Quadrants of the Earth

Following the demise of the American Empire during the Terran Unification Wars, the global community was restructured under the political order of the Democratic Republic of Terra. As part of the restructuring efforts, all previous international borders were erased, and a world once made up of nearly 200 sovereign nations was reduced to just 5 major areas of responsibility known today as "Quadrants".

## **The Far-Western Quadrant**

The Far-Western Quadrant, also known as the Terran Americas, engulfs much of the Earth's western hemisphere. It consists mostly of the areas of North, South, and Central America, along with the former nations of the Caribbean Sea. It stretches as far north as the North Pole, as far east as the former country of Greenland, as far west as the farthest of the former Aleutian Islands, and as far south as the tip of former Argentina. The remote territories of former Hawaii and the former Falkland Islands are also placed under the jurisdiction of the Far-Western Quadrant due to it being the closest Quadrant in proximity. Within continental North America, 48 of the Quadrant's Provinces are largely bordered on the former states of the former country of America (for instance, the Province of Denali is the former American state of Alaska).

The Far-Western Quadrant is by far the most isolated Quadrant within the Democratic Republic of Terra; the Far-Eastern Quadrant is the only one which shares a direct land connection to the Terran Americas, courtesy of the Diomede Passage (more info below).

In addition, the Far-Western Quadrant maintains jurisdiction over the following bodies of water:

* Gulf of Mexico
* Gulf of California
* Caribbean Sea
* Arctic Ocean
* Baffin Bay
* Hudson Bay
* The Northwestern Passages
* Labrador Sea
* Gulf of St. Lawrence
* Half of the Bering Sea
* Gulf of Alaska
* Territorial waters up to 100 nautical miles off its coastlines in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (except off the east coast of former Greenland).

## **The Upper-Middle Quadrant**

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the territories of Upper-Middle Quadrant (also known as Terran Europa) begin in the former country of Iceland, and stretch as far east as the Ural Mountains. In between, it covers the former United Kingdom and former Ireland, former Scandinavia, and all of western and eastern Europe (minus the former Mediterranean nations of Italy and Greece, and minus the former Balkan States except Hungary).

Terran Europa is considered the political and strategic powerhouse of the Democratic Republic of Terra; the Will of Terra (the council of all 5 Quadrant Chancellors) is convened in the city of Politik (formerly Berlin, the capital of former Germany) in the Capital Province of Hoch, and the highest-level royal academies of all Terran military branches are located in various other provinces throughout the Quadrant.

In addition, it also maintains jurisdiction over the following bodies of water:

* Greenland Sea
* Norwegian Sea
* Barents Sea
* Kara Sea
* North Sea
* Baltic Sea
* Sea of Azov
* Gulf of Bothnia

## **The Lower-Middle Quadrant**

The Lower-Middle Quadrant, also known as United South Afro-Eurasia, is one of the most ethnically diverse in the Democratic Republic of Terra. Its territory begins with the former Balkan States (minus Hungary) and the former Mediterranean European nations of Italy and Greece in the north. Moving south, it covers all of former Continental Africa until reaching the Equator, stretching as far west as former Morocco and former Western Sahara. Moving east, it covers the areas of former Turkey, former Armenia, former Georgia, former Azerbaijan, all of the former Middle East. It's territory's eastward reach comes to an end with jurisdiction over the former Central Asian nations of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. The Quadrant's Capital Province is Misr, and the Province's capital city of Itraen holds a reputation as the premier center for medical and scientific research on Earth.

In addition to land, United South Eurasia also has jurisdiction over the following bodies of water:

* Tyrrhenian Sea
* Adriatic Sea
* Ionian Sea
* Mediterranean Sea
* Aegean Sea
* Black Sea
* Caspian Sea
* Red Sea
* Persian Gulf
* Strait of Hormuz
* Gulf of Oman
* Gulf of Aden
* Gulf of Guinea.

## **The Lower Southern Quadrant**

The Lower-Southern Quadrant, also known as United South Afrikana, is the southernmost quadrant in the Democratic Republic of Terra. It covers the rest of Continental Africa south of the Equator along with territories in the Indian Ocean such as former Madagascar, the former Comoros Islands, the former Seychelles Islands, and former Mauritius. The Lower-Southern Quadrant is unique however in that its territory also covers the entire continent of Antarctica. In addition, it also has jurisdiction over the Mozambique Channel and maintains territorial waters in the South Atlantic Ocean (up to 50 nautical miles offshore), Indian Ocean (as far as former Mauritius), and the waters between the horn of Africa and Antarctica.

## **The Far-Eastern Quadrant**

The Far-Eastern Quadrant, also known as Terran Asiana, is the most populated Quadrant in the Democratic Republic of Terra. Its territory stretches as far north as Siberia and as far south as the continent of Australia and former nation of New Zealand. The western flank of the Far-Eastern Quadrant consists of former Afghanistan, former Tajikistan, and former Kyrgyzstan. The most densely populated areas of Terran Asiana include the former Republic of China, former India (especially in the Quadrant's Capital Province of Challah), the Korean Peninsula, former Japan, former Indonesia, and former Philippines.

The Far-Eastern Quadrant shares the same distinction with the Far-Western Quadrant in that some of its Provinces are bordered after the same territorial borders of a former nation; 28 of its Provinces are modeled on the same borders as the former divisions within the former Republic of China. Since 2385 AD, Terran Asiana has also shared another unique connection with the Terran Americas by way the Diomede Passage; the easternmost tip of the Quadrant, within the Province of Akula and near the former Russian locality of Uelen, is the western terminus of a multi-level bridge that connects into the Province of Denali (the former American state of Alaska) through the former Diomede Islands.

The Quadrant maintains jurisdiction over the following bodies of water:

* Sea of Okhotsk
* Sea of Japan
* East China Sea
* Yellow Sea
* Philippine Sea
* Taiwan Strait
* Strait of Malacca
* South China Sea
* Gulf of Tonkin
* Gulf of Thailand
* Bay of Bengal
* Java Sea
* Solomon Sea, Coral Sea, Arafura Sea, Bismarck Sea, and the Timor Sea
* The Great Australian Bight
* Tasman Sea
* Half of the Bering Sea
* Much of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.