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Euergetes
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it got mixed up in transit and was supposed to go to the USA. if you're in the US, that's the special blend we send to rhode island
what does he think FEMA is? it's run from the white house already. if he does anything they'll just rename it trumpsaster relief to appease the hogs
spike lee really had the sauce, do the right thing is so fucking good
american cities are un-citylike in design, not population. stuff 500k in a normal density and you've got a city
we don't even know which jurisdiction levies taxes, it shouldn't be naboo ir else why would it be a galactic issue, but then why would you blockade a random planet over taxes across a wide area like the outer rim???
the amount of autonomy republic members had is never pinned down, some of them have (elected?!?!) royalty like naboo, others seem to be hereditary, many have independent militaries, but the crux of the issue is either naboo specifically pissed off the federation within their rights--then the federation's response is probably somewhat fair play--or the republic actually governs interplanetary trade and there's no explanation for why it ought to be naboo.
uh like naboo disputed something, in some way, and that necessitated a blockade for reasons
it's so funny how the phantom menace has this rep of being too dry from political minutiae when there are literally no concrete details on the inciting events for the plot. not even in the expanded universe materials!
rebel funding and weapons came from opportunistic corporations
the whole-ass CIS droid army and navy being derived from private corporate armies 
new excuse for execs to get high as hell and spout a bunch of bullshit before walking it back