago and forgotten.
The Sith Lord thinks about how to corrupt the Republic in such a peacetime state.
He also gives seats to corporate entities, banking groups and influential private organizations.
These are economically powerful rather than representatives of planets or star systems.
In other words, they gain seats without going through a democratically legitimate process. A typical example is the Trade Federation.
Ostensibly it has economic benefits for the Republic and is happily approved.
It doesn't matter as long as tax revenue increases.
However, the problem is that they put their own interests ahead of the republic's national interests. Instead of serving the people, they abuse the Senate to see how they can best serve their interests.
It's a bribe. We will secretly pour out our abundant funds.
Even the most honorable and honorable members of Congress are bribed, and the country gradually develops into a hotbed of corruption and depravity. The very great tree of the Republic is becoming dirty.
It's so slow that even the Jedi miss it. We are content with the prosperity of our republic and are oblivious to the real threat.
Gradually it influences the republic's policy making. This will be a convenient policy for the Trade Federation. I don't care about the idea of a republic. Congress is viewed as a business meeting.
Just as the Sith Lords intended, simply giving the Trade Federation a seat would have a huge effect.
In the future, the Trade Federation will be armed. It has become a security threat.
They blockade and invade Naboo in EP1, which is clearly illegal. The reason why they were willing to force legalization was because there were many members of the Senate who had bribed them. The Trade Federation's Senate connections control Congress. Bureaucrats are in control.
This is the reason why even when Queen Amidala complains about the current situation on Naboo in Parliament, no action is taken.
The Queen was saved by the Jedi and was able to come to Coruscant, but she had no choice but to sign a treaty to legalize the blockade.
In this case, the Trade Federation can demand anything from the Senate in exchange for lifting the blockade.
The Trade Federation can simply blockade a small Naboo, resulting in increased trade privileges and elimination of tariffs. They want to monopolize trade.
About the armaments of the Trade Federation
https://swstopwars.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-post_22.html
The truth about the blockade of Naboo. Partisan Kalpana
https://swstopwars.blogspot.com/2016/03/blog-post.html