Furthermore, the government was secretly supported by several major galactic corporations which formed the Confederacy's legislative council, including the Trade Federation, led by Viceroy Nute Gunray, the InterGalactic Banking Clan, headed by Chairman San Hill, the Techno Union, led by Foreman Wat Tambor, the Commerce Guild, led by Presidente Shu Mai, the Corporate Alliance, led by Magistrate Passel Argente, and the Retail Caucus. Established by fallen Jedi Master Count Dooku of the planet Serenno, who served as the government's Head of State, the Confederacy was founded from a belief of excessive taxation and corruption within the Republic's Galactic Senate, as well as a general feeling of dissatisfaction towards and neglect by the Republic-centric Core Worlds region of the galaxy. The Confederacy of Independent Systems, abbreviated to CIS, and otherwise known as the Separatist Alliance, the Separatist State, the Separatist Confederacy, or simply referred to as the Separatists, was a confederate government formed from thousands of star systems of the Inner Rim, Mid Rim and Outer Rim Territories which had declared a state of independence from the Galactic Republic, whom the Confederacy had opposed from 24 BBY until 19 BBY following their uprising. Our soldiers of flesh and blood are willing participants! They are your fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, who fight not because they were grown and designed to do so, but because they know in their hearts that they are fighting for a just and noble cause!' вЂ•Head of State Dooku addresses a gala of Separatist dignitaries

And how were we met? With war! The Jedi secret army of clones was revealed, and their treachery was far greater than we could have imagined! Countless living beings-these clones the Jedi created-have been sent to their deaths, while we sacrifice mainly droids. As a people you called out for change, you called out for leadership, and I humbly answered that call. The once-great Republic and Jedi Order have become victims of their own ambitions, and the Supreme Chancellor is no more than a pawn of corporate monopolies. ' It is an honor to stand before you, for you represent the freedom and the future of our galaxy.

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