Ferenginar Ferenginar was an inhabited planet in the Alpha Quadrant . This was the homeworld of the Ferengi , a warp - capable humanoid species . It was the capital world of the Ferengi Alliance . The planet was best known for having nearly constant , planet - wide torrential rain s , rotting vegetation , and rivers of muck . Location . Ferenginar was surrounded by star system s , such as Clarus and Irtok . ( ) Ferenginar was located approximately fifty - five light year s from Cardassia Prime and Starbase 375 , and sixty light years from Bajor . In 2375 , the location of Ferenginar was labeled on a tactical cartography map that was displayed in the wardroom of Deep Space 9 . ( , " okudagram " ) History . In the mid - 24th century , Ferenginar experienced rampant inflation and currency devaluation after the Great Monetary Collapse . Many accounts , including some belonging to Quark , were devastated . ( ) In 2374 , after Grand Nagus Zek added an amendment to the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities allowing female s to wear clothes and make profit , Ferenginar was plunged into financial chaos , and a communications blackout was imposed . ( ) In 2375 , Grand Nagus Zek appointed Rom as the new Grand Nagus . ( ) Appendices . Background information . In DS9 Season 3 installment , the Ferengi homeworld first received its name . " fer - ENG - ih - nar " was the pronunciation for this planet ' s name from the script pronunciation guide for fourth season episode . While writing " Family Business " , Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe had a lot of fun with devising details about Ferenginar , for viewers ' initial glimpse of the planet . Thinking about Ferengi anatomy , Wolfe decided the planet should have " a moist climate . " The writers also wanted to differentiate Ferenginar from other major homeworlds in " Star Trek " , which commonly had " hot and dry " environments , related Wolfe . Seeing as rain hadn ' t been depicted much on alien planets , the writers chose to give Ferenginar a virtually permanent rainy climate . ( " " , p . 241 ) A scene description from the script for " Family Business " stated , " " Ferenginar , the homeworld of the Ferengi , is a fetid dismal swamp , subject to a near - endless downpour . " " Following the debut appearance of Ferenginar in " Family Business " , Ira Behr remarked , " " It was an interesting look at the Ferengi homeworld [ . . . ] I ' m not sure we ' ll be going back to the Ferengi homeworld . " " ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 97 ) In ultimately excised dialogue from the first draft script of DS9 Season 4 outing , Garak commented about Ferenginar , " " I must admit it ' s a magnificent city . . . I quite enjoyed my time there . " " This would probably imply either that Ferenginar had only one city or that the planet ' s capital city was at one point intended to have the same name as the planet . Creating the sets to represent Ferenginar in DS9 Season 5 ' s was fairly easy , with the Grand Nagus ' Chamber of Petitioners in the Tower of Commerce being the only new set . Because Ishka ' s house had been established in " Family Business " , DS9 ' s art department had to merely assemble and redress that set , so that it could reappear in " Ferengi Love Songs " . ( " " , p . 445 ) According to the " " ( p . 3 ) , Ferenginar was located in the Bajor sector . " " According to " " ( pp . 35 & 36 ) and " " ( " Federation Historical Highlights , 2161 - 2385 " ) , Ferenginar was an M - class planet located in the Ferenginar star system . The capital of this world , and of the Ferengi Alliance , was Ferenginar . In 2378 , there were 78 . 2 billion Ferengi living on this world . The Ferengi have been warp - capable since antiquity . Major points of interest were the Sacred Marketplace and Tower of Commerce . The primary of the system was an . The classified Ferenginar as a class M planet . According to " The Worlds of the Federation " , the Ferengi homeworld was called Ferengal . According to the RPG sourcebook " Worlds " , Ferenginar was the fifth planet in the Alpha Krellek system .