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10	->''"[[ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....]]"''
11	-->-- '''[[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars']] famous opening text.'''
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13	A constructed world is a completely fictional setting, rather than our world in TheFuture, another planet in our galaxy, or an AlternateHistory. The heroes of its stories are usually the locals, who neither have nor need a connection with our present-day Earth. In other words, a world that is ''not'' obligated to have a connection to a standard existing planet like present day Earth.
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15	This world might be built from standard components, but there is deliberate {{Worldbuilding}} going on. It may or may not have a FantasyWorldMap. The world may have been based on Earth in a lot of aspects early on, but may have gone through an EarthDrift to make it more distinct.
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17	As one of the most common fantasy settings, some form of FunctionalMagic is typically present, but this isn't required: constructed worlds exist that have little or no magic. Most HighFantasy takes place in constructed worlds, as well as a great deal of LowFantasy and HeroicFantasy.
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19	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, and AlternateUniverse and AlternateTimeline, where the fictional world coexists with "our" real one. EarthAllAlong is a subversion of this trope. A world still called Earth but otherwise similar to a Constructed World is a FictionalEarth. Not to be confused with PatchworkWorld, which is when the setting itself is an amalgamation of several other worlds, sometimes "constructed" in a haphazard fashion.
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26	* ''Anime/{{Argevollen}}'' is in an unnamed fictional landmass on an alternate Earth. One notable aspect of the show's setting is the complete lack of aerial technology due to environmental and geological changes from the use of strategic weapons. The presence of the Japanese language/names/food indicate that Japan is also present in the alternate Earth in some form.
27	* 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.
28	* The world of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' is a MedievalEuropeanFantasy world with seemingly no connection to our own.
29	* ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution.'' This is the only version of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' that is ''all'' {{Mons}} and no humans enter the picture.
30	%%* The ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' canon is this. [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 The first anime]] tweaks this into an AlternateHistory.
31	* The world of ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' mixes a fantasy setting with modern day technology, SciFi elements, and a wide variety of MixAndMatchCritters. Of note is that the world map is basically an upside-down version of Earth, and there are places with names like [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Yorknew City]]. Later it's revealed that this upside-down Earth is only a small fraction of the actual surface area of the planet.
32	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is set in an unnamed world on an unnamed continent (or maybe subcontinent), but is clearly fictional and a lot of WorldBuilding is done early on (for instance, we learn about the politics and geography of the world hundreds of chapters before it really becomes relevant). Being a series about {{Ninja}}, it has a lot of Japanese influences.
33	* The unnamed world of Eiichiro Oda's ''Manga/OnePiece'' has very distinct [[https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Locations geography]] and weather completely different from our Earth. And the FantasyKitchenSink mythology and the SchizoTech, like the [[ReinventingTheTelephone telecommunication]] [[OrganicTechnology snails]]...
34	* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'':
35	** It isn't relevant to the story at all, but ''OPM'' (at least the manga and anime) takes place in one. Distance shots of the planet shows a giant continent shaped like Saitama prefecture, cities are named after letters of the alphabet, and one brief shot of the moon landing shows a flag that doesn't exist in real life.
36	** Speaking of the moon, several shots in Episode 12 reveal that it has lunar mare in the shape of Saitama prefecture as well.
37	* Like the games, the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries anime]] and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga are set in this -- in fact, both resemble a Constructed World ''more'' than the games do!
38	* The Continent in ''Anime/QueensBlade'' and in their AlternateUniverse, ''Anime/QueensBlade Grimoire'' has Melfareland.
39	* "Anime/RoyalSpaceForceTheWingsOfHonneamise" is set in an alternate version of Earth, with no recognizable real-life countries and a considerably different pattern of history, with the in-universe present day being a collage of various decades.
40	* Daikurikku in ''Anime/{{Simoun}}''. In fact, figuring out its bizarre laws (and the meaning behind [[GratuitousForeignLanguage pseudo-Latin]] terms) is one of the (many) fun points of the series.
41	* ''Manga/TegamiBachiLetterBee'' is set in a completely separate world.
42	* ''Anime/{{Windaria}}'', at least in Streamline's English release, is completely unexplained.
43	* Despite a brief mention of UsefulNotes/{{Egypt}} at the beginning, the world in ''Anime/XamdLostMemories'' is clearly separate from our world.
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47	* ''AudioPlay/TheSojourn'' starts in the entirely fictional Tantalus Cluster that's just outside the Morgana Galaxy before moving to a nebula on the outskirts of that galaxy. The humans of this setting evolved on a world called Centrum.
