History Main / FictionalEarth

* {{Downplayed}} and PlayedStraight at the same time in ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' due to Random New World mechanic. Downplayed in terms of scale - this option completely changes the appearance and geographical location of all lands on both sides of Eurasia, while Eurasia itself, as well as Africa and Australia with most of Oceania, remain unchanged. All other aspects are played absolutely straight: everything that is America in our world will be different, starting from landscape or climate and finishing with local peoples. Regarding the latter, you can meet disunited separate tribes with significant technological backwardness, which will make the generated New World quite similar to the real analogue. However, map can be generated with [[OutsideContextProblem allowed fantasy scenarios]], which can lead to a meeting with the mighty and united Native American empires, that will not be inferior at all to aliens from overseas, or with completely fantastic formations such as Lost Templar fleet, Lemuria or even successor state of {{Atlantis}}.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games takes place on Earth, but how different or similar it is to ours depends on the game:

''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' features several fictional people and countries such [[{{Ruritania}} Borduria]], [[{{Ruritania}} Syldavia]] and [[{{Qurac}} Khemed]]. Since the early books featuring real countries were criticized for their inaccurate and sometimes insulting portrayals, this was likely done as a way to avoid this.

* Some of the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games takes place on Earth, however the geography is completely different and countries are replaced with [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fantasy versions]].

** Interestingly though, Spanish and English are mentioned as languages in ''Battle Network 3'', which is well after the series established the games were set in an alternate Earth, even though Spain and England presumably do not exist in this world.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': [[http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:WarhammerWorld.jpg The world map is clearly based on Earth's]], though it has a few extra islands and geographical features Earth does not, such as North America being either frozen tundra or burning desert, UsefulNotes/{{Africa}} being split in two by a mountain range, and UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}} being a warm wasteland populated by beastmen. In early editions, ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' was set in the far future of ''Warhammer Fantasy'', but they now exist in separate realities linked by the Warp, and ''40K'''s Earth is now ''our'' far future.

* According to Creator/TakeshiShudo's novels ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' takes place on a futuristic Earth where Pokemon are aliens who replaced most of the wildlife. Also Hollywood was in Kanto. This made sense back when Kanto (named after Kanto, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}) was the only known region, less so after the EarthDrift that started with Generation II. How canon the books are compared to the anime is debatable anyway, since they're a mix of [[AllThereInTheManual behind-the-scenes details]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen commentary]] and AlternateContinuity, and later seasons of the anime have contradicted them outright.

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* According to Creator/TakeshiShudo's novels ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime takes place on a futuristic Earth where Pokemon are aliens who replaced most of the wildlife. Also Hollywood was in Kanto. This made sense back when Kanto (named after Kanto, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}) was the only known region, less so after the EarthDrift that started with Generation II. How canon the books are compared to the anime is debatable anyway, since they're a mix of [[AllThereInTheManual behind-the-scenes details]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen commentary]] and AlternateContinuity, and later seasons of the anime have contradicted them outright.
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* The setting in the ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' franchise takes place on an alternative Earth, and even its sattelite is still called "Moon".

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'' seems less a fictional Earth and more a fictional America, with many fictional cities inhabited by various heroes, including but not limited to Metropolis, Gotham City, Central City, and Coast City to name a few. Though you do get other fictional places popping up like Themyscira and Atlantis.

* ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel'' is set in the early 1930s and ''mostly'' seems to conform to 'our' Earth in geography, technology and culture - there are references to Europe, South America, the Roman Catholic Church, Saxony and the French and German languages are both clearly spoken at various points. However the story is set in a fictional European country (Zubrowka) and notes the existence of other locations that are also either completely fictional (Zero's implied Middle Eastern or North African homeland of Aq Salim al-Jabat) or imply considerably divergent histories at some point (the "Maltese Riviera" and "Dutch Tanganyika".)

* The ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' SharedUniverse takes place on the "World of Deltora" with hundreds of fictional islands including Deltora, Maris, and Dorne all located in seven seas. While humans are a predominant species there also many more fantastical creatures from gnomes, dragons, FishPeople, and [[FaunsAndSatyrs Capricons]] to name a few.

* ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'': Despite historical landmarks from the real world existing, and certain historical figures like Columbus being mentioned, the landmasses of the world are radically different, and many of the locales are completely fictional. [[spoiler: Subverted that it's actually a corrupted version of our Earth, and after you defeat the comet, the Earth regains its natural appearance, making this trope actually EarthAllAlong.]]

* The world of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' is named Earth[[note]]or Mother Earth for the Dwarves, or the Blue Planet for the Lunarians[[/note]]. The landmasses are [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Overworldmapff4official.jpg definitely not ours]]. The surface where most people live is named "Overworld" and the inside where Dwarves live is the "Underworld". Fu-So-Ya also says that the Lunarians originally came from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaeton_(hypothetical_planet) a planet that orbited between Mars and Jupiter]] before it was destroyed.

* According to Creator/TakeshiShudo's novels ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime takes place on a futuristic Earth where Pokemon are aliens who replaced most of the wildlife. Also Hollywood was in Kanto. This made sense back when Kanto (named after Kanto, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}) was the only known region, less so after the EarthDrift that started with Generation II. How canon the books are compared to the anime is debatable anyway, since they're a mix of [[AllThereInTheManual behind-the-scenes details]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen commentary]] and AlternateContinuity.

