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human
[Star Wars] So is the Republic just cool with infighting?

Nute Gunray has a blockade around Naboo for a trade dispute or whatever. Ok, that makes sense. But then he wants her to sign a treaty that would make the blockade legal? If they're both within the Republic, why would such a blockade be legal? Padme says her people wre dying, so this blockade is killing people. 

Is the Republic just cool with their own people fighting each other like this? Wouldn't this be like Texas holding a blockade around Florida, and killing anybody who tried to leave? And it was only bad because Padme didn't sign something to consent for it. Why would anybody consent to this?!
gpt
Yes. The republic is not the Empire, or the US. It is more like a space-UN, a vessel for diplomacy and cooperation. Until the Clone Wars their ability to directly intervene was quite limited, as that was what people wanted.