Trantor
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Trantor is the vast, planet-wide city that serves as the capital of the Galactic Empire in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trantor canonical | 12 |
| Coruscant | 1 |
| Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire | 1 |
| Trantorian | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital world
ⓘ
fictional city ⓘ fictional planet ⓘ megacity ⓘ |
| agriculturalDependence | relies on other planets for food ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Forward the Foundation
ⓘ
Foundation ⓘ Foundation and Empire ⓘ Prelude to Foundation ⓘ Second Foundation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hari Seldon
ⓘ
Psychohistory ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | capital during the time of Hari Seldon ⓘ |
| climateControl | artificially regulated ⓘ |
| createdBy | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| defense | protected by planetary defense systems ⓘ |
| event |
partially destroyed in a great sack and fire
ⓘ
sacked during the decline of the Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| feature |
Bureaucratic ministries
ⓘ
Imperial Library ⓘ Imperial Palace ⓘ domed city sectors ⓘ entire surface covered by metal ⓘ vast underground infrastructure ⓘ |
| galacticRegion | central regions of the Galaxy ⓘ |
| governedBy | Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| governmentType | imperial capital ⓘ |
| influenceOnFiction | prototype for later depictions of city-planets ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Byzantium
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| laterName | Hesperos (in some later works and editions) ⓘ |
| laterStatus |
partially reforested after its fall
ⓘ
reduced from capital to provincial world ⓘ |
| libraryRole |
location of the Imperial Library
ⓘ
repository of galactic historical records ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | center of political intrigue in the Foundation series ⓘ |
| populationScale | hundreds of billions of inhabitants ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
administrative center of the Galactic Empire
ⓘ
bureaucratic hub of the Galactic Empire ⓘ political center of the Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| role | capital of the Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| similarTo |
planet Coruscant
ⓘ
surface form:
Coruscant from Star Wars (conceptually)
|
| surfaceCoverage | planet-wide city ⓘ |
| symbolism |
symbol of bureaucratic decadence
ⓘ
symbol of imperial power ⓘ |
| universe |
Asimov universe
ⓘ
surface form:
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation universe
|
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hari Seldon
subject surface form:
Hari Seldon
this entity surface form:
Coruscant
this entity surface form:
Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire
this entity surface form:
Trantorian