Diphda V is a heavily urbanized world that has been a center of trade and commerce since the early days of the Commonwealth, owing to its excellent location at the nexus of several heavily-traveled Slipstream routes. This may account for why the Free Trade Alliance uses Diphda V as a major base of operations, plowing huge amounts of capital into the planet's reconstruction after the Nietzschean Rebellion and subsequent chaos. Unfortunately, the rewards from these investments have been far from evenly spread, and Diphda V has become plagued by extreme social stratification, marked by extravagant wealth coexisting side by side with abject poverty. Industrial pollution is also unchecked on Diphda V, which suffers from undrinkable water (purified water is sold at a premium by Free Trade Allian