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'''Kylaris''' is a rocky planet in the Solaris star system. It completes an orbit around Solaris approximately every 365.2422 Kylarite days (rotations about its axis); from the perspective of the North Pole on Kylaris, like most other celestial bodies in the star system, it orbits counterclockwise. It is spherical with a slight bulge at the equator owing to its rotation, which is slightly tilted compared to its orbital axis with respect to the sun, and it has one planetoid moon. The planet is notable for being the only known location to harbour, at any time, {{wp|life}}.  
'''Kylaris''', commonly known as '''earth''', is a rocky planet in the Solaris star system. It completes an orbit around Solaris approximately every 365.2422 calendar days (rotations about its axis); from the perspective of the North Pole on the planet, like most other celestial bodies in the star system, it orbits counterclockwise. It is spherical with a slight bulge at the equator owing to its rotation, which is slightly tilted compared to its orbital axis with respect to the sun, and it has one planetoid moon. It's axis of rotation produced {{wp|seasons}}, as it is titled in respect to the planet's orbital plane. The planet is notable for being the only known location to harbor, at any time, {{wp|life}}.  


The planet is believed to have formed conventionally, several billion years ago, from the heavier elements in the accretion disk of the sun; the presence of these elements mean that Solaris is at youngest a second-generation star. Distinct layers formed over time, as accretion slowed and the planet cooled.  
The planet is believed to have formed conventionally, several billion years ago, from the heavier elements in the accretion disk of the sun; the presence of these elements mean that Solaris is at youngest a second-generation star. Distinct layers formed over time, as accretion slowed and the planet cooled.  


Kylaris has a metallic core, which creates a magnetic field around the planet. This is surrounded by a mostly liquid mantle, composed of various metallic and nonmetallic elements, silicon being the most common. The outermost layer is the solid crust, or lithosphere, which is thin but encompasses the entire planet, being composed of similar but generally lighter materials than the mantle. Most of the surface area of Kylaris is covered in liquid water oceans, with the dry parts constituting land. The atmosphere is primarily nitrogen, with a significant fraction of oxygen; most other components of the atmosphere are trace, including argon and carbon dioxide. The atmosphere can be divided into layers depending on altitude, and is thick enough to burn up the vast majority of objects which fall into it. The active tectonics and energetic atmosphere of the planet are notable, and highly influential on its topography, biosphere, etc.  
The planet has a metallic core, which creates a magnetic field around the planet. This is surrounded by a mostly liquid mantle, composed of various metallic and nonmetallic elements, silicon being the most common. The outermost layer is the solid crust, or lithosphere, which is thin but encompasses the entire planet, being composed of similar but generally lighter materials than the mantle. Most of the planet's surface area is covered in liquid water oceans, with the dry parts constituting land. The atmosphere is primarily nitrogen, with a significant fraction of oxygen; most other components of the atmosphere are trace, including argon and carbon dioxide. The atmosphere can be divided into layers depending on altitude, and is thick enough to burn up the vast majority of objects which fall into it. The active tectonics and energetic atmosphere of the planet are notable, and highly influential on its topography, biosphere, etc.  


All known life is native to Kylaris, with rough estimates of millions of species and octillions of individual lifeforms. It is thought to have been present for around half of the planet's existence. The biosphere is believed to be constrained to the crust, the lower atmosphere, and possibly the upper mantle. The only known species to have exited the atmospheric strata of Kylaris are humans, who are generally considered the dominant species.  
All known life is native to the planet, with rough estimates of millions of species and octillions of individual lifeforms. It is thought to have been present for around half of the planet's existence. The biosphere is believed to be constrained to the crust, the lower atmosphere, and possibly the upper mantle. The only known species to have exited the atmospheric strata are humans, who are generally considered the dominant species.  


