History Main / IndustrialWorld

In a setting where most worlds [[OneProductPlanet are dedicated to one activity and one activity alone]], expect to see a lot of these worlds as the planetary equivalent to cities' industrial districts.

* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'': Some systems in the Seams -- a series of neutral areas, unclaimed worlds and border spaces running between and through the main interstellar empires -- are classified as Industrial, meaning that they're very rich in resources and claimed by an empire or AI god for manufacturing purposes. Contrary to this trope's usual portrayal, they're usually all but uninhabited -- the machinery used there is either extensively automated, strictly nanotechnological, or both, and the worlds' populations are kept at the strict minimum needed to run these things.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, Ash and co. visit a town (that does not exist in the games) called "Gringy City." Few people live there, and the buildings there are mostly factories and the like. All the pollution has caused a group of Grimer (and a Muk, [[spoiler: which Ash eventually captures]]) to move in and clog the seawater intake valve at the power plant, jeopardizing the lives of Pokemon in the ICU at the Pokemon Center.

* ''Franchise/DCUniverse'': Apokolips, a CrapsackWorld ruled by the despot Darkseid, is usually portrayed as a horribly polluted hellscape of blasted earth and foundry cities forever cranking out war machines for Darkseid's army.
* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': ComicBook/RocketRaccoon hails from Halfworld, so named due to half the planet being industrialized and populated by robots.

* ''VideoGame/BattleZone1998'': In the ''Forgotten Enemies'' mod, the planet Facility is covered almost entirely in machinery, with huge cranes, fuel tanks, and heat sinks dotting the surface. The atmosphere is tainted green, and the only exposed land is brown, lifeless rock.

* ''VideoGame/{{Obsidian}}'': In the second dream world, one of the four [[BizarroElements machine element]] worlds is set in a rocky, smog-covered landscape filled with smoke-spewing factories. One of these factories produces robots that mine ore, throw it into the factory, then fall to their death in an [[EternalEngine infinite cycle]] to create more robots. For good measure, when you arrive, the robot factory shuts down, and your goal is to start it again.
** The [[NightmarishFactory hub factory]] of the same dream also appears to be set in a similar world, as the player can see clusters of glowing factories under a creepy purple sky through the building's windows.

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'':

A world, or another large area, dedicated wholly or primarily to industry, fabrication and construction. The landscape, from here to the horizon, is a mass of machinery and factories. The sky is choked with smoke, the streets are filled with grime, and every building is filled with churning pistons, rumbling conveyor belts and frantic assembly lines. No one really wants to live here, but it's the only place within light years that they can. Expect to see robots and machinery everywhere.

These places will usually be [[GaiasLament horribly polluted and exploited]] as a consequence of the immense industrial activity. Air and water pollution are likely to be rampant, smog will cloud the sky, and the surface will be torn by immense mines when the planet's mineral reserves haven't been entirely exhausted. Little trace of natural life can be expected to exist, save perhaps for urban pests and scavengers.

These places will usually be [[GaiasLament horribly polluted and exploited]] as a consequence of the immense industrial activity. Air and water pollution are likely to be rampant, smog will cloud the sky, and the surface will be torn by immense mines when the planet's mineral reserves haven't been entirely exhausted. Little trace of natural life can be expected to exist, save perhaps for urban pests.

An excellent place for a WretchedHive to grow and fester, in the deep underbelly of the few parts that actually have housing. Settlements on these places will generally be either mass-produced prefab housing or grime-covered {{Industrial Ghetto}}s.