As you would have probably guessed by the first Paragraph Magrathea is the richest planet of all time and the rest of the galaxy was reduced to abject Poverty. Magrathea was mainly known as a myth to the Earth beings, But Ford has managed to convince Arthur that it is real. The Magratheans ended up becoming a little bit to greedy maybe because they ended up unhappy.
Magrathea Symbol Analysis. The planet of Magrathea comes to stand for the kind of merciless greed that all too often plagues civilisations. Magrathea is an ancient planet populated by a species that made itself rich by designing custom-built luxury planets for wealthy clients