History Main / ConstructedWorld

* Creator/JRRTolkien's Arda[[note]]Middle-Earth is a far more popularly used name for Tolkien’s setting, and the vast majority of Tolkien’s stories take place there; however, Middle-Earth is technically only one continent in the world of Arda [[/note]], as depicted in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', as well as numerous works published after his death, is the TropeCodifier. His own term for this type of setting was Secondary World. HilariousInHindsight, since according to WordOfGod Middle Earth, also known as [[Myth/NorseMythology Midgard]], is our earth -- only set in [[TheTimeOfMyths the far-gone mythical past of gods and monsters]], as a far, far prequel to all Anglo-Saxon myths. So, in theory, it's EarthAllAlong.

* ''RolePlay/RecordOfLodossWar'', and its spinoff ''Legend of Crystania''. ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' also turns out to be set in the same world.

* The ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' canon is this. [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist The first anime]] tweaks this into an AlternateHistory.

* ''LightNovel/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'' takes place in a world that is clearly intended as a HistoricalFantasy version of the Eurasian supercontinent, taking place in the Union, which appears to be a {{fantasy counterpart|Culture}} to the UsefulNotes/EuropeanUnion. Yelgland, where 4/6 main characters are from, appears to be England, Katie's homeland Farnland appears to be Finland, Ytallia seems to be Italy, Azia is Asia, and Yamatsukuni, where Nanao Hibiya is from, is based on Japan during the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod.

* The world of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', although full of {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s, has no link to our world. ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' on the other hand is explicitly our galaxy [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 38,000 years in the future]]. [[http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/34166/link-between-warhammer-fantasy-and-warhammer-40k Apparently]] the fantasy setting's world was once set within the 40K one (inside the Eye of Terror), but this has since been denied.

* ''Fanfic/AllThatGlitters'' expands upon the geography established in ''Frozen'', which includes the kingdoms of Arendelle and the Southern Isles, and includes the kingdom of Corona from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''. The author also invents fictional countries such as Wallonia (not the region in UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}}), Ostenberg, Dunois, Summershire, Weideland, Romsdal, Vestmar, Fjordane, and Nordheim, as well as the cities of Stralshagen and Amersdam.

* The ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' canon is this. [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist The first anime]] tweaks this into an AlternateUniverse.

* The ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' canon is this. [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist The first anime]] tweaks it when the source of their world's alchemy is our world circa UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': Toril is loosely based on Earth, with most of the action taking place on the continent of Faerûn, a PatchworkMap corresponding roughly to a mashup of Europe and Africa. Several other continents exist, and Arabian-flavored [[Zakhara TabletopGame/AlQadim]], East Asian TabletopGame/KaraTur, and pre-Columbian American TabletopGame/{{Maztica}} were even detailed as sub-settings in the AD&D years. Toril also has its own AlternateUniverse, Abeir, which had pieces of itself swap places with Toril during 4th Edition.

** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': Toril is loosely based on Earth, with most of the action taking place on the continent of Faerûn, a PatchworkMap corresponding roughly to a mashup of Europe and Africa. Several other continents exist, and Arabian-flavored TabletopGame/AlQadim, East Asian TabletopGame/KaraTur, and pre-Columbian American TabletopGame/{{Maztica}} were even detailed as sub-settings in the AD&D years. Toril also has its own AlternateUniverse, Abeir, which had pieces of itself swap places with Toril during 4th Edition.

** [[WordOfGod Pendleton Ward]] has stated that Ooo was originally conceived as a straight example, but then was established to be set on a post-apocalyptic Earth when the episode with the unfrozen businessmen was written.

** [[WordOfGod Pendleton Ward]] has stated that Ooo was originally conceived as a straight example, but then was established to be post-apocalyptic when the episode with the unfrozen businessmen was written.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'', as the TagLine says, takes place ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway. Despite the presence of many human characters, the whole story is set on various alien worlds, none of which are the planet Earth. (Earth ''did'' appear in some ExpandedUniverse materials, but none of those stories were ever considered canon even in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'', as the TagLine says, takes place ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway. Despite the presence of many human characters, the whole story is set on various alien worlds, none of which are the planet Earth.

* The world of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. The story takes place exclusively on the continents of Westeros and Essos and their surrounding islands, but there's other lands as well such as Sothoryos and Ulthos. This also applies to its TV adaptation, ''Series/GameOfThrones''. The world itself has no given name (the fandom commonly [[FanNickname nicknames]] it "Planetos"), and there are several theories in fandom attempting to place it in Martin's sci-fi saga ''The Thousand Worlds'' [[TheVerse universe.]]

* ''Fanfic/AllThatGlitters'' expands upon the geography established in ''Frozen'', which includes the kingdoms of Arendelle and the Southern Isles, and includes the kingdom of Corona from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''. The author also invents fictional countries such as Wallonia, Ostenberg, Dunois, Summershire, Weideland, Romsdal, Vestmar, Fjordane, and Nordheim, as well as the cities of Stralshagen and Amersdam.

