Historically, Reth has been entirely dependent upon its reputation as a paradise world. Consisting largely of a vast archipelago of thousands of golden islands scattered across a shallow warm turquoise sea, its climate and environment are said to be perfect for soothing and rejuvenating the tired and troubled mind. For over a thousand years, the planet's hereditary monarchs traded off this reputation, until the de Caul family staged a successful coup in the 7th century M41. The de Cauls, a mid-ranking clan of Imperial nobles, brought a new and more severe interpretation of the Imperial cult to the laid back and pleasure loving planet. While Reth remains a tropical paradise it is frequented less and less by the rich and the powerful; few care to go to paradise when local enforcers crack down on even the slightest moral deviancy.

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CLASS: Paradise World

POPULATION: 640,000,000.

TITHE GRADE: Exactus Median

SUBSECTOR: Adrantis

SYSTEM: Tephaine system

GOVERNMENTAL TYPE: Hereditary Monarcy

CONTACT WITH OTHER WORLDS: Reth is part of the Tephaine System, and has close contact with the neighbouring worlds Tephaine, Tephaine Minor and Siculi. The nearest major world is Baraspine.