Welcome to Urth, but not like you know it.
In the estimation of the world’s best scientists, it has been approximately twenty thousand years (±7,500 years) since the end of Urth’s last ice age, which is believed to have ended abruptly. Recent theories, though controversial, suggest that the last remaining ice caps on the planet may have fully melted in less than a century. While the cause of the sudden increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels that occurred is unknown, catastrophic volcanism is the most likely answer. However, in recent decades, archaeologists, paleontologists, and other scientists have begun to suggest that previous sapient civilizations may have played a role. Geologists have long noted strange isotopes in geological formations that date to that time, but most scientists maintain that previous societies becoming advanced enough to build nuclear power plants, let alone nuclear weapons, is a fantasy.
Urth is a warm and wet world, with belts of jungles spanning the Aequator and ample amounts of moisture reaching across almost all the land area. Sea levels are believed to be at or near their theoretical maximum level with the amount of water currently in circulation in the planet’s hydrological cycle. While broad, flat land is more difficult to locate with sea levels this high, the savvy and intelligent sapient species of Urth are incredibly industrious and, with the power of science, have conquered the power of electricity, harnessed the atom, and ascended beyond the whims of Mother Nature to build incredible new societies the likes of which Urth has surely never seen.
Urth is a dynamic and exciting place and you are sure to find adventure waiting around every corner! Just make sure you have a fan and a cold beverage handy. It’s a bit humid.
OOC INFORMATION
This AU works almost exactly like the main Urth canon. All species that are available in the main canon are available here. Anyone who has a country on the main Urth map is welcome to file a claim here, and the process will work the same. Please post a claim in this thread using the template found in the subforum Nation Creation Starts Here. The cartographer in this AU is I’m Dead. Acronis is also helping.
Our level of technology is the same as in the main Urth canon—which is to say, the same as the current real world. The common language of diplomacy here is Threnish, the native language of the Free Threnish Territories. The common currency of international trade is TO BE DETERMINED. Any real world language, and any language you invent, is welcome for use in this AU, although we encourage you to be considerate that players who have been using a particular language or cultural inspiration in the main canon may wish to also do so here.
You are welcome, if you like, to create a country influenced by the ancient cultures of the last Ice Age, but remember that information that was stored electronically in 2022 is almost certain to be completely unreadable and inaccessible in 22022. The information that remains, carried orally from generation to generation across millennia of hunter-gatherer and early agricultural societies, is likely to have changed somewhat.
For the purposes of your nation claim ONLY, please use United States Dollars for your GDP information. See below for further information on how to file a map claim.