->''"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."''

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Golarion again is loosely based on Earth: Avistan corresponds to Europe, Garund to Africa, and Casmaron to west and central Asia; however, East Asia is represented as a separate continent called Tian Xia, which has an ocean separating it from Casmaron but is connected to Avistan via a land bridge across the north pole. The continent of Arcadia is Mesoamerican-flavored, though with a technological level similar to the eastern supercontinent (think warriors wearing feathers and jaguar skins over chainmail). The other planets in Golarion's solar system are also detailed somewhat (the elf species originated on one of them and migrated to Golarion by portal), and become significantly more important in the ScienceFantasy SpinOff ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}'' (set several thousand years in ''Pathfinder''[='s=] future).

Compare ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway, usually used in [[JustForFun/SciFiCounterpart science fiction]], where there are ''multiple'' worlds all separate from Earth. Contrast MagicalLand, where the focus is on visitors to the setting and LikeRealityUnlessNoted. EarthAllAlong is a subversion of this trope. A world still called Earth but otherwise similar to a Constructed World is a FictionalEarth.

* The world of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. The story takes place exclusively on the continents of Westeros and Essos and their surrounding islands, but there's other lands as well such as Sothoryos and Ulthos. This also applies to its TV adaptation, ''Series/GameOfThrones''. The world itself has no given name, and there are several theories in fandom attempting to place it in Martin's sci-fi saga ''The Thousand Worlds'' [[TheVerse universe.]]

* Mid-World from ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' by Creator/StephenKing is something of a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]; while it ''is'' completely separate from our world and has its own history clearly inspired by [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Middle-Earth]], it also has connections to our world through various portals and the technology and culture of [[{{Precursors}} the Great Old Ones]]. Even in its [[AfterTheEnd current state]], some elements from our world, such as [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs and Amoco gas pumps have established themselves in Mid-World, and the majority of the plot is spent with the Mid-World-native protagonist hopping between his world and ours, and vice versa for his ka-tet drawn from our world.

* ''RolePlay/RecordOfLodossWar'', and its spinoff ''Legend of Crystania''.
** ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' also turns out to be set in the same world.

* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' takes place in a world called Neopia. It has a LevelInTheClouds; a [[OminousFloatingCastle floating]] {{Mordor}}; Two [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy medieval worlds]]; [[GangplankGalleon a pirate]] [[PortTown island]]; a [[PalmtreePanic tropical island]] with {{Mayincatec}} [[TempleOfDoom ruins]] in the [[JungleJapes jungle]]; AncientGrome; {{Wutai}}; an [[SlippySlideyIceWorld icy]] [[DeathMountain mountain]]; A [[BigBoosHaunt haunted]] [[TheLostWoods forest]] with a CircusOfFear and {{Uberwald}}; A {{Steampunk}} [[EternalEngine city]]/LethalLavaLand; An [[BuildLikeAnEgyptian Egyptian]] [[ShiftingSandLand desert]]; an [[UnderTheSea underwater city]] that rose from the ashes of UnderwaterRuins; {{Prehistoria}}; a [[{{Tomorrowland}} space station]]; a [[SpaceZone moon]]; and a [[LevelAte world made of jelly]] ([[RunningGag that's just silly]]). SchizoTech doesn't begin to cover it.

* The world of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. The story takes place exclusively on the continents of Westeros and Essos and their surrounding islands, but there's other lands as well such as Sothoryos and Ulthos. This also applies to its TV adaptation, ''Series/GameOfThrones''. The world itself has no given name, but a popular FanNickname is "Planetos", and there are several theories in fandom attempting to place it in Martin's sci-fi saga ''The Thousand Worlds'' [[TheVerse universe.]]

* Equestria from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a world all its own and differs from our reality in several significant ways (such as [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows all forces of nature being controlled by magic ponies]]), in contrast to G1 ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' where humans from Earth visit Dream Valley. Averted in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' series, where we follow the characters' [[HumanityEnsues human]] [[HighSchoolAU high school]] counterparts, where (at least before magic started leaking through in spades), the only difference between it and our world was the AmazingTechnicolorPopulation.

* {{Zig Zagg|ingTrope}}ed in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''; Ooo ''really'' seems like this, having almost no connections to our world and a completely different geology (for one thing ''the planet is missing a chunk of its mass'')... except that we later learn that Ooo is EarthAllAlong after a disastrous global war caused a nuclear/magical apocalypse, which more or less wiped out humanity. The main character is the only human seen because he's one of the LastOfHisKind [[spoiler:except he isn't]]. The reason the world is so different is that said apocalypse [[TheMagicComesBack caused magic to return to Earth]], fundamentally changing and mutating all surviving life. Later episodes show that some magical artifacts, such as the Ice King's crown, pre-date the apocalypse, so Ooo is more like the post-apocalypse of a world that was once [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted very Earth-like]].
** [[WordOfGod Pendleton Ward]] stated that Ooo was originally conceived as a straight example, but then was established to be post-apocalyptic when the episode with the unfrozen businessmen was written.

