Galactic Republic (Earth-77207)

"The Republic was the Republic of legend, greater than distance or time. No need to note where it was or whence it came, only to know that… it was the Republic."

- - Journal of the Whills

The Galactic Republic was the ruling governing body of the Milky Way galaxy for 100,000 years. Founded by the Asari upon their discovery of the Citadel, an ancient Prothean world, the Galactic Republic acted as a representative democracy to the whole Milky Way, having numerous star systems on its sovereignty, and being ruled by the Citadel Council, a body that elected its representatives across planets. The Supreme Councilor was an elected official from the Council that was chosen by all of its councilors, acting as the de facto leader of the Citadel Council and the Republic. Following thousands of years of political instability and the emergence of the Covenant Crisis and the Clone Wars, the Republic was restructured by Supreme Councilor Donnel Udina and reformed into the Galactic Empire, spanning 27 years of fascism and authoritarianism.