Coruscant, capital of the Republic, an entire planet evolved into one city.Ric Olié Coruscant (pronounced /'kɔɹəsɑnt/ or, more rarely, /kəˈɹʌskənt/), originally called Notron, also known as the Queen of the Core Worlds, The Jewel of the Core Worlds, or Imperial Center during the New Order and as Yuuzhan'tar under the Yuuzhan Vong, was a planet located in the Galactic Core. It was the ancient homeworld of the Taung and Zhell species, and it was generally also believed to be the original birthplac