Pineapple Planet

## Overview

Pineapple Planet is the true 5th planet of the solar system, located just before the Asteroid Belt. The planet is yellow in appearance, and is completely barren save for the large city extending up from the North Pole into the atmosphere: Pineapple City. The planet as a whole has a population of about 984 million, made up of mostly pineapple-shaped natives known as "Pineapple People". There is also a substantial population of human immigrants. Pineapple Planet is generally known for its extremely advanced technology, with interplanetary space travel having already been in place for a long time by the time its existence was discovered in 2014. Other notable technological innovations include the "Xylokazoo" and the "Texas Slip", the latter of which has caused over 210,000 deaths over it's 70 year history.

## History

Pineapple Planet was formed around 5,000 years ago when a primitive jetpack experiment gone wrong resulting in a pineapple flying away from the Earth at near-light speed. The pineapple eventually flew directly into Mars, stopping the flow of liquid water and making it smaller than Earth. More importantly, however, this slowed the pineapple down to a speed of just 5,000 mph, allowing for it to safely come to a halt. However, the immense amount of heat emitted during it's trip was enough to sustain the pineapple's surface temperature at 1,729,000 degrees fahrenheit. Additionally, the mass gained during the collision with Mars gave the pineapple enough gravity to form it into a sphere. The planet's small but incredibly hot pineapple shaped core has since become a popular tourist destination, visited via an elevator directly into the planet's lower mantle.

## Emergence of Life

Life first emerged on Pineapple Planet approximately 4,000 years after the planet's formation. In the year 1066, the Battle of Hastings eventually led to a domino effect that resulted in a human head landing on the surface of the planet. This head, though useless on its own, contained large amounts of the Black Plague. The bacterium eventually learned that the heat emitted from the planet's pineapple-shaped core was a convenient source of energy, and thus spent most of its time under the planet's surface. Eventually, after about 400 years of feeding off of pure heat, the now pineapple-shaped bacterium moved onto the surface of the planet. (It is thought that the bacteria evolved the trait of being pineapple-shaped to lure prey into getting closer, before quickly snatching it up to eat). After the move to the surface was complete, progress was fast. The bacteria learned that they could get around quicker if they were larger, and thus grew to their current size after about 200 years of evolution. in the year 1700, the Pineapple People discovered that inventing things could greatly better their lives. From that day on, every Pineapple Person was sent off to an inventing academy from a young age to hone their skills. It was this process by which interplanetary travel, teleportation, and near light speed travel were created. Because all of the inventing academies were located at the North Pole, where the weather was nicest, the population naturally centered around that point. After a while, it was clear that a central government was needed to keep things in check, and thus, Pineapple City was established. Today, 99.6% of Pineapple Planet's population lives in Pineapple City.

## Pineapple City

After being established in 1879, Pineapple City quickly grew. The population reached the 1,000,000 mark in 1915, the 10,000,000 mark in 1937, and the 100,000,000 mark in 1960. Although humans would not discover Pineapple Planet until 2014, Pineapple Planet studied Earth closely. The Presidential Pineapple Observatory, established in 1956 to monitor humans and seek inspiration from them, is still the most powerful telescope created. Other notable landmarks include Pineapple Tower, the tallest building ever created at 543,210 feet, the Pineapple Mint, the highest producing coin production plant ever created, and the Pineapple Pyramids, mysterious structures built thousand of years ago by ancient Pineapple People. As of 2023, the population hovers at 980,064,000. Preparations are already being made for the "1,000,000,000 Ceremony".