Nal Hutta is the capital of Hutt space and the name literally translates as 'Glorious jewel'. What kind of jewel we're talking about here one can only estimate, but it must be something a bit brown, a bit oily, and reeking of bad eggs and garbage chutes. A massive planet, it's low density allows for perfect gravity, which is just as well (imagine a flat Hutt!).

Originally called Evocar, Nal Hutta was renamed during a drunken night. The planet was 'acquired' from the native Evocii through a series of trades in technology for real estate after the Hutts left their ancestral homeworld, Varl. Eventually, the Evocii had plenty of toasters, but nowhere to put them down, and most were shunted to the moon Nar Shaddaa by the Jedi taxi service. Eventually they were turfed out of there, too, but that's the Hutts for you.

Once a beautiful planet, Nal Hutta was transformed into a slimey mudhole (their home this is) polluted by strip-mining and industrial centres. The elite live in Huttese palaces and estates (en-suite swamp) ruled by the Clan of the Ancients; which consists of the oldest Hutt families and is itself determined by prowess at business and the amount of accumulated wealth.

Located near busy hyperspace lanes, Nal Hutta attracts smugglers and the scum of the galaxy. If you're among those, bring your own soap.