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an area of the galaxy once known for its manufacturing plants and heavy industry under the Old Republic, it was originally an experimental sector governed by the corporations working in it. Many of the corporations working their began to take liberties with the worlds they owned, abusing the populace and stripping entire worlds of their natural resources. When word of these atrocities reached the ears of the Old Republic, control of the area was turned over to the Senate. Many of the corporations balked at this, for it reduced the role of the corporations in governing the systems. In order to placate the corporations, the Old Republic set aside a group of uninhabited systems in the Region for use by the corporations, and thus the Corporate Sector was born. This area of the galaxy was responsible for much of the growth experienced in The Slice. It has been in an economic decline ever since, although the Corporate Sector continues to bring in huge profits.