The only hospitable planet within its system, the world of Iotra is a bustling pirate haven due to its remote galactic location. From sparse ruins strewn across its surface, the planet was believed to once have been the industrial homeworld to the native Iotrans, a relatively primitive race of militant humanoids, but no signs of their continued presence remain today. It is unknown whether some catastrophe befell them, their nature caused them to destroy themselves, or if they discovered some way offworld before piracy consumed the system. In modern times, Iotra's population consists primarily of transplants and workers that chose to remain following the system-wide construction boom, and settlers drawn by the appeal of Iotra's relative lawlessness. The remnants of the Iotran civilization are also a draw for occasional archaeologists and anthropologists interested in studying the world's history.

Iotra had a rich, vibrant ecosystem due to its temperate climate and the variety of jungles, grasslands, and mountain ranges that once dotted its surface. Little of the native flora and fauna appear to be unique to the planet, most sharing close similarities to the plant and animal life found throughout the sector. However, fossils of unidentified wildlife that no longer roam the planet have been uncovered throughout each of Iotra's biomes. This lends some credence to the hypothesis of a cataclysmic event eradicating the native Iotrans, but it is also possible that the discovered species were simply hunted to extinction.