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51	* The setting of ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''.
52	* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', though there are some traits of Earth carried over/mirrored.
53	* ''Webcomic/{{Dreamkeepers}}'' has a library worth of world building on [[http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/DreamWorld.htm its site]] and as appendixes [[AllThereInTheManual in the books]].
54	* ''The Last God'' from ''The Fellspyre Chronicles'' setting by the Creator/DCBlackLabel, is significantly built up from scratch. The world of Cain Anuun not only has maps, religion (albeit one based on Tolkien's Silmarillion, history and folk songs. The miniseries also has various {{Apocalyptic Log}}s to flesh out what a CrapsackWorld the setting has become and even includes stats for various creatures and character classes according to TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 4th Edition rules.
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58	* ''Fanfic/AllThatGlittersOthellia'' 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.
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62	* This is implied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}''. The kingdom of Arendelle is a FantasyCounterpartCulture to Norway, and the sequel short "WesternAnimation/FrozenFever" implies the Southern Isles are a counterpart to Denmark. There is also the duchy of Weselton, which has no known counterpart.
63	** The ExpandedUniverse of the ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'' franchise include the fantasy kingdom of Arendelle and often add more fictional locations. Vakretta, Chatho, Zaria, Kongsberg, Blavenia, Seven Islands, Riverland, Eldora, Vesterland, and Yuwabe are all fictional countries either mentioned or shown in books and comics.
64	* 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.
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68	* The land of ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' is one of the most completely separate constructed worlds. No flora or fauna, including humans, exist anywhere within this world; it was carefully designed to be a completely different reality.
69	* ''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''.)
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73	* Tarra in ''Literature/ArciaChronicles''.
74	* Terreille (the Realm of Light), Kaeleer (the Shadow Realm), and Hell (the Dark Realm) in Creator/AnneBishop's ''Literature/BlackJewels'' series. They seem to bear no relation to our world, and the human races may not be human as we understand it.
75	* The titular setting of China Mieville's ''Literature/BasLagCycle'' is a truly wondrous, and [[EldritchLocation disturbing]] place to be.
76	* Creator/BrandonSanderson's adult fantasy all takes place in the same [[TheVerse verse]] called Literature/TheCosmere. WordOfGod has officially stated that Earth does not exist in the Cosmere.
77	* ''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).
78	* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has no physical connection to our own. However, its basic nature is based on several old theories about how our world works, such as it being flat, and being orbited by the sun, and being on the back of a giant turtle. Its cities, nations and sometimes individual people are often clear analogies to those from earth's past and present.
79	** There are hints at there being TheMultiverse, however, and memes and particles of inspiration as real physical things sometimes end up on the Discworld that are clearly from our world.
80	** In ''Literature/TheScienceOfDiscworld'' books, a clear connection is finally established, but characteristically it goes the other way around than you'd expect: the wizards at the Unseen University conduct an experiment to [[AntiMagic remove all magic]] from an area, which unexpectedly creates a BiggerOnTheInside universe -- ours, baffling in its lack of NarrativeCausality. This also clearly establishes that the Discworld is set in an [[AnotherDimension alternative universe]] with different natural laws.
81	%%* ''Literature/DragonQueen''
82	%%* The setting of ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' definitely qualifies.
83	* ''Literature/DragonarAcademy'' is set in a completely isolated world built on magic and dragons.
84	* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' takes place in a world where most lands are archipelagos. Oh, and there are dragons too, of course.
85	* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': The world of [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/empirium/images/6/60/Avitas_World_Map.png/revision/latest?cb=20200126231412 Avitas]] has very different geography from our own.
86	* After EarthDrift set in, Creator/FritzLeiber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'' was established to take place in the world of Nehwon.
87	* The setting of ''Literature/ForgottenRealms'' qualifies as well.
88	* ''Literature/GrimoiresSoul'' begins in Kesterline, the westernmost continent on the world of Lystrata.
89	* ''Literature/TheGrishaTrilogy'' and its spinoffs the ''Literature/SixOfCrows'' duology and ''Literature/TheNikolaiDuology'' combine this trope with extensive use of {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s.
90	* ''Literature/TheIckabog'' is set in a fictional kingdom called Cornucopia with a few neighbouring kingdoms.
