History Main / FictionalEarth

* ''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, as well as landmasses resembling Greenland and New Zealand. 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]].

''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'': From official maps of the continent, Halkeginia resembles a distorted and simplified version of real-life Europe, and this is reinforced by how virtually all of the countries on the continent are {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s of historical Medieval European countries.

''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'': From official maps of the continent, Halkeginia resembles a distorted and simplified version of real-life Europe, and this reinforced by how virtually all of the countries on the continent are {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s of historical Medieval European countries.

** In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', the Earth has completely different continents from the last two examples, which are occupied by FantasyCounterpartCulture countries. This geography would be reused in ''VideoGame/SonicColors''.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' takes place on an alternate Earth with a number of subtle differences — in the US, for example, money has diamonds on it instead of Presidents' faces, and the center of the film industry is in Kansas. The equivalent of New York City is called Empire City and the equivalent of Canada is called the Great North. More importantly, the world map is quite different: part of Africa is attached to South America, and large amounts of real life landmass is instead covered by the ocean, including the ''majority'' of northern Asia (there's basically a huge water-filled crater where Russia should be). The latter is implied to be [[AlienSpaceBats a result of the Gem Homeworld's]] HostileTerraforming. The former seems [[NeverWasThisUniverse much older]].

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' takes place on an alternate Earth with a number of subtle differences — in the US, for example, money has diamonds on it instead of Presidents' faces, and the center of the film industry is in Kansas. The equivalent of New York City is called Empire City and the equivalent of Canada is called the Great North. More importantly, the world map is quite different: part of Africa is attached to South America, and large amounts of real life landmass is instead covered by the ocean, including the ''majority'' of northern Asia. The latter is implied to be [[AlienSpaceBats a result of the Gem Homeworld's]] HostileTerraforming. The former seems [[NeverWasThisUniverse much older]].

* Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan is at first seemingly set in our world, mostly set in the US, and with stories set in Germany, parts of Africa, the UK, the USSR and other countries. But the episode 'Outrage in Balinderry' is not only set in a fictitious British-colonised island state suspiciously similar to Northern Ireland, but located somewhere closer to the Faroe Islands, but a map in said ep shows a completely different geographical structure including different continents!

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' takes place on an alternate Earth with a number of subtle differences — in the US, for example, money has diamonds on it instead of Presidents' faces, and the center of the film industry is in Kansas. More importantly, the world map is quite different: part of Africa is attached to South America, and large amounts of real life landmass is instead covered by the ocean, including the ''majority'' of northern Asia. The latter is implied to be [[AlienSpaceBats a result of the Gem Homeworld's]] HostileTerraforming. The former seems [[NeverWasThisUniverse much older]].

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'''s Earth is very different from ours. [[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/File:Wiki_DragonBall_Earth.png The world map]] shows a huge continent looking like UsefulNotes/{{China}}[[note]]not surprising considering the story was inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''[[/note]] and FunnyAnimals live alongside humans. It is divided into 43 sectors governed by a King of the Earth. Also, the Moon seems to have at least a thin atmosphere.

* The children's series ''Literature/SpiritAnimals'' has continents called Eura (Europe), Zhong (Asia), Nilo (Africa), and Amara (Americas). The world is called Erdas, but is clearly Earth - if the continents weren't enough, the cultures and wildlife also match.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'''s Earth is very different from ours. [[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/File:Wiki_DragonBall_Earth.png The world map]] shows a huge continent looking like UsefulNotes/{{China}} [[note]]not surprising considering the story was inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''[[/note]] and FunnyAnimals live alongside humans. It is divided into 43 sectors governed by a King of the Earth. Also the Moon seems to have at least a thin atmosphere.

The planet has to be identified as Earth at some point, otherwise you're just dealing with a ConstructedWorld that may or may not look like Earth in some aspects. AlternateHistory settings that are geographically different enough may overlap with this, if the country or continent boundaries changed, especially [[AfterTheEnd after a traumatic event.]]

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' is set on a planet called Earth, but it looks totally unrecognizable from the real world. The whole series takes place on a Pangaea-sized supercontinent shaped like Japan's Saitama prefecture, divided into 26 city-states each named after letters of the English alphabet, and that's just the ''beginning'' of its differences.

* The Earth of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is divided into four elemental nations. It is drastically different in terms of continent placement, with a landmass at each of the poles, and the Earth Kingdom being possibly bigger than our Eurasia. There's no equivalent for the Americas, Australia, and other continents.

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroncile'': The map of the continent of Europa maintains the general shape of real-life Europe, with almost all the borders redrawn. There are two isles to the northwest, one big and one small, just like the British isles; a peninsula extends from the south of Europa, much like Italy; the seas around the continent are marked as North Sea to the north, Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the West; Gallia is located in the Low Countries, fitting its basis of design; while the East Europan Imperial Alliance appears to encompass both German and Soviet territory, fitting its hybrid design.

* ''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 advanced African country that's home to ComicBook/BlackPanther with its exact location varying between sources. Latveria, a monarchy nation ruled by ComicBook/DoctorDoom as his personal kingdom. {{Atlantis}}, the mythical undersea world.

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' is set on a planet called Earth, but it looks totally unrecognizable from the real world. The whole series takes place on a Pangea-sized supercontinent shaped like Japan's Saitama prefecture, divided into 26 city-states each named after letters of the English alphabet, and that's just the ''beginning'' of its differences.

* {{Downplayed}} and PlayedStraight at the same time in ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' due to the 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, from the landscape or climate to the 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]] that can lead to an encounter with the mighty and unified Native American empires, which will not be inferior at all to aliens from overseas, or with completely fantastic formations such as the Lost Templar fleet, Lemuria, or even the successor state of {{Atlantis}}.

* {{Downplayed}} and PlayedStraight at the same time in ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' due to the 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, from the landscape or climate to the 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]] that can lead to an encounter with the mighty and unified Native American empires, which 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}}.