Human influence stretches across the overwhelming majority of the planet's surface, though most significantly on land, and their activities have a significant impact on both the biotic and abiotic world, whether with reference to atmospheric composition, land cover, hydrology, light or the transportation and transformation of terrestrial material. Most of this is a development of the last three millennia, though humans have been around for millions of years. Human societies are highly complex and organised, with the development of dozens of nation-states of varying size, often considered to be the basic social unit of organisation (some of the most significant include [[Gaullica]], [[Xiaodong]] and [[Senria]]. There are also many multinational organisations, some of which are limited to subsets of nation-states, forming blocs; these include the [[Euclean Community]], [[Rongzhuo Strategic Protocol Organisation]], [[Asterian Development Council]] and [[Council for Mutual Security and Development|COMSED]], while others are globalised, such as the [[Community of Nations]]. Significant human developments include language, of which there are thousands, organised conflict or war (such as the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]]), and techniques for manipulating other species, physical energy and matter, including electrical theory, mining, agriculture and construction. These technologies have produced the dominance of the human species in recent history and improvements in the human condition: metrics by which this can be seen include the human population doubling several times, total energy consumption multiply by even more times, the extension of lifespan, and utilisation of a greater fraction of the planet's natural resource stocks on both a per capita and absolute basis.  
Human influence stretches across the overwhelming majority of the planet's surface, though most significantly on land, and their activities have a significant impact on both the biotic and abiotic world, whether with reference to atmospheric composition, land cover, hydrology, light or the transportation and transformation of terrestrial material. Most of this is a development of the last three millennia, though humans have been around for millions of years. Human societies are highly complex and organised, with the development of dozens of nation-states of varying size, often considered to be the basic social unit of organisation (some of the most significant include [[Gaullica]], [[Xiaodong]] and [[Senria]]. There are also many multinational organisations, some of which are limited to subsets of nation-states, forming blocs; these include the [[Euclean Community]], [[Rongzhuo Strategic Protocol Organisation]], [[Asterian Development Council]] and [[Council for Mutual Security and Development|COMSED]], while others are globalised, such as the [[Community of Nations]]. Significant human developments include language, of which there are thousands, organised conflict or war (such as the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]]), and techniques for manipulating other species, physical energy and matter, including electrical theory, mining, agriculture and construction. These technologies have produced the dominance of the human species in recent history and improvements in the human condition: metrics by which this can be seen include the human population doubling several times, total energy consumption multiply by even more times, the extension of lifespan, and utilisation of a greater fraction of the planet's natural resource stocks on both a per capita and absolute basis.  


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
"Kylaris" is the commonly accepted {{wp|English language|Estmerish}} name for the planet. It originates from the transliteration of the name of the Piraean goddess of nature.  
The commonly accepted {{wp|English language|Estmerish}} name for the planet, ''Kylaris'', is a {{wp|Greek language|Piraean}} loanword, from Κυλάρις, ''kylaris''. Kylaris was the name of the Piraean goddess of nature. She was adopted into the [[Religio Solaris|Solarian pantheon]] where she was also known as Terra, resulting in the use of ''terra'' as a name for the planet in {{wp|Latin language|Solarian}} and its {{wp|Romance languages|derivative languages}}.
 
The planet is commonly referred to as ''earth'', another modern Estmerish word, in media and conversation. The word is derived from the {{wp|Old English|Old Swathish}} ''eorðe''. Similar to Kylaris and Terra, Earth was the goddess of the human world in Weranic paganism.
 
