Shangrila (C668547-6, Agricultural, Non-Industrial; green travel zone Imperial alignment) is a planet of little importance. Taxes are paid to the Empire in return for protection of an unobtrusive nature, since Shangrila is near the frontier of Imperial space. As part of the price for this, the Empire maintains a small port facility to service its naval and scout ships, which is also available to civilians for normal fees. The port facility has reasonable repair workshops, but refined fuel is hard to tome by and costs double the normal rates to civilian buyers. The world has an equatorial diameter of slightly over 9,650km and being of normal density, a surface gravity of approximately 0.8 standard G. The atmosphere is normal in composition and pressure, and breathable by humans without assistance. Some 80 % of the world's surface is covered with oceans, dotted with chains of islands supporting fishing communities and a thriving light industry producing excellent mid-tech speedboats with which the locals are often adept. Despite the law level of 7, it is relatively easy to obtain licences for tech 6 weapons. There is a general ban on all items of tech level 7+ outside the starport, except for medical gear.

Shangrila is the second world out from its G7 primary, and the climate is temperate at best, becoming quite cold in winter or at high latitudes. There are four other worlds of a terrestrial size and two gas giants; the gas giants are the fourth and seventh worlds from the star, the fourth being the larger at approximately jovian size, with 14 known moons and occasional claims for more. This is the main site for the asteroid mining which occurs on an irregular basis, usually by offworlders who believe that without local competition there is more chance of a lucky strike.