Cha Raaba's star is a red giant with an orange hue that tints the atmosphere of the system's few planets. Linguists have long disputed the precise meaning of the name as there are a number of different root words from which it may have been derived. As often happens in such cases, galactic scholars and native experts in the Huttese tongue have each settled on their own diverse interpretations.

The star supports a small planetary system consisting of only two worlds. Ice and debris still found in the system's outer reaches never coalesced into bodies of any size; comets and asteroids are virtually unknown. However, the inner planet, Ylesia, does have a small moon, which bears a life-sustaining atmosphere similar in composition to Ylesia's own. Nevertheless, it is that planet itself which is home to the greatest quantity of natural resources, the most hospitable atmosphere, and the largest population, and as a result, the Cha Raaba system is often known as the Ylesian system for the society centered around the tropical world.

Although occasional pirate activity on Ylesia itself that has reached the galactic news have brought visitors and settlers to the system from time to time, most of the Cha Raaba's worlds remain dominated by the local wilderness. There are few native sentient beings, and although the system has long been inhabited, little serious development has ever been undertaken due to its isolated location within Hutt Space.

Although the Hutts traditionally controlled the system, none in living memory appear to have taken much interest in it, and the pirate presence expanding throughout Hutt Space and the rest of the Outer Rim gradually pushed out contenders for system control over the years. This region of space is not heavily patrolled and open illicit activities are not uncommon within its borders. Despite this, the main industries throughout Cha Raaba are the ranching and exportation of indigenous reeks, which are popular throughout the Outer Rim for use in combat and as beasts of burden, and the extraction of natural resources to support orbital shipyards and a thriving local medical industry.