==Geography==
==Geography==
===Continents===
===Continents===
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|[[Asteria Inferior]]
|[[Asteria Inferior]]
| {{flagicon image|Satucinflag.png}} [[Satucin]]
| {{flagicon image|Satucinflag.png}} [[Satucin]]
| 196,281,051
| {{ai-pop}}
| {{flagicon image|Satucinflag.png}} [[Gatôn]]
| {{flagicon image|Satucinflag.png}} [[Gatôn]]
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
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|[[Asteria Superior]]
|[[Asteria Superior]]
| {{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Nuxica]]
| {{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Nuxica]]
| 324,611,244
| {{as-pop}}
| {{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Carútagua]]
| {{flagicon image|Nuxica.png}} [[Carútagua]]
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
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|[[Euclea]]
|[[Euclea]]
| {{flag|Gaullica}}
| {{flag|Gaullica}}
| 857,733,509
| {{euclea-pop}}
| {{flagicon|Etruria}} [[Vicalvi]]
| {{flagicon|Etruria}} [[Vicalvi]]
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
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|[[Coius]]
|[[Coius]]
| {{flag|Xiaodong}}
| {{flag|Xiaodong}}
| ‭1,306,967,746‬
| ‭{{coius-pop}}
| {{flagicon|Senria}} [[Keisi]]
| {{flagicon|Senria}} [[Keisi]]
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|-bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
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|[[Sublustria]]
|[[Sublustria]]
| {{flag|Valentir}}
| {{flag|Valentir}}
| 55,801,345
| {{sublustria-pop}}
| {{flagicon|Valentir}} [[Harborough]]
| {{flagicon|Valentir}} [[Harborough]]
|}
|}


===Countries===
==Human geography==
Countries are the basic organisational unit of the human species which resides on and is predominant on Kylaris. Their distribution has a strong relationship to the planet's geological and biospheric characteristics, and geography more generally.
{{Main|List of sovereign states and dependent territories (Kylaris)}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
[[File:Palace of Nations Geneva 20102014 02.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The [[Community of Nations]] headquarters in [[Kesselbourg]].]]
! Name
The majority of Kylaris's surface is uninhabitable. Three-quarters is covered by oceans and other bodies of water. Of the quarter that is land, nearly half is uninhabitable desert, mountains, or ice caps. Only an estimated one-eighth of Kylaris's surface is considered habitable by humans. [[George_Ruset_Land#Settlements|Suqquirut]] in [[George Ruset Land]] is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. The southernmost is the Joint Euclean South Pole Station located almost exactly at the South Pole on the continent of [[Glacia]].
! Capital
 
! data-sort-type="number" | Population
Independent sovereign nations are the basic organisational unit of the human species, which resides on and is predominant on the planet. Their distribution has a strong relationship to the planet's geological and biospheric characteristics and geography more generally. These states claim the planet's entire surface area. As of 2019, there are 97 [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories (Kylaris)|sovereign states]] that are members of the [[Community of Nations]] and 16 [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories (Kylaris)|dependent territories]]. There has never been a single {{wp|sovereignty|sovereign}} government with jurisdiction over the entire planet.  
! Continent
 
