Terra

Terra is a planet of the Virasana Empire, best known for being the birthplace of humanity. These days, the cradle of humanity is a beautiful backwater planet of little political or economic importance. 
==Climate==
*two moons, Luna and Selene
*Climate is mostly temperate to sub-tropical, large forrested regions dotted with farmlands and dry steppes
==History==
Year 	Event / Predominant Rulership
187 BET 	Great Cataclysm
400s 	United Terran Alliance (UTA)
500s 	Sunchild Hegemony
600s 	United Terran Alliance (UTA)
Aronax Incorporated
700s 	Tigers of Ilampur
800s 	United Terran Alliance (UTA)
844 ET 	Mandala barricaded
900s 	Ilonwê Coalition
1000s 	Omérta Regime
War of the Burning Skies (Fire Cradles)
1100s 	Emergillian Council
1200s 	Logan Industrial 
Famously used a team of giant mecha suits to assist and intimidate with great publicity.
1300s 	United Terran Alliance (UTA)
1400s 	Cordurian Regime
1504 ET - 1536 ET	Civil War and Reconstitution
1540 ET, ca. 	House Plantagenet becomes predominant political force on the planet.
1627 ET 	Terra is rediscovered and joins the Virasana Empire
*Most buildings on Terra had to be redone after the great cataclysm of 187 BET, and traces of human settlements before that time are exceedingly rare
*For several non-consecutive centuries of the Shangri-La, Terra was goverened by the United Terran Alliance or UTA, a militaristic and aggressive supranational organisation. Technology from this era was comparatively primitive but spectacularly sturdy, an can sometimes still be found in functional condition.
*Among other terran governments was the Sunchild Hegemony, who were (relatively) peaceful, ecocentric and sought out diplomatic relationships. Also Aronax Incorporated and Logan Industrial, two corporations which for several decades each ran Terra basically as their property. Also, the Tigers of Ilampur, a former crime syndicat, ruled Terra with surprising competence for almost a century.
*Closed off their mandala in 844 ET by setting up a spectacularly dense minefield around it, hoping to spare the destruction of the Urchin War. This marked the end of the Shangri-La.
*Due to its self-inflicted isolation and late re-discovery after the Lost Years, Terra lost almost all relevance to modern politics.
*In the late 1400s, Terra was ruled by the Cordurian Regime which among other crimes, destroyed or falsified many historical data. It was ousted in a prolonged, bloody civil war during which House Plantagenet rose to prominence.
*Rediscovered in 1627 ET, it joined the Virasana Empire under the condition that House Plantagenet would be recognised as an independent minor House.
==Culture==
*low N'Ptalini population
*low overall population, vast areas of low-intensity farmland
*almost 90% serfs
* low overall tech level, comparable to Shiraz. Travel is mostly done by horse, cart or - in the larger cities - by bicycle. No interregional public transport system.
*very relaxed, often to the point that outsiders leave with their business unfinished
*suprisingly consistent building style of field-stone houses with red-fired clay roof tiles
==Snippets==
* Some notable cities besides the capital Aquila include Artagnan, Avenio, Carcasson, Castillion, Domremy, Gasconia, Guyenne, Mimizan, Narbo Mar, Nemausus, Nicaea, Perpignano.
==Notable Terrans==
Terrans
==Other Articles on Terra==
Terra
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