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*'''Points of Interest:''' Sacred Market Place, where the Tower of Commerce is situated. (This is also here that the Grand Nagus lives). Weevilville: A Discount Shopping Area.

*'''Planets within the Alliance:''' Balancar, Sepia, Rog, Tarahong, Lappa, Thalos, Kholfa,, Irtok, Volchok, Clarus

Prior to that date, woman had no rights within Ferengi society. Women brave enough to flouter the rules of their people had to disguise themselves as men to get a chance to be heard in the business world. One such woman was '''Pel''', was able to take part in the first transaction between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants. She successfully signed a contract wit the Karemma which later led the Federation to initiate a first contact with the Founders. This in turn led to the Dominion war.

Their heart rate is faster than that of Humans and their blood is of a yellow color, but it turns dark blue-green when it oxidizes)

At their death, Ferengi are admitted inside the Antechamber of the divine Treasury. This is the place where they gets their material wealth assessed by the Blessed Exchequer. Those Ferengi who can show sufficient funds are allowed to bribe their way into the Divine Treasury where they can purchase their rights to another life. This is done under the supervision of the Celestial Auctioneers.

Their obsession for commerce also means that they are prepared to do business with absolutely everyone. Due to this, there is no racism within the Ferengi Alliance. O nthe other hand, until very recently Ferengis were fiercely sexist, and made sure that their women stayed at home, where their sole role was apparently to bring up children.

The vast majority of Ferengi will become ruthless businessmen and women, but there is a minority fringe that's manage to find its fortune in an particularly violent way, where they hire their services as hit men. Those are known as eliminator and are view by he general public as eccentrics or psychopaths.

Tongo (played with a roulette wheel), where players cab evade, confront, acquire or retreat during their turn.

Every Ferengi businessman and woman, worth his/her weight in latinum likes to express their success wearing bright clothes, and any number of jewels. Some doesn't hesitate to resort to body piercing to exhibit as much precious metal as they can.

Some Ferengi wear a headdress, this especially when their trade forces them to wear a uniform.  

The Ferengi alphabet comprise of some sixty symbols, and the letters are written in a hexagon, as illustrated in this picture.

*To have the lobes fro something: to be good as something

Naming Day: Where Ferengi male (and now women) are introduced to the world. It is an amazing ceremony, as the newborn receive a free gift. (From which he/she will probably have to pay dividends for a whole long after).

Traditional families, often persist in celebrating the Attainment Ceremony: were young Ferengi get to express their limitless greed by selling their most treasured possession for profit.. But this is generally only for show, as, even if a lobling (child) fails to exhibit enough avidity, every witness will be bribed to make sure that the whole event is seen as being a complete success.  

The Legacy Chest: The gift every Ferengi father leaves behind for his son. With Ferengi being renowed for exploiting their relatives, the content of that chest is often surprising,

On Ferenginar, when visiting a house, a guess traditionally pays one slip of latinum, and the host greets their visitor by saying: “My house is my house. As are its contents.”

With the Ferengi's habit to steal everything they need, very few technological discoveries have been made by them. They have nonetheless thrived in certain sectors, like the creaion of holosuites, synthetol, and the well known Corporate drink: Slug-o-Cola.

Ferengi live within a ruthless capitalist society, where free enterprise has become the accepted norm, and citizens indulge is what is known as 'pious consumerism', buying, selling and reselling a wide range of products manufactured by huge corporations that advertising their goods absolutely everywhere.

There are five stage of acquisition: Infatuation, Justification, Appropriation, Obsession, and resale. Failing in any of those steps is a sure recipe for financial disaster.