Later, the historians would call these times The Golden Era of the New Galactic Republic. The Sith were definitively defeated, their feeble vessels perishing in the anti-matter fire of precision Jedi strikes. The wannabe copycats destroyed themselves from the inside, petty infighting turning what could have been an unstoppable war machine into a strategic joke. Republic's citizens were enjoying prosperity, democracy and freedom in equal parts.

Alas, not all was well. The minions of the dark side scattered and found shelter on the Peripheral Worlds, outside of the tender embrace of the Republic. Scheming, planning their revenge. Stripped of the military power, they turned to deceit and trickery to bring woe and ruin on the defenders of galactic freedom. In their hateful minds a devilish plot was concocted, aimed at draining the Republic of its most valuable asset: the people. For there is no king without subjects, nor there is a senate without people to represent.

And so, the agents of the dark side sought to lure the people of the Republic by turning the forsaken Peripheral Worlds into shining jewels of prosperity. They built the leading schools and universities to trick the gullible youth away from the traditional values of Freedom and Democracy. They offered free medical care to the old and sick to destroy the Republic's medical sector and ruin its numerous shareholders. They offered lucrative jobs to the poor and unemployed to strip the Republic of its industrial workforce. And as a final insult to those loyal citizens who chose to remain, they started buying goods from the Republic, buying so much that even the richest citizens of the only true democracy in the galaxy wouldn't have enough luxuries to fill their homes with.

That couldn't stand. In the unprecedented move, Chancellor Sp'ades in his first public address announced creation of the Trade Enforcement Agency and its enforcement branch Corps of Unilateral Protection. The agency would be led by Doggo Goodboy whose distinguished career traced all the way back to the Old Republic and Trade Federation. Chancellor's PR representative described Mr. Goodboy as the embodiment of traditions of freedom and democracy and a fearless leader who is all bite and barely any bark.

Only days later, Mr. Goodboy announced that his agency will ensure that for every galactic credit of goods shipped to the Peripheral Worlds, the New Republic would purchase at least 1.3106 galactic credits worth of goods from the Peripheral Worlds to guarantee that welfare accumulation happens on the right side of freedom. He reminded that TEA is empowered to send in the elite CUP units to facilitate goods and population acquisition and transfer, should Republic's trade partners put up unfair and exploitative obstacles to the free trade.

Later that day, Chancellor Sp'ades addressed the Senate, announcing Order 67, which established the free citizen's obligations with regards to the minimal amount of goods purchased from the Peripheral Worlds for coming financial year, and placing additional responsibilities on CUP to perform spot checks ensuring that the goods were actually present on premises of the purchaser. He reminded the senators of the unparalleled dominance of the Republic's true free economy and unacceptable exploitation its industries were subjected to by the dusty dirtballs that call themselves Peripheral Worlds Or Something. The order stirred a lot of controversy and fierce opposition with Senate members pointing out additional storage costs the order would place on the population, and the negative effect it would have on the government's affordable housing budget. The tension was resolved when the Order was later amended to offer an Excessive Goods Removal program for families struggling with the storage space, TEA agents additionally tasked with inspecting family homes and removing least space-efficient goods free of charge.

The New Galactic Republic citizens are now eagerly awaiting the fall of the corrupt regimes of the Peripheral Worlds.

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