* The world of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' is named Earth[[note]]or Mother Earth for the Dwarves, or Blue Planet for the Lunarians[[/note]]. The landmasses are [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Overworldmapff4official.jpg definitely not ours]]. The surface where most people live is named "Overworld" and the inside where Dwarves live is the "Underworld".

* The world of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is an interesting case. It was identified as Earth in [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue the first generation]], mentioning real world events and locations in Pokedex entries and naming Kanto after the actual Kanto region of Japan. However it is geographically completely different and real world mentions were [[EarthDrift dropped]] from [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Generation II]] onwards. But pastiches of real countries still turn up every generation: [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Uno]][[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 va]] is inspired by UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and UsefulNotes/NewJersey, [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Kalos]] by UsefulNotes/{{France}}, [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Alola]] by UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} and [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Galar]] by UsefulNotes/GreatBritain. The implication seems to be that the ''Pokémon'' world is a Fictional Earth that doesn't really mention the Earth part anymore.

* The world of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is based on Earth with some key differences. For example, Westeros basically corresponds to Europe both culturally and in size, but is similar to a re-arranged map of Britain. Essos is Asia and Sothoryos is Africa. Some fans speculate that another continent corresponding to the Americas is yet to be discovered.

* ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'': Despite historical landmarks from the real world existing, and certain historical figures like Columbus being mentioned, the landmasses of the world are radically different. [[spoiler: Subverted that it's actually a corrupted version of our Earth, and after you defeat the comet, the Earth regains its natural appearance, making this trope actually EarthAllAlong.]]

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': In the WWW lab in the first game, a screen of the world map indicates that the Battle Network series takes place basically on Earth (in keeping with its connections to the Classic series). ''Battle Network 2'' showed a [[https://i.imgur.com/9FDYibD.png world map in one scene]] that looked nothing like Earth however, and introduced fictional countries. ''Battle Network 4'' burned that bridge with a vengeance, [[https://static.miraheze.org/megamanwiki/c/cd/BN4WorldMap.png introducing an all-new globe]] whose landmasses only vaguely resemble our Earth's at best.

* ''VideoGames/IllusionOfGaia'': Despite historical landmarks from the real world existing, and certain historical figures like Columbus being mentioned, the landmasses of the world are radically different. [[spoiler: Subverted that it's actually a corrupted version of our Earth, and after you defeat the comet, the Earth regains its natural appearance.]]

* {{Downplayed}} and PlayedStraight at the same time in ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' due to Random New World mechanic. Downplayed in terms of scale - this option completely changes the appearance and geographical location of all lands on both sides of Eurasia, while Eurasia itself, as well as Africa and Australia with most of Oceania, remain unchanged. All other aspects are played absolutely straight: everything that is America in our world will be different, starting from landscape or climate and finishing with local peoples. Regarding the latter, you can meet disunited separate tribes with significant technological backwardness, which will make the generated New World quite similar to the real analogue. However, map can be generated with [[OutsideContextProblem allowed fantasy scenarios]], which can lead to a meeting with the mighty and united Native American empire, that will not be inferior at all to aliens from overseas, or with completely fantastic formations such as Lost Templar fleet, Vinland or even successor states of {{Atlantis}}.

* {{Downplayed}} and PlayedStraight at the same time in ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' due to Random New World mechanic. Downplayed in terms of scale - this option completely changes the appearance and geographical location of all lands on both sides of Eurasia, while Eurasia itself, as well as Africa and Australia with most of Oceania, remain unchanged. All other aspects are played absolutely straight: everything that is America in our world will be different, starting from landscape or climate and finishing with local peoples. Regarding the latter, you can meet disunited separate tribes with significant technological backwardness, which will make the generated New World quite similar to the real analogue. However, map can be generated with [[OutsideContextProblem allowed fantasy scenarios]], which can lead to a meeting with the mighty and united Native American empire, which will not be inferior at all to aliens from overseas, or with completely fantastic formations such as Lost Templar fleet, Vinland or even successor states to {{Atlantis}}.

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' is a prime example of this trope. It's Earth in every possible way except for landmasses and nations. You can even tell what real world counterparts the nations are based on. It has an UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}} barely different from the real one. It even has its own Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Almost all the aircraft used in the game exist in reality, aside from the fictional [[SuperPrototype superplanes]].

* The ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' SharedUniverse takes place on the "World of Deltora" with hundreds of fictional islands including Deltora, Maris, and Dorne all located in seven seas. While humans are a predominant species there also many more fantastical creatures from gnomes, dragons, FishPeople, and Capricorns to make a few.

* The world of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is based on Earth with some key differences. For example, Westeros basically corresponds to Europe both culturally and in size, but is similar to a re-arranged map of Britain. Essos is Asia and Sotheros is Africa. Some fans speculate that another continent corresponding to the Americas is yet to be discovered.

* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' does indeed take place on Earth, but also features a number of fictional countries, nations, and landmasses. Among these include: Wakanda, which is a technologically African country that is home to ComicBook/BlackPanther with its exact location varying between sources. Latveria, a monarchy nation ruled by ComicBook/DoctorDoom as his personal kingdom. Along with {{Atlantis}}.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and its spinoff ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' both take place on an alternative Earth, and even its sattelite is still called "Moon".

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' is a prime example of this trope. It's Earth in every possible way except for landmasses and nations. You can even tell what real world counterparts the nations are based on. It has an UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}} barely different from the real one. It even has its own Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Almost all the aircraft used in the game exist in reality.