Solum

Solum, otherwise known as Valora, is a small blue planet , and the third smallest  of six planets in it's planetary system.  It is the only known habitable planet .  

Although officially named Solum, it is mostly referred to as "Valora" by its inhabitants, reffering to the world in general rather then the planet in specific.

Surface

About 82.3% of the planet is covered by water. The remaining 17.7% consists of land terrain including mountains, deserts, plains and other geomorphologies.

The outer layer consists out of four tectonic plates of which three form the basis of the main continents: Boreas, Orbis and Vesper. These plates migrate as the planet ages, causing the continents to gradually drift apart.

Moons



Solum has two orbiting satellites, Ignis and Umbra. Both moons believed to have been formed millions of years after the initial formation of their planet.

Ignis being the larger satellite, it is the only moon that has influence on Solum's climate and weather conditions. It is also the only moon that is in synchronous rotation with it's primary. The smaller moon Umbra is about one fifth of Ignis' size and is located four times farther away from Solum.

Habitability

Solum's conditions and presence of water allow the planet to be life sustainable. About 99.7% of the land surface is inhabited by some form of living organisms. Life on Solum is believed to have begun evolving roughly 2.6 billion years ago. During this time there were no notable mass extinctions, however some species have evolved considerably quicker then others resulting in a wide biodiversity across the planet.

Most of the inhabitable surface has been populated by a human species. They originated in Vesper, where they began to exhibit behavioral modernity around 35.000 years ago. The first humans are believed to have migrated to the continent Boreas using primitive logboats crossing the Strait of Esperea.

Climate

Solum is subject to a wide range of climates and ecosystems varying upon lattitude and altitude. The northern hemisphere is characterized by cold winters and cool summers. The rest of the planet is  generally hot all year round with rain seasons in the west and long draughts in the east.

Large areas of the planet's surface are also subject to more extreme weather such as earthquakes, tornados, electrical storms and wilfires. Some of these conditions increase in frequency and severeness when the primary moon Ignis moves closer within Solum's proximity.



Human Geography

Solum has approximately 200,000,000 human inhabitants. Independent sovereign nations claim the planet's entire land surface, except for some islands that remain unclaimed or undiscovered, mostly those located far off into the oceans.

As of 620AC there are 28 sovereign states spread across three major continents.