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[Star Wars] Why are the Resistance and the New Republic two separate entities?

The Resistance is called 'The Resistance.' What exactly are they resisting?

If the First Order is simply some outside force seeking to destroy the New Republic, why is the Resistance a separate (seemingly ragtag) entity? Why doesn't the New Republic have their own army OR why don't they directly support the Resistance?
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The New Republic has a lot of the problems that the Old Republic had - it's mired in bureaucracy, meaning that all decisions get made very slowly, and it's not eager to go to war.  

General Leia Organa decided that the Republic wasn't acting quickly enough against the First Order, so she formed her own group, calling it the Resistance.  They're sort of like a rogue militia - they do what they want (illegally), and the Republic secretly funds them while turning a blind eye to what they do.