Alleria
Alleria is the world in which World of Adaptation takes place. There are four major continents: Boyoma, Sippar, Hokuto, and Istres. Alleria is the second planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Alleria being an ocean world.
Planet Shape
Alleria is a disc-like planet with two unique edges. One is referred to as the Edge and the other is the Outer Rim. Both the edges have unique properties that enclose the world in something like a donut of atmosphere. Water at the edges rush upward and is dissipated into mist and clouds. The energy generated at the Spindle (inner Edge) often results in rough seas, storms, and strange phenomena. The Outer Rim, meanwhile, seems to be the opposite: described as a "reverse waterfall" and just as deadly, it is comparable to a wall of water enclosing residents.
Unlike Earth, Alleria exists on a plane rather than a sphere. The rotation of the planet is similar to a coin, where the sun rises on the Boyoma side and sets over Hokuto. Due to the mostly flat plane of the planet, the time difference between all locales is negligible.
Continents
While the world is divided into four nations, the continents are each acknowledged as their own land masses and are presided over by their governing nation. Many scholars have theorized that the continents used to form a cohesive whole until the creation of the Spindle predating known history. The impact that must have made the Spindle caused a shift and perhaps even altered the rotation of the Disc while creating immense shockwaves that could have made the hundreds of inner islands (some even too small to be on the map).
The arrangement and creation of the modern continental arrangement is of interest to many scholars, and fistfights are known to erupt in the Disc Symposium once a year still in Sippar. One scholar of note once brought to the table that monstrous worms were responsible for the hole, to which another cried, "A worm has made a disc of your brain!" before jumping the table and punching the man responsible for his ire.
