Corporate Sector Authority

The Corporate Sector Authority, commonly abbreviated to CSA, was a corporate authority that controlled the Corporate Sector, which was located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. All economic, political and judicial systems were controlled by member corporations or corporate interest, who were charted to directly administer the sector.

The Corporate Sector Authority rooted in the Clone Wars when Supreme Chancellor Palpatine began to get in close contact with corporations in the Corporate Sector which were loyal to the Galactic Republic. By the end of the war, he gathered a group of sympathizing lobbyists known as the Galactic Corporate Policy League (GCPL), which would later on become the CSA, gaining him control over members of the CSA when he became Galactic Emperor.

During the Imperial Period, the Corporate Sector Authority was never part of the Galactic Empire and therefore retained its independent, with the Empire maintaining official diplomatic relations with the CSA.

In 40 ABY, the CSA allied itself with a rebellion consisting of the planetoids Corellia, Commenor, Adumar, and Fondor for fighting against the Galactic Alliance during the Second Galactic Civil War.

In 44 ABY, the Corporate Sector Authority suffered a full slave revolt, as it was happening everywhere else in the galaxy.

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