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[Star Wars] Why did Naboo depend so much on exports, where a blockade was an effective measure against them?

I’m listening the Darth Plageuis, and there’s a discussion about why the blockade is happening.  Forgetting all the politics about it for a moment; but Gunray says, “If they don’t comply, they can starve”

So the tactic of this blockade was to create a food shortage? But what I don’t understand, is didn’t the People of Naboo have any type of agriculture on this lush, paradise-like planet?  How did they survive, prior to their first contact?

I means it’s not like we’re dealing with Tattooine or Hoth.. this planet has vegetation and oceans full of giant fish and even rideable cow like creatures.
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Because of the interplanetary nature of trade, many planets hyper specialized in one or two industries.

Geonisis, for example, had massive factories. Kuat made ships. Tatooine made sand.

There are likely whole planets devoted to only agriculture, bread basket planets that supply multiple other worlds. Coruscant, for example, must have food imported from off planet.

The question is, why does Naboo rely on other planets for food? They clearly have the space to farm, and oceans full of sea life.

The reasonable answer is that, at least on planet, the average citizen of Naboo had a high enough standard of living that they can afford to import food from other planets, and nobody farms, devoting their lives to whatever really interests them.

As such, a blockade of food imports can be devastating to a planet that does not focus on it's own food production.