Mr. Oragahn wrote: Well then it was just a show of (overkill) force from the Trade Federation, showing that they meant business... err, literally.
That was kind of the point that set the Jedi off as to something really strange was going on. The invasion and blockade just wasn't normal.
One really has to wonder how high Republic taxes are
Mr. Oragahn wrote: But I doubt that only the royal court had access to ships. Even Palpatine would need to have his own ships. Plus the Nubian ships, if they're made on Naboo, are clearly known outside of this planet by Wattoo, even if he was on Tatooine, which isn't very far. He has spare parts, which wouldn't make much sense as the high dignitaries would probably get their spare parts from better places I believe.
The point is that almost everyone lives in one of the two cities, and one of those cities is the underwater Gungan city.
In the real world car makers often have other companies build the engines and such. Naboo just doesn't have the industry to build all the ship parts themselves
Mr. Oragahn wrote: At least in the EU it is mentioned that Naboo sells its plasma in the Inside the Locations of TPM I think.
WTF! That does not make sense.