Yeah but it’s made clear the FO took over the Galaxy in just one week or so. Couldn’t a galaxy spanning government come up with a decent military budget for defence and protection? Did all systems meekly surrender without a fight? Or the NR is completely devoid of any armed forces? IDK, just can’t wrap my head around that.
These are questions without answers. It’s clear that neither J.J. nor Rian cared about expounding on any of this stuff when they wrote VII and VIII.