Ansion's Senator Mousul was loyal to the Unity, which was led by the Unity Council. In 22 BBY, a Jedi diplomatic team representing both the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, to remedy the planet's generations-old border dispute, attempted to broker an equitable agreement between the urbanite Unity and the Alwari nomads of the Ansion plains. In this they were successful, which enabled the planet to stave off powerful Commerce Guild-led pressures for it to secede from the Republic. The Unity ultimately voted to reject secession.