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500 Republica

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this immense building was built in the Ambassadorial Sector of the Senate District of Galactic City, on the planet Coruscant, and provided dwellings for some of the galaxy's wealthiest beings. Many of the Senators of the Old Republic maintained residences in this building, including former Senator Palpatine, primarily because it offered complete privacy for its residents. Fifty-three individual skydocks were located around the building's fa�ade providing, restricted access to residents and their guests. Hundreds of private turbolifts could be found within its walls, and security cameras and hidden weaponry guarded every doorway and entrance to ensure that the building's inhabitants were safe at all times. The fact that 500 Republica was such an opulent and immense building, especially when compared to the Senate Rotunda, served as a symbol of the Senators' disproportionate wealth and their corruption, especially to the members of the lower classes of Coruscant.