Unification Policies

"And it was his so-called Unification Policies that have drawn so many worlds back into the web of Republic influence."

- Paak,a member of a separatis group, talking about Tarsus Valorum and his Unification Policies

The Unification Policies were a set of legal guidelines and recommendations proposed by Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum. They were used as part of the Ruusan Reformation to unify the Galactic Republic after the devastating New Sith Wars. However, many separatist groups were against these policies and wanted to keep their star systems out of the Republic.

Description
Following the completion of the Battle of Ruusan and the New Sith Wars, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic Tarsus Valorum proposed the Unification Policies as part of his Ruusan Reformation, a series of proposed reforms that were meant to restructure the whole Republic. Seeing how brutal the Ruusan campaign had been, Valorum wanted the Unification Policies to help reunite the far-flung star systems that made up the Republic, and to bring these worlds back into the web of Republic influence. After these policies were enacted, the Galactic Senate was able to enforce the regulations of membership in the Republic.

History
Because many groups, especially the Anti-Republic Liberation Front, saw the Unification Policies as a form of bullying, nearly one hundred separatist groups rose up after the policies were approved. They were first proposed following the New Sith Wars, which ended with the Seventh Battle of Ruusan in 1,000 BBY. Darth Bane, the last remaining Dark Lord of the Sith, was working behind the scenes to pit separatist groups against the Republic, hoping to distract the Republic from the secret survival of the Sith. One such event happened on the planet Serenno in 990 BBY. Where Darth Bane's apprentice, Darth Zannah, worked to get a small Anti-Republic Liberation Front cell to perform a kidnapping of former Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum. One member of this group, a man by the name of Paak, was against this idea, yet he hated the Unification Policies so much, he eventually went along with the idea. The members of this Anti-Republic Liberation Front cell attempted to kidnap the former Chancellor, but were stopped by Jedi Knight Johun Othone. Although over the years many of these groups tried to oppose the government's ability to keep star systems in the Republic, they did so in vain. The Republic stood for almost another 1,000 years, and many of these separatist groups eventually disappeared.

Behind the scenes
The Unification Policies were first mentioned in Darth Bane: Rule of Two, published on December 26, 2007. They were later described in more detail in the 2008 compendium The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

Appearances

 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two