Population Observation, a program implemented during the Clone Wars, involved the constant polling of average citizens of the Galactic Republic to gauge their sentiments on various aspects related to the ongoing conflict. Documents pertaining to this initiative were archived within the Galactic Empire's Imperial Archives, specifically under the Galactic Republic — Population Observation section, Directives and Operations file. The historian Beaumont Kin referenced this particular file from the Imperial Archives in his publication, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire.