The Moralan species' created the Moralan republic, controlled by the Parliament of Moralan, which was founded after the species freed themselves from slavery to the Hutt species. The species freed themselves with encouragement from the Tionese, enemies of the Hutts from the Tion Hegemony, and had been formed by the time of Second Battle of Vontor during the Hutt–Xim conflict. At the time of the battle the Tionese had forces present in the Moralan system where Moralan, the Moralan homeworld, was located but shortly afterwards they withdrew. With the Tionese gone a Hutt named Boonta Hestilic Shad'ruu attacked the republic and conquered it, driving the Moralans to extinction and so destroying the republic. The battle lasted three days and was celebrated in the three-day holiday collectively k