Olde Earth

Olde Earth: Also known as Terra, this planet is the birthplace of mankind and former capital of the Empire of Humaniti. It is here that most of humanity's significant history has occurred, including one of the more devastating events in human history; the Second Dark Age. Brought on by a surprise nuclear attack on the United States by the Communist Chinese in 2022AD, this 90 minute war killed over one billion people and threw the planet into a technological and financial collapse that took over 200 years to fully recover from. Neither side would ever again play a major role in global affairs and the Chinese (in punishment) were banned from space travel for over 800 years.

After the nuclear cataclysm, France, Russia, India, and Japan continued to control the planet into the late 2600s, jump drive was discovered, these planetary powers controlled the new interstellar colonization efforts and the eventual formation of the League of Humanity, one of the first human interstellar governments. After two thousand years of continual expansion, fighting broke out on Olde Earth and across the League as corruption and several disruptive grabs for power by fleet Admirals wore down co-operation among League member worlds. The "Ascension Wars" were a bad time for Old Earth, as factional fighting repeatedly broke through Terra's planetary defenses and the planet itself was subjected to brutal bombardment. When Admiral Ellington de Moya finally ended the wars and formed the Empire of Humaniti, Earth quickly regained its former glory and was named capital in 4,686. Since that time, Olde Earth has overseen the development and expansion of human space from its secure location at the center of human expansion, even though the capital was eventually shifted to Corfu in _____ at the creation of the First Anciene Republik. The Emperor's residence, the Gold Dome, is now located in the ancient city New Zurich on Corfu.

NOTE: Olde Earth is currently undergoing severe desertification, forcing its 1 trillion inhabitants to immigrate to other more hospitable worlds.