A colony world of the Republic of Manhattan, Malta Majoris is a ice moon in the Ghallis-system. It is home to a population of over 1,279,000,000 people.
The planet formerly was an Earth Federation colony that broke away during the Sol Gamma Wave in 2601. It later was conquered by the Republic during the Annexation of the Western Territories in 2743, the Republic's annexation of the 27 independent colony worlds that dominated the space to its galactic west.
The colony was founded by a Capecchi group of settlers, the Boyer.