basic star wars galactic politics circa 29-19 bby as illustrated by three key planets (by a tired woman with a humanities degree which unfortunately featured international relations):
alderaan: a founding member of the republic. incredibly galactically significant. whatever political representative of alderaan there is inherently has a lot of political sway and power in the senate simply by virtue of being The Representative of Alderaan.
naboo: a late-comer to the republic, only joined less than a milennia ago, so far out in the mid-rim it's basically outer-rim. sorry, nabu? neboo? a galactically insignificant planet that happens to be a member of the republic. sorry, you're being invaded? who are you again? i guess we can do a commitee investigation... people are dying right now sovereign leader of NAB? sighs. political representative of naboo: well at least you're a member of the republic; no inherent privilege/political sway by being The Representative of Naboo
tatooine: sorry you've been conquered by the hutts and are infested by slavery? you're not a republic member and you're in the outer rim; we do not give a fuck. please leave us alone your suffering is giving me hives <3
