Eventually, tensions between it and the Republic developed into war, pitting their droid armies against the Grand Army of the Republic. As the Confederate Parliament continued to grow with more and more worlds joining their cause, their goals of fair trade and taxation were eclipsed by the manipulative and greedy intentions of the Confederacy's financial arm. This Council was formed up of the corporate heads and bankers who were unwittingly organized by the Sith Lord to drag the Confederacy's war effort into the mire of bureaucracy and greed and distract from the honest aspirations of the Parliament. The Council served as the major investors in the Confederate cause and therefore held great sway over the military which they bankrolled and donated. The Droid Armies were placed under the con