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Garos IV

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this thickly-forested world was settled by human colonists some 4,000 years ago. The inhabitants became self-sufficient due to Garos IV's rich farmlands. A brisk trade developed between the Garosians and their neighbors, the Sundars, who were part of the colonization effort. The Sundars developed technology, and the two worlds complimented each other. However, the Sundars have recently begun to migrate to Garos IV, settling in the valleys and establishing factories and industrial centers. This emigration began about 200 years before the Galactic Civil War, and raised the ire of the agricultural Garosians. When a Garosian grain facility was destroyed, the resentment among the two neighbors bubbled over, and a civil war was started. It lasted 82 years until a truce was signed. Garos IV was one of the first ten planets to join the Refugee Resettlement Coalition, shortly before the Clone Wars. During the last years of the Old Republic, the Garosian-Sundar truce was regularly violated until the Empire took control of the Garos System. The Garosians became strong supporters of the Alliance, and held onto their beliefs until the New Republic took control. Once the rest of the galaxy came to realize that the University of Garos was a top-notch school, more beings began traveling to Garos IV to attend classes there. An economic boom followed, as the students created a need for virtually every service. The planet had two moons, and was located spinward of the Nyarikan Nebula. The average day on Garos IV lasted 25 standard hours, and its year encompassed 382 local days.