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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 196,281,051 Gatôn
Asteria Superior Nuxica 324,611,244 Carútagua
Euclea  Gaullica 857,733,509 Etruria Vicalvi
Glacia
N/A
Coius  Xiaodong ‭1,306,967,746‬ Senria Keisi
Sublustria  Valentir 55,801,345 Valentir Harborough

Countries

Countries 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.

Name Capital Population Continent Head of state Government type
Aimilia Kakzazna 6,708,921 Euclea Kabentim Teguzboded Parliamentary republic
Ajahadya Banabadura 166,112,000 Coius Vimala Balchandra Semi-presidential republic
 Amardia Amardia Khorsidar 53,190,000 Coius Fath-Ali Shah Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Amathia Arciluco 35,852,332 Euclea Presidency of Amathia Semi-presidential republic
Azmara Aalmsted 10,029,100 Euclea Maarija Ryginsdohter Parliamentary republic
Baekjeong Sangang 80,348,293 Coius Lee Seo-yeon Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
File:Flag of Bruamah.png Brumah File:Flag of Bruamah.png Mandalay 16,630,542 Coius Lee Hsien Thant Parliamentary republic
Buckland Dunhelm 6,825,000 Euclea Freodhoric Ācden Parliamentary republic
Caldia Spálgleann 9,257,180 Euclea Kenneth IV Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Cassier Nouvelle-Rayenne 39,689,032 Asteria Superior Jean Tremblay Parliamentary republic
Cavunia Manrıngol 27,522,309 Coius Ari Maltıqa Presidential republic
 Chervolesia Chervolesia Volosovo 73,491,200 Asteria Superior Council of People's Commissars Directorial republic
Dezevau Bazadavo 129,899,450 Coius Bott "the Placeholder" Borrison Council republic
 Djedet Djedet Mina 20,238,000 Coius Tawadros Makarios Presidential republic
File:Eldmark.png Eldmark File:Eldmark.png Hammarvik 20,002,351 Asteria Superior Thyri I Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
File:Estmere.png Estmere File:Estmere.png Ashcombe 56,519,373 Euclea Alice Roberts Parliamentary republic
Etruria Etruria Etruria Poveglia 65,596,083 Euclea Francesco Carcaterra Parliamentary republic
Template:Country data Florena Florena Template:Country data Florena Demora 54,821,712 Euclea Rosa Escudero Semi-presidential republic
 Garambura Garambura Mutimukuru 8,635,881 Coius (Bahia) Muzukuru Chiyangwa Presidential republic
Gaullica Verlois 87,176,289 Euclea Jean Vallette Semi-presidential republic
Gibany Drošnja 11,329,605 Euclea Ajdin Burić Parliamentary republic
Habasha Gondar 64,315,036 Coius Yohannes Emanuel Parliamentary republic
Hennehouwe s'Holle 17,125,503 Euclea Adriaan Wilhelm Paulus Parliamentary republic
Ik' Ka' Ek' Akai Makuahine 750,000 Sublustria Malama Kai La'au Yokatala Tribal confederacy
File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas File:ImaguaFlag.png Cuanstad 1,306,505 Asteria Superior Edmondo Privitera Parliamentary republic
Kesselbourg Kesselbourg City 1,424,500 Euclea William II Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Kituk None 14,387,120 Coius The Quintarchy Federal constitutional quintarchy
 Kumuso Kumuso Kumuso City 1,403,956 Coius Shayban V Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
 Mabifia Mabifia Ainde 47,982,681 Coius Mahmadou Jolleh-Bande Constitutional monarchy
 Marirana Marirana Aquinas 55,455,700 Asteria Superior Lorenzo Occhetto Semi-presidential republic
 Mihi Mai Ra Mihi Mai Ra Kahimeka 5,402,981 Sublustria Alain A. D'Isisgny Federal tribal republic
 Montecara  Montecara 1,801,328 Euclea Colegio Directorial republic
 Narozalica Patovatra 88,081,653 Euclea Samuel Czenko Presidential republic
 Nuvania Nuvania Pietersburg 48,177,598 Asteria Inferior Walter Kronje Parliamentary republic
 Nuxica Marchenia Sant Picano 77,895,231 Asteria Superior Zacarías Figueroa Semi-presidential republic
Ordennya Västdal 27,000,000 Euclea Johan Olsson Parliamentary republic
Phula [[]] 62,468,424 Coius Avani Adhikari Absolute monarchy
Piraea Alikianos 13,284,889 Euclea Pavlos Kassapidis Parliamentary republic
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Guta raMambo 18,903,392 Coius Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe Absolute monarchy
Sanslumiere Découverte 10,342,850 Asteria Inferior Arnaud Noirenègre Presidential republic
Satucin Gatôn 124,800,000 Asteria Inferior Théodore I Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
 Senria Keisi 258,751,620 Coius Reika Okura Parliamentary republic
Subarna Khozapur 91,034,632 Coius Jagannath Sarkar Presidential republic
 Swetania Swetapolis 52,853,207 Euclea Presidium of the General Congress Directorial republic
Tibernum Tibernum City 842 Euclea Pope Joseph Absolute monarchy
 Tinza Tinza Ladumra 112,261,345 Coius Kya II Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Tsabara Adunis 43,426,894 Coius Atwan al-Tughluq Parliamentary republic
Valentir Valentir Valeins 55,051,345 Sublustria Helene Pauline Semi-presidential republic
Varienland Rosenborg 7,538,726 Euclea Georg-Frederik IV Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Vedmed Tsivebi 10,578,243 Euclea Erekle Botkoveli Parliamentary republic
 Velzemia Velzemia Paltamo 17,013,556 Euclea Anssi Keskitalo Parliamentary republic
 Vilcasuamanas Vilcasuamanas Biržuventis 20,184,964 Asteria Inferior Vytautas Kaparauskas Parliamentary republic
 Vlissingemond Vlissingemond New Taonalani 16,500,000 Asteria Inferior Willem Koek Semi-presidential republic
Wale Wale Wale Jagurta 29,586,340 Coius Ayana Ashenafi Semi-presidential republic
Werania Westbrücken 58,579,684 Euclea Charlotte Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
 Xiaodong Shangea Rongzhuo 553,746,000 Coius Yuan Xiannian Authoritarian republic
 Yavorstrana Yavorstrana Yuriatin 62,558,975 Euclea Polina Volkova Semi-presidential republic
Union of Nautasian Irfanic Republics Zorasan Union of Nautasian Irfanic Republics Zahedan 173,112,587 Coius Evren Volkan Parliamentary republic

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