The Blue Marble / Terra - Planet Terra Nova (name of Earth on EarthMC); one of two explored and confirmed planets (Moon is not a planet) in the Sol System. The only other planet would be Terra Aurora, commonly known as Nova's "Sister planet" and where most of the population have migrated to. Essentially all of Aurora is the same to Nova, however this is a thicker surface layer (including denser stones like Deepslate) and the groundsphere forms anywhere around 0-512 blocks.
Inhabited by around (9 May 2020) 200 364 people (players).
History[]
We don't know when the universe was created, but the first humans (players) appeared on Terra on October 19th, 2018 (IRL Calendar, In-Game Calendar: year 0). These people would eventually explore all corners of the globe, establishing towns and later nations.
Exploration[]
The first nation established on Terra Nova was Britain. From there, sprang hundreds of nations with varying political systems, players, military and infastructure. Hopping from continent to continent was surprisingly easy, as if the early people knew the layout of the world before hand. Throughout a few generations, we discovered every spot on the planet. In the future, alliances would be made and wars forged.
Dynmap[]
This invention is critical in the continued expansion of nations and human settlements. The Dynmap also plays a huge role in monitoring conflicts - everyone has access to movements of other people on the surface, (the only exception is invisibility potion utilization).
One day, Fix, the god of EarthMC, created a map of the world, thus ushering in a new era of prospect. Navigation was simpler, towns were easily seen. The Dynmap could be accessed by all from saying a simple phrase: "/map".
Map projection[]
You may wonder - how can a square-terrained world be a sphere if it is physically impossible to project a globe onto a flat plane? Well, I have a theory. The world itself gets smaller toward the poles (because of the 20-minute day warping the shape) so when projected onto a flat map, the squares would look relatively the same shape.
If this is so, why doesn't it feel smaller if you travel there? Well, since you are closer to the core, your body is squished, thus, you don't feel the difference.
Space Exploration[]
There were many space programs like the program "Kazakhstan" which first took a photo of Terra Nova from space but it wasn't colored. On the first of May 2020, the BSSA (Baltic States Space Agency) reports having launched a satellite to space and taken the first colored photo of Terra Nova - the same image shown in the infobox.
Although unconfirmed, despite a program under Kazakhstan is likely to have been capable of taking a colored photo; no image has been published yet.
Geography[]
There are seven continents on Terra: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica (some people consider Australia as Oceania)
Culture[]
Politics include nations, towns and ideologies. These are listed in the EarthMC wiki, for quicker access are below:
All nations on the globe (registered on EarthMC wiki)
All towns on the globe (registered on EarthMC wiki)
All political systems (registered on EarthMC wiki)
Religions are pretty self-explanitory. Here's a list of them.
All religions on the server (registered on EarthMC wiki)
Physical Information:[]
How to calculate mass?[]
1 block of stone (the most common block throughout Terra Nova) has a mass around 1.8 metric tons. We count the map as a square 66000 blocks x 66 000 blocks across.
66,000 x 66,000 = 4 356 000 000 blocks on surface.
4 356 000 000 x 1800 kilograms (1.8 tons) = 7 840 800 000 000
7 840 800 000 000 x 60 (depth of map) = 470 448 000 000 000 tons (all blocks, of course approximately)
Atmosphere[]
The aptmosphere doesn't mimic a regular habitable planet, Terra Nova is closer to it's star than most. The only reason it doesn't burn up is from the large magnetic sphere created from iron found in bedrock.
The atmosphere of Terra has 3 parts: the Groundsphere, Litosphere and RAS.
The groundsphere has a pressure equal to 1 bar. It forms within 0-256 blocks above bedrock.
The Litosphere has a pressure of around 0.5 bars and it's really hot. You can't place anything above 256 - everything will melt. This sphere is often called the "Build Limit". It forms within 257 blocks above bedrock.
The RAS or exosphere (Rare Atmosphere Sphere) is the hottest atmosphere zone. Here pressure starts from 0.5 bars and drops with height. It forms within 513 to 700 blocks of bedrock.
The exosphere is the last of Terra's zones. Space begins here.
