For centuries visitors to the fair-weathered planet of Pantolomin have been awed by its serene beauty and have sworn by its restorative properties. Each year there are hundreds who make the pilgrimage through the Grasslands of Kummu, visiting the thirty-eight markers known as Vessels. Each Vessel is said to have been left as a spiritual guide by a great Vut, or high-holy man, of the native animist religion. Devotees spend days studying the Vessels, searching for the lasting message its Vut wanted to convey through its form. The Pantolomins, however, no longer hold to their animist ancestry and the majority of their population work towards servicing (and fleecing) the visitors. This reliance on tourism means that they are very protective of the Grasslands and a specialized guard patrols and monitors its boundaries at all times. While there are several military outposts in the forests which border the famous grasslands, the majority of Pantolomins and their urban centers are in the jungles to the west. Visitors to the Grasslands of Kummu are generally airlifted to the outposts where guides take them to the edge of the fields. While tourists are its main import, the primary export of Pantolomin is known throughout the galaxy as Pantolomin Weed. Smoked mainly in pipes, the substance harvested from the grasslands is generally considered a drug, though its effects are only mildly intoxicating and have a lingering sedative effect.