The State of the Republic address represented a formal discourse delivered by the Supreme Chancellor before the Galactic Senate, focusing on the existing condition of the Old Republic. These addresses typically attracted a multitude of Senators from various planets, along with governmental figures, entrepreneurs, and similar individuals, who journeyed back to Coruscant to observe the event; subsequently, they traditionally organized elaborate celebrations.
During the concluding centuries of the Old Republic, the State of the Republic Addresses were viewed as an antiquated custom, with Eixes Valorum being the final Chancellor to present them. Nevertheless, Palpatine briefly reintroduced them during the period of the Clone Wars. His speeches were often marked by extensive ovations from the Senators, and could extend for durations of up to four hours.
Despite the assertion in Labyrinth of Evil that Eixes Valorum was the last Chancellor to deliver State of the Republic addresses preceding Palpatine, in Darth Plagueis Palpatine references similar addresses being given by Thoris Darus, Frix, Kalpana, and Finis Valorum.