We can also count the Nethesphere because the nether has his own Atmosphere (Nether is under the Overworld).
Geological Layers[]
Theory 1: Core theory[]
Three layers of bedrock, a nigh indestructible material, can be found throughout the environments available to research. First and foremost is the layer at the base of Terra Nova's geological surface layer, but two more can be found at the nether's ceiling and bottom. Logically, these layers of bedrock could be attributed to one another.
When you dig to bedrock, what is under it? Well, the core of the planet - the Nether. On top of the Nether, there is also bedrock. However, when you dig to bottom of the nether there is another bedrock layer. This is because underneath the Nether there is a bedrock layer - the core of our planet. As bedrock is the strongest and densest material known, it would make sense for it to be underneath layers. However, reports have said that some people have found a way to "ascend" to the "Nether Roof". If these reportings are accurate, it would be impossible for the two layers to be directly connected. This is where the Seperated Theory comes in.
Theory 2: Seperated theory[]
As mentioned before, reports claim that some people travelled up to the top of the nether's bedrock. if these reports are correct, there would need to be 2 seperate spheres, one the Nether and the other the surface.
There is another problem, how matter is "restricted" to impossible spaces. Whilst the surface is clearly restricted to a finite space always visible to the Dynmap, the nether has neither of these qualities.
This theory can be interperated into 2 concepts.
- The nether and Terra Nova's surface (and rest of the planet as a whole) are fundamentally separate regions, acting as different planets. Basically, the nether could exist somewhere else entirely. Exotic ideas of its location can arise from this, including Sol and Luna.
- The nether and Terra Nova's surface are in the same world, but exist as two separate spheres, one contained within the other. A void occupies the space between the roof of the nether and the base of Terra Nova's surface. The only qualm with this concept is that a solution would need to be found as to why the nether seems nigh infinite, but surface finite.
A possible explanation for the seemingly infinite Nether is that the blocks of the Nether are smaller, and the player is also scaled so. When transported back to the surface or into the nether via a portal, everything brought through will be scaled appropiately. Basically, the small-spaced nether is packed with smaller blocks, and to a small person inside, that small area would seem large.
Pacific Gap[]
When you go to "edge" (far east or west) on the dynmap you will see... well just the edge. So how can Terra Nova be round? When satelites like Baltica were photographing Terra, they recorded a black gap on Pacific Ocean (Kazakhstan captured it too, but they thought that it's camera mistake so they deleted it). The gap stretches form pole to pole on the surface, and (if the Core Theory is true) it would strech into the core of the planet (it also would cut the nether in half). Here, air from Groundsphere comes onto the ground, and (if concept 2 of the Seperated Theory were true) would explain why you can see the sky in the void.
If you happen to fall in the hole, the air will push you towards Africa, the grographical center of the world. The air carries you at a rate so fast you barely notice it. The same concept is applied when you say "/t spawn" or "/n spawn". This would also explain why when you "teleport" it appears like you are falling through the sky for a brief moment.
Polar holes[]
The northern hole
If you go to either of the poles, the same concept will happen - you would see a giant gap. It feels like the gap goes on in one straight direction, but you are actually going in a circle. Light refraction (due to air passing in) warps your perspective of space, and the holes being big itself helps this illusion. When the holes and gap meet, it looks like a corner. This is because the hole's curvature makes it look like a 90 degree angle. Despite all of that, some pictures just fill the holes in with ocean or ice.
Luna (Moon)[]
There is a separate article about Luna
Luna (Moon) - the only natural satellite of Terra Nova. It is the closest cosmic object to Nova; no physical contact has been achieved by humanity. It is in unison with the sun, so when it is day, you can't see the moon (and vice versa).
When we see it, we see a square, but it is probably not a square.
Illusion[]
We don't see the shape of Luna correctly because of the render distance on EarthMC. We just see the "top" - the closest surface of the Moon. Render distance doesn't change up relative to gravity, whether you can only see 1 chunk or 16 chunks horizontally.
The best example is when you stand on a very tall tower and look down. You can see a small square - a piece of Terra, as render distance does change looking down. Same with Luna's top.