91	* The setting for the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' was created by Creator/StevenErikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont and is one of the most expansive examples, as it was initially constructed during role-playing sessions. Since both creators are anthropologists and archaeologists, there is [[ShownTheirWork quite a lot of verisimilitude]] to the setting. It has hundreds of thousands of years of history, a multitude of cultures and spans an entire planet with seven continents which, according to WordOfGod, is bigger than Earth. Of course, there are also the various non-human races with their ancestor and descendant races and several who are not native to that world as well.
92	* ''Literature/{{Manifestation}}'': The story takes place primarily in the fictional city of San Lorien, in the fictional Northern Union.
93	* ''Literature/{{Moribito}}'' and ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'' series by Creator/NahokoUehashi are set in a complete, isolated world.
94	* Many novels by Creator/NickPerumov are set in a multiverse called The Consistent. His series ''Chronicles of Hjorvard'' and ''Chronicles of the Rift'' (including the novel ''Literature/DiamondSwordWoodenSword'') are set in worlds that are part of that multiverse.
95	* Creator/GregEgan's ''Literature/{{Orthogonal}}'' trilogy not only takes place in a fictional setting, it takes place in a constructed ''universe'' with unique and [[MinovskyPhysics meticulously researched]] physics totally different from our own, and focuses on a race of aliens that evolved in such a universe.
96	* ''Literature/RealmBreaker'': The land of [[https://d15fwz9jg1iq5f.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02121529/RB_AllwardMap-1536x1167.png Allward]] is split into two main continents with a stretch of sea breaking the land in two.
97	* ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'', and its spinoff ''Legend of Crystania''. ''Literature/RuneSoldierLouie'' also turns out to be set in the same world.
98	* Kertiana in ''Literature/ReflectionsOfEterna'' by the same author.
99	* ''Literature/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.
100	* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' takes place in a MedievalEuropeanFantasy world whose only very occasional similarities to the real world fall under RuleOfFunny (like a bandit leader disguising himself as [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sanders]] because reasons).
101	* 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 adaptations, ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. 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.]]
102	* ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' has a MedievalEuropeanFantasy setting with completely different geography and immortal gigantic creatures that can adopt ([[LittleBitBeastly mostly]]) human form.
103	* ''Literature/TakeBackTheSkies'' is set in the fictional world of Tellus, notable for the thick, tumultuous storms that surround its islands.
104	* ''Literature/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).
105	* ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' is set in the continents of Pyrrhia and Pantala on a planet that clearly isn't our, even having three moons.
106	* 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.
107	* The setting of ''The Wood Beyond the World''. Creator/WilliamMorris is usually credited as the [[TropeMaker creator of the modern "invented world" fantasy]] (departing from the tradition of setting fantasy stories in Arthurian Briton, fairyland or Arabian Nights-esque Arabia). Tolkien read the novel as a child, and it was a major influence on his work.
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111	* Every ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign setting ever (except for ''TabletopGame/MasqueOfTheRedDeath'', set on "Gothic Earth").
112	** ''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 Zakhara]], 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.
113	* All of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s planes are original; none of them are based on Earth, and it's generally considered canon that our universe is not part of the ''Magic'' multiverse.
114	* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' is set on the country of Rokugan, a fantasy medieval Japan kingdom. Outside of it also includes other countries, such as [[ArabianNightsDays Burning Sands]], and [[MysticalIndia Ivory Kingdom]]. But they only get focus when Rokugan is involve in them.
115	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Microscope}}'' players actually [[WorldBuilding create]] a new world and its history over the course of the game, and play scenes within it as they go along.
116	* ''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).
117	* The world of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', although full of {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s, has no link to our world, but the shape of its continents are rough analogues to their real world counterparts. ''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.
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121	* The ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' universe had no connection whatsoever to ours, despite inter-dimensional travel being possible there. Multiple alternate universes and pocket dimensions exist, but none resembling ours. The creators have avoided having live-action adaptations of the series for fear that this segregation from the real world would be compromised in order to make way for a HumanFocusedAdaptation.
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125	* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'': The eponymous Arcanum.
126	* The world of Hillys in ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil''. Background lore states it to be a colony world in a separate star system, though no mention of Earth or its culture was given until the sequel. Otherwise, it may as well function as a separate world with its own flora, ecology, and hints of language and culture.
127	* ''VideoGame/DeBlob'' takes place on the planet of Raydia, which has its own cities, culture, and even a natural ecosystem using pure color as a source of life and energy, with nary a reference to Earth in sight.
128	* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' takes place mostly in Sanctuary. It was created when the [[StarCrossedLovers angel Inarius and demon Lilith]] used the [[CosmicKeystone Worldstone]] to create a world where they could hide. Throughout the lore, both angels and demons took the Worldstone and tried to create worlds of their own, but they were always unstable - the angelic worlds were too perfect to exist while the demonic worlds collapsed from the chaos. Only the union between both could create a stable world.
