Anoat holds the distinction of being counted among the galaxy's preeminent city-worlds, with a history dating back to the Nothoiin Noble Court, which began taming its wilderness in the time of the Old Republic. The Noble Court made Anoat the system capital, erecting the first gleaming metropolises and driving the Anoatian pit beasts and lizard-ants before them to seek refuge in the forests and jungles that remained. It was this new prestige that attracted industry to Anoat, and after the withdrawal of the Nothoiins, less reputable mining authorities began to ravage the surface in pursuit of the planet's valuable resources.

The wilderness was spoiled completely, the crust was broken and permanently scarred, and gradually the wind and sea became dangerously polluted until the intervention of the Krath brought a return to sensible regulations. Under new stewardship, the ecumenopolis was completed, and over recent decades, the toxicity of the environment has been reversed at considerable expense.