Third World of the Antares system

The Third World of the Antares system (or Antares 3) is a planet located on the third position of the Antares system. It was visited by the Planet Express crew in 3010 for e-waste extermination. The planet is inhabited by the Antarians. Their children work as slaves, and do all the work around it, except whipping themselves. Its atmosphere looks extremely polluted and toxic due to the tons of garbage that is disposed of on the surface.

Allusions

 * The nature of the planet and its inhabitants, including their faux-Indian accents, while a general allusion to First World mistreatment of the Third World on Earth, presumably is a reference to the n town of in particular. The people of Alang work as "ship breakers"; decommissioned ships from across the world, ranging from passenger lines to chemical tankers, are deliberated beached on the Arabian Sea coastline just outside Alang and are then scrapped by the locals, who salvage whatever they can from the ships' husks. Almost the entire community is involved in either scrapping or supporting the scrappers. Alang is notorious for its reputation for having little or no regard for the safety or long-term health of its workers and the ships that are dismantled there often contain severely harmful toxic substances such as asbestos, PCBs and mercury. Not only does this have a severe impact on the health of the workers, it also impacts badly on the local environment.

Trivia

 * The name of this planet - and possibly its function - reference the third world of the Solar System.
 * The name of the system might be from the german word 'anderes', which translates to 'other' to emphasize the role of this planet (or system) as some place to dump the garbage of the civilized world.