129	* The Junkyard in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' can be described as a bunch of military outposts based off ancient ruins surrounding a massive hypertechnological tower, with a lot of Hindu-inspired architecture and decoration and a lot of unusual attention to the region's waterways and sewers, all in a perpetually-raining land of grey sands. But there are weird details around, like a perfect Disney-style fairytale castle, a massive yacht half-buried in the desert, or a strange European manor in the middle of one of the outposts. And then, the inhabitants start realizing that even though they've never known any other setting, it's strangely unreal to them, and they start remembering things about another place with bizarre rules that somehow make more sense than the Junkyard's simplicity... and most worryingly, despite never having personally seen or been one, they all know what a child is. [[spoiler:Eventually it's revealed that the entire Junkyard it's a Constructed World... ''InUniverse''.]]
130	* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'': Elysium, the world where the story is set, isn't even a planet, but continents called isolas surrounded by a reality-bending matter known as the pale. A conversation with one character reveals that scientists originally thought the world was a sphere, but the shape of the world seems to be more like a 'dark grey corona.' While it is possible the world was a sphere at one time, it isn't anymore.
131	* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'':
132	** The original ''Dishonored'' is set in the city of Dunwall, on the island of Gristol, capital of the Empire of the Isles. Next to it there's the unexplored Pandyssian Continent. That's about all we know of the setting... apart from one passage from a book by a MadScientist, [[CosmicHorrorStory describing how the planet and its Sun are hurtling through a dark, howling Cosmos towards a Void that will eventually consume everything]]. [[CrapsackWorld It's that kind of setting...]]
133	** [[VideoGame/Dishonored2 The sequel]] is set on the island of Serkonos, the southernmost island of the Empire (and Corvo's hometown).
134	* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series: Thedas. Incidentally, even the name of the world is constructed: it was a shortcut for "'''The D'''ragon '''A'''ge '''s'''etting" used by the developers until they decided to ThrowItIn.
135	* The ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games from ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV IV]]'' onward take place in such worlds; [[VideoGame/DragonQuestI the]] [[VideoGame/DragonQuestII first]] [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIII three]] look that way at first, but arguably subvert it as ''III'' reveals that it all takes place on a very Earth-like world, and that the differently shaped lands of the first two games (which ''III'' is a prequel to) are its HollowWorld.
136	* The unnamed but obviously constructed world of the ''VideoGame/{{Drakan}}'' series.
137	* ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege'': Aranna.
138	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has a very deep and well-constructed universe. The Aurbis, the totality of creation, is split into [[SpiritWorld Aetherius]], [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds Oblivion]], and Mundus. Mundus is the "mortal plane" and contains the world, Nirn. Nirn contains the known continents of Tamriel, [[{{Wutai}} Akavir]], [[GrimUpNorth Atmora]], [[{{Atlantis}} Aldmeris]], [[TakingYouWithMe Yokuda]], and [[YouCantGoHomeAgain Pyandonea]]. (Some of which are believed to have been lost or destroyed.) The games themselves have so far only taken place on Tamriel (with some excursions to Aetherius and Oblivion).
139	* Celenheim in ''VideoGame/{{Enclave}}''.
140	* ''VideoGame/ExaPico'': Ar Ciel.
141	* Almost all of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series: Every game takes place in its own constructed world, some more detailed than others.
142	* With some exceptions, each ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' game is set on its own continent within its own, largely self-contained constructed world (though all games take place in the same [[TheMultiverse multiverse]]). These include the continents of Archanea (''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''), Valentia (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]''), Jugdral (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]''), Elibe (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''), Magvel (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]''), and Tellius (''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''), with the first three sharing the same world. [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Ylisse and Valm]], on the other hand, are simply the future versions of Archanea and Valentia, respectively, albeit with BroadStrokes applied. [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Hoshido and Nohr]] are two kingdoms situated on a different, currently unnamed continent separate from the others. [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Fódlan]] is another continent which, itself, is divided into three countries: the Adrestian Empire, the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, and the Leicester Alliance. Likewise, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Elyos]] is comprised of two separate landmasses, an outer ring that contains -- in its intercardinal regions -- four of the continent's nations (clockwise: Elusia, Solm, Firene, Brodia) and a central island that serves as the fifth (Lythos). [[VideoGameLongRunners And so on.]]