! Head of State
The Community of Nations is an {{wp|intergovernmental organization}} with a global presence. It was created with the goal of preventing armed conflict between nations and is the main forum for international diplomacy and {{wp|international law}}. Dozens of other intergovernmental organizations exist at a global and regional level.  
! Government type
|-
| {{flagicon image|AimiliaFlag.png}} [[Aimilia]]
| {{flagicon image|AimiliaFlag.png}} [[Kakzazna]]
| 6,708,921
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Kabentim Teguzboded]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Ajahadya Flag.png}} [[Ajahadya]]
| {{flagicon image|Ajahadya Flag.png}} [[Banabadura]]
| 166,112,000
| [[Coius]]
| [[Vimala Balchandra]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flag|Amardia}}
| {{flagicon|Amardia}} Khorsidar
| 53,190,000
| [[Coius]]
| Fath-Ali Shah
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|AmathiaBe.png}} [[Amathia]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Belgrade.svg}} [[Arciluco]]
| 35,852,332
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Presidency of Amathia]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Azmaran Flag.png}} [[Azmara]]
| {{flagicon image|Azmaran Flag.png}} [[Aalmsted]]
| 10,029,100
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Maarija Ryginsdohter]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Baean Flag.png}} [[Baekjeong]]
| {{flagicon image|Baean Flag.png}} [[Sangang]]
| 80,348,293
| [[Coius]]
| [[Lee Seo-yeon]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flag|Brumah}}
| {{flagicon|Brumah}} Mandalay
| 16,630,542
| [[Coius]]
| Lee Hsien Thant
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|BucklandFlag.png}} [[Buckland]]
| {{flagicon image|BucklandFlag.png}} [[Dunhelm]]
| 6,825,000
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Freodhoric Ācden]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|GlytterFlag.png}} [[Caldia]]
| {{flagicon image|Spálgleann_Flag.png}} [[Spálgleann]]
| 9,257,180
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Kenneth IV]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Cassier]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Cassier.png}} [[Nouvelle-Rayenne]]
| 39,689,032
| [[Asteria Superior]]
| [[Jean Tremblay]]</center>
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Cavunia_flag.png}} [[Cavunia]]
| {{flagicon image|Cavunia_flag.png}} [[Manrıngol]]
| 27,522,309
| [[Coius]]
| [[Ari Maltıqa]]
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
| {{flag|Chervolesia}}
| {{flagicon|Chervolesia}} Volosovo
| 73,491,200
| [[Asteria Superior]]
| Vasilissa Masalina-Mravinskaya
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|DezevauFlag.svg}} [[Dezevau]]
| {{flagicon image|DezevauFlag.svg}} [[Bazadavo]]
| 129,899,450
| [[Coius]]
| Bott "the Placeholder" Borrison
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flag|Djedet}}
| {{flagicon|Djedet}} Mina
| 20,238,000
| [[Coius]]
| Tawadros Makarios
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Eldmark]]
| {{flagicon image|Eldmark.png}} [[Hammarvik]]
| 20,002,351
| [[Asteria Superior]]
| [[Thyri I]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|Estmere.png}} [[Estmere]]
| {{flagicon image|Estmere.png}} [[Ashcombe]]
| 56,519,373
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Alice Roberts]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon|Etruria}} [[Etruria]]
| {{flagicon|Etruria}} [[Poveglia]]
| 65,596,083
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Francesco Carcaterra]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon|Florena}} [[Florena]]
| {{flagicon|Florena}} [[Demora]]
| 54,821,712
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Rosa Escudero]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flag|Garambura}}
| {{flagicon|Garambura}} [[Mutimukuru]]
| 8,635,881
| [[Coius]] <small>([[Bahia]])</small>
| [[Muzukuru Chiyangwa]]
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Brabantine Revolution.svg}} [[Gaullica]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Verlois.png}} [[Verlois]]
| 87,176,289
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Jean Vallette]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Gibany.png}} [[Gibany]]
| {{flagicon image|Gibany.png}} [[Drošnja]]
| 11,329,605
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Ajdin Burić]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Habasha.svg}} [[Habasha]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Habasha.svg}} [[Gondar]]
| 64,315,036
| [[Coius]]
| [[Yohannes Emanuel]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Enkhuizen vlag.svg}} [[Hennehouwe]]
| {{flagicon image|Enkhuizen vlag.svg}} [[s'Holle]]
| 17,125,503
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Adriaan Wilhelm Paulus]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Yocatullic_flag.png}} [[Ik' Ka' Ek' Akai]]
| {{flagicon image|Yocatullic_flag.png}} [[Apetuka Makuahine Ao'a e Malama|Makuahine]]
| 750,000
| [[Sublustria]]
| [[Malama Kai Laka Yocatul|Malama Kai La'au Yokatala]]
| style="background:#b3ffb3; color:black"| Tribal confederacy
|-
| {{flag|Imagua and the Assimas}}
|{{flagicon|Imagua and the Assimas}} [[Cuanstad]]
| 1,306,505
| [[Asteria Superior]]
| [[Edmondo Privitera]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Limburg (Belgium).svg}} [[Kesselbourg]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region Variant 2.svg}} [[Kesselbourg City]]
| 1,424,500
| [[Euclea]]
| [[William II, Prince of Kesselbourg|William II]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kituk.png}} [[Kituk]]
| None
| 14,387,120
| [[Coius]]
| [[The Kituki Quintarchy|The Quintarchy]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Federal Constitutional Quintarchy
|-
| {{flag|Kumuso}}
| {{flagicon|Kumuso}} [[Kumuso City]]
| 1,403,956
| [[Coius]]
| Shayban V
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flag|Mabifia}}
| {{flagicon|Mabifia}} Ainde
| 47,982,681
| [[Coius]]
| Mahmadou Jolleh-Bande
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flag|Marirana}}
| {{flagicon|Marirana}} [[Aquinas]]
| 55,455,700
| [[Asteria Superior]]
