Around 33 BBY, a scandal involving corruption came to light, concerning the actions of King Ars Veruna regarding the Foreign Affairs of the planet Naboo. It was also suspected that Veruna's Prime Counselor Kun Lago had a part in the affair, while the young politician Padmé Amidala was credited with bringing the issue to the public's attention. Shortly after this incident, King Veruna stepped down from his position.
Approximately around 33 BBY, the people of Naboo became aware of a corrupt plan related to how King Ars Veruna managed the foreign policy of their Mid Rim planet. Kun Lago, the Prime Counselor serving the monarch, placed the blame for the crisis's emergence on Princess of Theed Padmé Amidala, as it significantly damaged the king's reputation. Lago's son Ian, for his part, also suspected his father of being involved in the scandal. Given that corruption among Naboo's elected officials was essentially unheard of, the king's hidden agenda was initially successful and unknown to the public. Senator Palpatine was the one who initially encouraged Veruna's disastrous involvement in offworld politics.
As a result of the revelation of Ars Veruna's involvement in the scandal, a crisis ensued, and the king soon abdicated, bringing an end to his thirteen-year reign. The popular Amidala, whose candidacy for the throne had been initially suggested to her parents, and then secretly supported by Palpatine, was rapidly elected and crowned as his replacement as the Monarch of Naboo.
After Kun Lago was removed from his position and his son Ian departed from the planet, Veruna chose to escape from Theed, the planet's center of government. The former king sought shelter in the castle belonging to the Earl of Vis, situated in the remote Western Reaches of the planet, where he was later murdered by Sith Lord Darth Plagueis.
The scandal regarding Foreign Affairs first appeared in the fifth issue of Star Wars Tales, specifically in the short comic titled "A Summer's Dream." Terry Moore wrote the comic, which Dark Horse Comics published on September 27, 2000. The story portrays the scandal as a significant reason for Kun Lago's intense resentment towards Padmé Amidala, leading him to oppose his son's relationship with the princess. The story implies that Amidala was responsible for making the scandal public, that Kun Lago was involved, and that the king's abdication was greatly influenced by the event.
Even though the stories found in issues 1 through 20 of Star Wars Tales are generally considered to have uncertain canon status, the events depicted in A Summer's Dream were incorporated into other works considered canonical, thereby integrating the story into the broader Star Wars narrative. The foreign policy scandal was referenced in the 2002 book The New Essential Guide to Characters and briefly mentioned in several other reference materials, including Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary, Secrets of Naboo, and The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.