Risa

Risa is the capital planet of the Risian Hedony, a Federation Member State, homeworld of the Risian species, and a well known tourist planet in the Epsilon Ceti star system.

It was admitted into the Federation in 2249. 

In 2376, this was listed as the host location of a current or past marathon. (SS New Worlds, New Civilizations (The Footfalls of Tradition))

In 2381, Risa was laid to waste by the Borg attack on the Alpha Quadrant. (.) It is believed that no one survived the attack, but this has not verified.

Tourism
Risa is famous throughout the Alpha and Beta Quadrants as a place of tourism and recreation, and is referred to as a "pleasure planet." It got that reputation because of its constant, stable climate, its attractive lanscapes, and most of all, its very friendly staff. Its native species, notorious for their open sexual mores, number approximately three billion, and the planet hosts about one billion tourists at any given time. 

Many resorts on Risa also house gambling casinos. 

Cities and Settlements

 * Nuvia - the capital city
 * Hanotis Harbor
 * Suraya Bay
 * Temtibi Lagoon

Points of Interest

 * El Dorado Hotel and Vacation Resort
 * Tolari Tower
 * Monagas Peninsula, one of the more popular regions on the planet. The largest resort in the Monagas Peninsula is the Sheltered Arms resort.

Location
Risa (also known as Epsilon Ceti B II) is the second planet in the Risan star system, orbiting the second star in an F-type trinary star system. It is in the Beta Quadrant, relatively near Mazar, Paraaga, Castor, and star FGC-983. (Reference Book: Star Trek: Star Charts) It is approximately 90 light years away from Earth. 


 * Risa may be located in Sector 441, as the Star Charts show it in the same sector as the Briar patch. Although the angle is looking "down", so this may be an optical illusion caused by the 2-dimensional mapping of 3-dimensional space.