Earth Nomenclature

Each dimension is named in a specific way.

## Overview

The **Council of Anabolism and Cataclysm** created a way to identify new universes as they were being discovered. There are a nigh infinite number of universes, so naming and identifying each dimension is something that is still being done. They have developed a simple naming system for identifying universes.

### Naming new dimensions

The first step to identifying a universe is to determine which planet in the entire universe has the most **life energy**. This planet is then known as that universe's **prominent planet**. For most universes, the prominent planet is Earth. This is the case because humans, when compared to other species, have an unnaturally high life energy. However, in some dimensions, Earth isn't the prominent planet. This can happen for a myriad of reasons, such as the existence of a species that has more life energy than humans, humans migrating to a new planet, or even the Earth being destroyed in that universe. If a universe has a prominent planet that is not Earth, then that universe's name is the same name as its prominent planet (for example, Earth-6 is commonly known as **Bellunia**).

If the prominent planet is Earth, it is would not have an alternate name, it would just be called Earth-##, that number being the order in which it was found. This is why Earth-1 is called Earth-1, not because it is furthest along in its timeline, but because that is the Earth in which the **Great Cataclysm** occurred, which spurred on the creation of every other dimension.

### Naming derivative dimensions

The discovery of a **derivative dimension** is different from discovering a new dimension, and so, its naming system is also different. A derivative dimension occurs when the timeline of an already existing dimension is fractured, which normally happens when someone goes to the past and changes something important. Instead of changing the already existing timeline, a whole new dimension is formed where that change happened as a part of that natural timeline.

As derivative dimensions are, quite literally, derived from already existing dimensions, their naming system is derived from them as well. If its a dimension where the prominent planet is not Earth, it is called the prominent planet followed by the order in which that particular derivative dimension was discovered (Bellunia's 6th derivative dimension would be called Bellunia-6). It is important to note that Bellunia-6 would technically be the 5th derivative dimension of Bellunia, as Bellunia-1 is just the original Bellunia.

Naming the derivative dimension from an Earth dimension is a lot more difficult. An extra dash is added to the end of the original universes name. For example, the 5th derivative of Earth-7 would be Earth-7-5. When spoken, the derivative dimension number is named first as an ordinal number, then the original universe is said; its spoken like the "fifth Earth seven".

### Naming nth derivative dimensions

The previous rule implied that the dimension being discovered was a derivative from an original universe. Derivative dimensions can also have derivates. Once this happens, an extra dash is added on the end, and the dimension number is once again said as an ordinal number. For example, Earth-1-4-12 would be said as the "twelfth Earth one four", and Bellunia-7-2-16-3 would be said as the "third Bellunia seven two sixteen".

### Earth Prime

**Earth Prime** is an unofficial term used by the inhabitants of a universe to refer to their home dimension.