| [[Lorenzo Occhetto]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flag|Mihi Mai Ra}}
| {{flagicon|Mihi Mai Ra}} [[Kahimeka]]
| 5,402,981
| [[Sublustria]]
| [[Alain A. D'Isisgny]]
| style="background:#SC318; color:black"| Federal Tribal Republic
|-
| {{flag|Montecara}}
| {{flag|Montecara}}
| {{MC-pop}}
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Colegio]]
| style="background:#b3ffff; color:black"| Directorial republic
|-
| {{flag|Narozalica}}
| {{flagicon image|patovatra coa.png}} [[Patovatra]]
| 88,081,653
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Samuel Czenko]]
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
| {{flag|Nuvania}}
| {{flagicon|Nuvania}} Pietersburg
| 48,177,598
| [[Asteria Inferior]]
| Walter Kronje
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flag|Nuxica}}
| {{flagicon|Nuxica}} Sant Picano
| 77,895,231
| [[Asteria Superior]]
| {{wp|Leonel Fernández|Zacarías Figueroa}}
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Ordennya.png}} [[Ordennya]]
| {{flagicon image|Ordennya.png}} [[Västdal]]
| 27,000,000
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Johan Olsson]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Phulaflag.png}} [[Phula]]
| {{flagicon image|Phulaflag.png}} [[]]
| 62,468,424
| [[Coius]]
| [[Avani Adhikari]]
| style="background:#ff6666; color:black"| Absolute monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Dalmatia_(alternate).svg}} [[Piraea]]
| {{flagicon image|ROU HR Miercurea Ciuc Flag.svg}} [[Alikianos]]
| 13,284,889
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Pavlos Kassapidis]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flag|Rwizikuru}}
| {{flagicon|Rwizikuru}} [[Guta raMambo]]
| 18,903,392
| [[Coius]]
| [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]]
| style="background:#ff6666; color:black"| Absolute monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|Sanslumiere flag.png}} [[Sanslumière|Sanslumiere]]
| {{flagicon image|Sanslumiere flag.png}} [[Découverte]]
| 10,342,850
| [[Asteria Inferior]]
| [[Arnaud Noirenègre]]
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Satucinflag.png}} [[Satucin]]
| {{flagicon image|Satucinflag.png}} [[Gatôn]]
| 124,800,000
| [[Asteria Inferior]]
| [[Théodore d'Amédor|Théodore I]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flag|Senria}}
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Kyoto City.svg}} [[Keisi]]
| 258,751,620
| [[Coius]]
| [[Reika Okura]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Subarna Flag.png}} [[Subarna]]
| {{flagicon image|Subarna Flag.png}} [[Khozapur]]
| 91,034,632
| [[Coius]]
| [[Jagannath Sarkar]]
| style="background:#5c5ecc; color:black"| Presidential republic
|-
| {{flag|Swetania}}
| {{flagdeco|Swetania}} [[Swetapolis]]
| 52,853,207
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Presidium of the General Congress of the Panswetanian Workers' State|Presidium of the General Congress]]
| style="background:#b3ffff; color:black"| Directorial republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Swiss Guard Flag PP Francis-Anrig.png}} [[Ecclesiastical State of Tibernum|Tibernum]]
| {{flagicon image|Swiss Guard Flag PP Francis-Anrig.png}} [[Tibernum City]]
| 842
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Pope Joseph]]
| style="background:#ff6666; color:black"| Absolute monarchy
|-
| {{flag|Tinza}}
| {{flagicon|Tinza}} [[Ladumra]]
| 112,261,345
| [[Coius]]
| [[Kya II]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|Asafiyah Flag.png}} [[Tsabara]]
| {{flagicon image|Asafiyah Flag.png}} [[Adunis]]
| 43,426,894
| [[Coius]]
| [[Atwan al-Tughluq]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flagicon|Valentir}}  [[Valentir]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the City of London.svg}} [[Valeins]]
| 55,051,345
| [[Sublustria]]
| [[Helene Pauline]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Varienland.png}} [[Varienland]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Varienland.png}} [[Rosenborg]]
| 7,538,726
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Georg-Frederik IV of Varienland|Georg-Frederik IV]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Tbilisi.svg}} [[Vedmed]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Tbilisi.svg}} [[Tsivebi]]
| 10,578,243
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Erekle Botkoveli]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flag|Velzemia}}
| {{flagicon|Velzemia}} Paltamo
| 17,013,556
| [[Euclea]]
| Anssi Keskitalo
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flag|Vilcasuamanas}}
| {{flagicon|Vilcasuamanas}} [[Biržuventis]]
| 20,184,964
| [[Asteria Inferior]]
| [[Vytautas Kaparauskas]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
|-
| {{flag|Vlissingemond}}
| {{flagicon|Vlissingemond}} New Taonalani
| 16,500,000
| [[Asteria Inferior]]
| Willem Koek
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Werania.png}} [[Werania]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Werania.png}} [[Westbrücken]]
| 58,579,684
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Charlotte of Werania|Charlotte]]
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
|-
| {{flag|Xiaodong}}
| {{flagicon|Xiaodong}} [[Rongzhuo]]
| 553,746,000
| [[Coius]]
| [[Yuan Xiannian]]
| style="background:#aa6f33; color:black"| Authoritarian republic
|-
| {{flag|Yavorstrana}}
| {{flagicon|Yavorstrana}} [[Yuriatin]]
| 62,558,975
| [[Euclea]]
| [[Polina Alexandrovna Volkova|Polina Volkova]]
| style="background:#ffeb99; color:black"| Semi-presidential republic
|-
| {{flag|Yi}}
| {{flagicon|Yi}} [[Ŭtasiĭ]]
| 82,314,226
| [[Coius]]
| Tĕxiú Bŭn-On
| style="background:#b3ccff; color:black"| Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
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| {{flagicon|UNIR}} [[Zorasan]]
| {{flagicon|UNIR}} [[Zahedan, UTC|Zahedan]]
| 173,112,587
| [[Coius]]
| [[Evren Volkan]]
| style="background:#ffbf80; color:black"| Parliamentary republic
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Kylaris Astronomical symbol of Earth
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Orbital characteristics
Eccentricity~0
Physical characteristics
243 million km2
Atmosphere