* Equestria from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a world all its own and differs from our reality in several significant ways (such as [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows all forces of nature being controlled by magic ponies]]), in contrast to G1 ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' where humans from Earth visit Dream Valley. Averted in the questionably-canon ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' series, where Twilight Sparkle gets zapped into a [[HumanityEnsues human]] [[HighSchoolAU high school]], making humans' Earth the MagicalLand.

* The world of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' at first seems to take place in either a post-apocalyptic future or an AlternateHistory of our world but as more of the world outside of the walls is revealed it becomes more obvious that it isn't earth at all. Although it has parallels to our world's ethnic groups and continents, it has several major differences in geography. Most of the story takes place on a landmass that doesn't exist in the real world.
* ''Manga/AmonSaga''.

** Speaking of the moon, several shots in episode 12 reveal that it has lunar mare in the shape of Saitama prefecture as well.
* Like the games, the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga are set in this - in fact, both resemble a ConstructedWorld ''more'' than the games do!

* The setting of ''Anime/RoyalSpaceForceTheWingsOfHonneamise'' is similar to Earth during the early Space Age--but ''not'' identical. Assiduous effort was put into making everything about the world, from geography to clothing to eating utensils, at least slightly different from Earth norms.

* The world of ''Literature/TheWitcher'' is clearly not set on Earth. Not only are the geography and the species different, it is implied that humans came onto this world (possibly from our own) through some kind of inter-dimensional accident. Also, at one point Ciri begins hopping through parallel universes and visits an inn apparently set in 18th-century France.
* ''Literature/TheDarkProfitSaga'' gives us the world of Arth, "a funny fantasy world much like our own but with more magic and fewer vowels." It crosses a MedievalEuropeanFantasy with a modern understanding of economics and a healthy mix of humor and drama. The author has cooperated with a group of fans on the WorldBuilding, coming up with the FantasyWorldMap and descriptions for a number of races and concepts (including the calendar of Arth).
* ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'' takes place on Telsis, a continent with numerous nations that are essentially divided up into four main powers: North, South, West and East. The Great War that occurred prior to the start of the series saw every nation consolidating into one of two factions, the Northern Alliance (North and East) or the Southern League (South and West).

* ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'', loosely tied with the above, also features a completely independent universe, mainly to justify the fictional car manufacturers and models. While the fourth game makes reference to real world countries, the places and cars are fictional.
* ''VideoGame/ExaPico'': Ar Ciel.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is a strange case - All main-series regions (and some side-series ones) are based on ones in the real world, real-world animals and locations are referenced in older Pokedex entries, and a Team Aqua grunt mentions [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Poseidon]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire.]]'' However, the unusual technology, elementally-superpowered wildlife with no onscreen real-life animals in sight, increasingly complex and unique mythology and history, and plain old [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/11/23/pok-233-mon-39-s-burning-questions.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 Word]] [[WordOfGod Of God]], among other factors, make it very much seem like a ConstructedWorld.

* ''Webcomic/TheBackOBeyond'' is set in a world fairly similar to our own, but with some hints of the supernatural, such as liches, magical springs and amulets, and mermaids. Two countries have been named so far, Sairith and Goshenia.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' takes place on an unnamed world ruled over by three (four, but one was destroyed) pantheons corresponding to a cardinal direction and associated continent - Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern. Each pantheon exactly corresponds to a RealLife pantheon: Northern = Norse, Western = Babylonian, Southern = Chinese Zodiac, and Eastern = Greek (and deceased). The world is in a generally medieval setting, although they do take inspiration not only from Europe but also the Middle East and Asia, and certain areas (such as Cliffport and Tinkertown) have been technologically advanced via magic and a steampunk flair (both of which are pointed out and lampshaded). In addition to standard non-magic fighters, there are a plethora of magic, psionic, and holy warriors in the world, as befitting its TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons-inspired setting.
* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' largely takes place in a simulation with a constructed world. There are no maps because [[GeniusLoci the world can rearrange itself]]. When asking about history, all that is known is that [[AfterTheEnd whatever came before ended]]. There are lingering remnants of the previous world, but most are hideously powerful.
* ''Webcomic/SplittingImage'' takes place in the kingdom of Aeolia, a region closed off from the larger magical world of Faelumbre. Though they are aware of our world in some way, Faelumbre works by its own rules, and Aeolia has been closed off from both.

* The world in ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' shows some elements of this, the most notable example being in the episode, "Lost at Land," in which we get to see [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FlapjackWorld_9072.GIF Flapjack's world from space]].