Trantor

**Trantor**, known after the Great Sack as **Home**, or **Hame**, to its people, was the capital of the First Galactic Empire. Trantor was also home to Seldon's secretive Second Foundation, who were centered in the Galactic Library.

By the time of Cleon I, the planet's land surface of 200 million square kilometers was entirely domed, except for the Imperial Palace area, and underlaid with an endless city that extended beneath the continental shelves. At the time of Hari Seldon's trial, its enormous population, well in excess of forty billion, was devoted almost entirely to the administrative necessities of Empire, and found themselves to be few for the complications of the task. Following the Great Sack of Trantor, the world's importance diminished, its metal surface was overturned and it became a largely agricultural planet.

## History

Trantor had a very long history first as the throne of the Kingdom of Trantor and later as the administrative center of the galaxy.

### Pre-imperium

According to the Second Foundation, Trantor was the capital of a "large and mighty political entity that spanned an ever-growing union of planetary systems" as early as the year 3548 AD during the time of the Spacers. However, the Kingdom of Trantor did not begin until 5500 AD, when the known galaxy was split into many kingdoms spawned from the Settler Worlds which lived in a feudal system.

From the Kingdom arose a Trantorian Republic circa 7000-8000 AD, which evolved into a Trantorian Confederation and had become the Trantorian Empire by the year 11086 AD, when it controlled half of the Galaxy. Then in the year 11,586 (1 GE) the Trantorian Empire became the Galactic Empire, and Trantor the Imperial Capital.

### Imperium

Once the Galactic Empire was founded the capital became Trantor for several reasons.

* Trantor was as close to the center of the galaxy as a planet can be
	+ In fact, all distances from "core" are marked from Trantor
* Trantor was already an important place as the capital of a power kingdom

Trantor then became the most powerful planet in the galaxy with quotes like "All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end" showing its general importance that lasted for over 20 millennia.

* As the time passed, the people of Trantor became more specialized only in the control of the Galactic Empire.This is one of the cause of it's fall. Another one is the dependence of other planets for alimentation.

### Fall of the Empire

The fall of the empire was first noted by Eto Demerzel, the Emperor Cleon's First Minister. However, like any sudden deterioration, the Empire was in its golden age during the period that Eto Demerzal noted this. The Empire, specifically on Trantor with its population of over 40 billion, was becoming too administrative and was beginning to ignore the upkeep of itself. First the crime rate shot up, then various infrastructure began to fail, and the Empire fell.

### Second Foundation's Role

During the fall of the Empire the Second Foundation was founded by Wanda Seldon through Hari Seldon. These mental scientists were kept secret and set up their base of operation in the Imperial Library.

### The Sack of Trantor

A couple of centuries after the fall of the Empire, Trantor was finally attacked and destroyed by several different warring kingdoms. Only the Imperial Sector was spared through the Second Foundation's actions. The only native Trantorians, known to themselves as Hamish-folk, began an agrarian society among the ruins of Skyscrapers.

### Stettinan War

At the time of the Stettinan War Trantor was known as a agricultural planet exporting high quality animal fodder and grains.

## Structure

Trantor is an entirely domed world with the exception of the Imperial Sector. Reminiscent of the Caves of Steel on Old Earth much of Trantor is placed underground in order to support the billions of residents. In fact most of Trantor's food supplies is shipped to Trantor by its neighboring 25 worlds. Trantor is comprised of 800+ different sectors each of which is like its own world their cultures differ so greatly.

### Sectors and Districts

These sectors/districts are divided for administrative purposes and because of different cultures. Trantor had over 800, averaging 50,000,000 people each, in 240,000 km² (90,000 miles²), about the size of Kansas. The known sectors are:

* Billibotton district
* Dahl district
* Ery district
* Imperial district
* Mandanov district
* Millimary district
* Mycogen district
* North Damiano district
* Streeling district
* Wye district
* Ziggoreth district