Kylaris, commonly known as earth, is a rocky planet in the Solaris star system. It completes an orbit around Solaris approximately every 365.2422 calendar days (rotations about its axis); from the perspective of the North Pole on the planet, like most other celestial bodies in the star system, it orbits counterclockwise. It is spherical with a slight bulge at the equator owing to its rotation, which is slightly tilted compared to its orbital axis with respect to the sun, and it has one planetoid moon. It's axis of rotation produced seasons, as it is titled in respect to the planet's orbital plane. The planet is notable for being the only known location to harbor, at any time, life.

The planet is believed to have formed conventionally, several billion years ago, from the heavier elements in the accretion disk of the sun; the presence of these elements mean that Solaris is at youngest a second-generation star. Distinct layers formed over time, as accretion slowed and the planet cooled.

The planet has a metallic core, which creates a magnetic field around the planet. This is surrounded by a mostly liquid mantle, composed of various metallic and nonmetallic elements, silicon being the most common. The outermost layer is the solid crust, or lithosphere, which is thin but encompasses the entire planet, being composed of similar but generally lighter materials than the mantle. Most of the planet's surface area is covered in liquid water oceans, with the dry parts constituting land. The atmosphere is primarily nitrogen, with a significant fraction of oxygen; most other components of the atmosphere are trace, including argon and carbon dioxide. The atmosphere can be divided into layers depending on altitude, and is thick enough to burn up the vast majority of objects which fall into it. The active tectonics and energetic atmosphere of the planet are notable, and highly influential on its topography, biosphere, etc.

