The Invasion of the Space Americans

The Invasion of the Space Americans is a series of episodes outlining the story of when the Space Americans invade the Swamp Planet.

Story
The story takes place across many episodes, but begins with the Mayor of Main City accidentally getting drunk and letting slip that Swamp Planet and Main City are effectively independent from the Galactic Organization because they have total control over the swamp grease supply. This has to do with the complex relations with the Politics of Main City.

Main City was founded as a colony (see Colonization of the Swamp Planet) Because Main City is the only city on the swamp planet, it's government is also the interplanetary arbiter for the swamp planet, grating Main City's municipal government certain privileges that many nation states on other planets don't have. Main City was kept up because of the lubrication factor of the swamp grease witch is farmed there. Because Main City is such a tiny and relatively unimportant colony, which is not even especially important in the grease trade, The Galactic Organization has no oversight office in Main City.

These two strange conditions result in a situation where Main City can control the output of grease as they chose while claiming Main City needs an arbitrary amount of the necessary imports to keep the colony well supplied. Grease is not a particularly valuable commodity, so Main City is still quite poor.

The Invasion of the Space Americans is sparked by a barter deal between some people(?) on Main city and the Monks in Space for a container of chartreuse. That such a barter could be done, indicates that Main City could grow effectively independent of the Galactic Organization.