"It is an honor to stand before you, for you represent the freedom and the future of our galaxy. The once-great Republic and Jedi Order have become victims of their own ambitions, and the Supreme Chancellor is no more than a pawn of corporate monopolies. As a people you called out for change, you called out for leadership, and I humbly answered that call. Together we challenged the system. We asked for equality. And how were we met? With war! The secret Jedi army of clones was revealed, and their treachery was far greater than we could have imagined! Countless living beings—these clones the Jedi created—have been sent to their deaths, while we sacrifice mainly droids. Our soldiers of flesh and blood are willing participants! They are your fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, who fight not because they were grown and designed to do so, but because they know in their hearts that they are fighting for a just and noble cause!"
―Head of State Dooku addresses a gala of Separatist dignitaries

In the year 24 BBY, a brave group of systems, organizations, and individuals formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS) to combat the growing corruption and overreach of the Republic. Two years later, the Republic attacked a peaceful Separatist summit on Geonosis with a secret army of clones that the Jedi Order had illegally commissioned. Fortunately, most of the CIS leaders escaped, and under the leadership of Head of State Dooku and General Grievous pulled their forces together to protect the independent systems not under the iron rule of the Republic.

The CIS is primarily made up of the Trade Federation, the Techno Union, the Corporate Alliance, the Commerce Guild, and the InterGalactic Banking Clan, along with hundreds of independent star systems and planets that have joined the fight against the Republic and the Jedi Order.

The battle for the galaxy is just beginning, but with luck, the side of right will prevail.