All known life is native to the planet, with rough estimates of millions of species and octillions of individual lifeforms. It is thought to have been present for around half of the planet's existence. The biosphere is believed to be constrained to the crust, the lower atmosphere, and possibly the upper mantle. The only known species to have exited the atmospheric strata are humans, who are generally considered the dominant species.

Human influence stretches across the overwhelming majority of the planet's surface, though most significantly on land, and their activities have a significant impact on both the biotic and abiotic world, whether with reference to atmospheric composition, land cover, hydrology, light or the transportation and transformation of terrestrial material. Most of this is a development of the last three millennia, though humans have been around for millions of years. Human societies are highly complex and organised, with the development of dozens of nation-states of varying size, often considered to be the basic social unit of organisation (some of the most significant include Gaullica, Xiaodong and Senria. There are also many multinational organisations, some of which are limited to subsets of nation-states, forming blocs; these include the Euclean Community, Rongzhuo Strategic Protocol Organisation, Asterian Development Council and COMSED, while others are globalised, such as the Community of Nations. Significant human developments include language, of which there are thousands, organised conflict or war (such as the Great War), and techniques for manipulating other species, physical energy and matter, including electrical theory, mining, agriculture and construction. These technologies have produced the dominance of the human species in recent history and improvements in the human condition: metrics by which this can be seen include the human population doubling several times, total energy consumption multiply by even more times, the extension of lifespan, and utilisation of a greater fraction of the planet's natural resource stocks on both a per capita and absolute basis.

Etymology

The commonly accepted Estmerish name for the planet, Kylaris, is a Piraean loanword, from Κυλάρις, kylaris. Kylaris was the name of the Piraean goddess of nature. She was adopted into the Solarian pantheon where she was also known as Terra, resulting in the use of terra as a name for the planet in Solarian and its derivative languages.

The planet is commonly referred to as earth, another modern Estmerish word, in media and conversation. The word is derived from the Old Swathish eorðe. Similar to Kylaris and Terra, Earth was the goddess of the human world in Weranic paganism.

Geography

Continents

The surface of the planet is the most complex and well-studied part of it, in particular the sections not covered by the oceans. One widely accepted way of spatially organising the planet is by dividing it into continents, which are the largest sections of land, and oceans, which are the largest sections of water.

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Name Largest country Total population Largest city
Asteria Inferior Satucin 250,229,469 Gatôn
Asteria Superior Nuxica 331,512,329 Carútagua
Euclea  Gaullica 729,533,766 Etruria Vicalvi
Glacia
N/A
Coius  Xiaodong ‭2,131,775,861 Senria Keisi
Sublustria  Valentir 55,801,345 Valentir Harborough

Human geography

The Community of Nations headquarters in Kesselbourg.

The majority of Kylaris's surface is uninhabitable. Three-quarters is covered by oceans and other bodies of water. Of the quarter that is land, nearly half is uninhabitable desert, mountains, or ice caps. Only an estimated one-eighth of Kylaris's surface is considered habitable by humans. Suqquirut in George Ruset Land is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. The southernmost is the Joint Euclean South Pole Station located almost exactly at the South Pole on the continent of Glacia.

Independent sovereign nations are the basic organisational unit of the human species, which resides on and is predominant on the planet. Their distribution has a strong relationship to the planet's geological and biospheric characteristics and geography more generally. These states claim the planet's entire surface area. As of 2019, there are 97 sovereign states that are members of the Community of Nations and 16 dependent territories. There has never been a single sovereign government with jurisdiction over the entire planet.

The Community of Nations is an intergovernmental organization with a global presence. It was created with the goal of preventing armed conflict between nations and is the main forum for international diplomacy and international law. Dozens of other intergovernmental organizations exist at a global and regional level.

Over 350 humans have visited outer space and reached orbit as of 1 January 2015. The first was Person Mac Person in 19XX. Fifteen people have walked on the Moon. Humans have yet to walk on any other planet in the Solaris system. The only regular human presence in space is on the International Orbital Station.