The Mid Rim, also known as the Mid-Rim, Mid-systems or the Mid Rim Territories, was a region of the galaxy located between the Expansion Region and the Outer Rim Territories. With fewer natural resources—and therefore a smaller population—than many neighboring regions, the Mid Rim was a territory where residents worked hard for everything they had. Several planets built up impressive economies, and pirate raiders often hid in the relatively unexplored spaces far from major trade routes.
The Mid Rim was comprised of over 160 sectors, and a region of free-standing subsectors on its southwestern flanks.
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History
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| During the Pre-Republic Era, the Wookiees of Kashyyyk were ruled by the galactic-spanning Infinite Empire of the Rakata who terraformed the planet’s surface for agricultural purposes. The collapse of their empire left the terraforming machines unattended which resulted in the planet’s abnormally large foliage. The Hutt Empire encompassed a number of Mid Rim worlds including Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa. However, the Bothans were able to resist Hutt expansion and carve up their own independent region of space which evolved into Bothan Space.
The Mid Rim politically developed as a consequence of a colonization boom in the Expansion Region during the Great Manifest Period (20,000—17,000 BBY). Profits from business ventures in the Expansion Region prompted several Inner Rim political systems and religious organizations to colonize and develop the worlds in the Mid Rim's portion of the Slice. This colonization boom attracted few corporations which chose to remain in the Expansion Region due to the region's business friendly policies. Over the following millennia, colonization in the Mid Rim developed at a progressive albeit leisurely pace which provided successive generations of colonists with ample space to expand into. Due to the stronger presence of central government from Coruscant, there was less criminal activity in the region compared to the more distant Outer Rim Territories. The crime-dominated Hutt Space bordered the eastern fringes of the Mid Rim.
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- Andoan Free Colonies
- Bothan Border
- Cerean Quadrant
- Ganathan Space
- Granse Space
- Hijoian Space
- Induparan Crown Worlds
- Kylantha's Whim
- Lurid Dawn
- Mugaari Space
- Nal Raka Space
- Paqwepori
- Penumbra Omen
- Sea of Veruna
- Senex-Juvex
- Silly Rabbit
- Tyus Cluster
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Sources
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| For more information about the history of the Mid Rim region of the galaxy, please see Wookieepedia.
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