143	* The planet of Avalice in ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' has distinct ancient Chinese culture and architecture, but otherwise is in a ScienceFantasy universe all its own.
144	* Creator/FromSoftware:
145	** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI Lordran]], [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII Drangleic]], and [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII Lothric]], which all ([[JigsawPuzzlePlot probably, given the nebulous nature of the franchise's lore and storytelling]]) exist in the same Constructed World, just during a different Age of Fire.
146	** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''[==]' spiritual predecessor and successor, ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', take place in the kingdom of Boleteria and the city of Yharnam, respectively, both of which are obviously single locations in a larger fantasy setting.
147	* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' takes place on the planet Sera, a rare non-fantasy example that serves as a dystopian ScienceFiction version of this trope.
148	* ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' takes place in the Whirlpool Galaxy. No humans are mentioned, although Hiigarans look entirely human, and some even have perfectly human names: Karan, Imogen, Rachel, Roman, Jacob, Nathan, etc.
149	* The ''VideoGame/IronGrip'' series has Theia, a PlanetaryRomance Earth analogue with wildly anachronistic PunkPunk societies and nations, an ice age climate and a PurelyAestheticEra feel.
150	* While the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' games have a handful of settings and locations, it's very clear that the games take place in a world that's distinctly not ours, with its own alphabet, mythology, history, and wildlife.
151	* The only evident similarity between the ''VideoGame/JASFJanesAdvancedStrikeFighters'' universe and the real world is that all the planes are the same. You're flying for the Eastern Democratic Alliance (implied to be something like either United States or NATO; no real explanation is given), and the game takes place on an island divided up between two {{Qurac}}s called North and South Azbaristan.
152	* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' is set on [[WorldShapes a star-shaped planet]] called Popstar, inhabited by all sorts of wacky {{Cartoon Creature}}s. The title character sometimes explores other planets, but not including Earth of course. (Unless one subscribes to the idea that [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Shiver Star]] is [[AfterTheEnd a post-apocalyptic Earth]], that is.)
153	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Hyrule.
154	* ''VideoGame/{{Lunarosse}}''. [[spoiler:Since Corlia made it herself, it literally is a constructed world.]]
155	* ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'': Constructed out of clay.
156	* The main setting of ''VideoGame/TheNightOfTheRabbit'', [[CivilizedAnimal Mousewood]], is based on unpublished tales written by the game designer Matt Kempke. These stories can be unlocked during gameplay, though.
157	* The ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' series takes place primarily on the continents/nations of Zenobia and Lodis, whose geography has nothing to do with Earth's.
158	* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] throughout the ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' series:
159	** Averted in the original tetrology, which all take place in the Algol star system, but has connections to Earth as revealed in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII'' and one ending in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII''.
160	** Played straight in the original ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'', which takes place exclusively on the planet of Ragol and the ships of the Pioneer Project (which themselves hail from the planet of Coral), and ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarUniverse'', which takes place primarily in the Gurhal System.
161	** Played straight in the first three Episodes of ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'', then averted in Episode 4, which is a RealWorldEpisode with areas based on Tokyo and Las Vegas TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.
162	* ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', its sequel ''[[VideoGame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire Deadfire]]'', and the upcoming[[labelnote:*]]as of its 2020 announcement[[/labelnote]] prequel ''VideoGame/{{Avowed}}'' are all set in the world of [[https://pillarsofeternity.fandom.com/wiki/Eora Eora]], which has several smallish continents separated by ocean. ''Pillars I'' takes place in the Dyrwood, ruled by the Glanfathan civilization until they were colonized by settlers from Aedyr across the ocean to the west. ''Pillars II'' takes place in the Deadfire Archipelago southeast of Dyrwood.
163	* ''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 Pokémon entries, and a Team Aqua grunt mentions [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Poseidon]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''. 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 Constructed World.
164	* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' is set in a vast sci-fi universe full of aliens and robots, but humans and Earth are nowhere to be seen at all. TJ Fixman once claimed that humans don't even exist in that universe, but admitted that it could be retconned in the future.
165	* ''VideoGame/{{Ravenmark}}'' has the world of Eclisse, a typical MedievalEuropeanFantasy.
166	* ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'', loosely tied with the above ''VideoGame/AceCombat'', 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.
167	* ''VideoGame/RiseOfLegends'' features the world of Aio, a ScienceFantasy world filled with {{Steampunk}} empires, genies, magicians and [[spoiler:alien gods]].
168	* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' is set on the MedievalEuropeanFantasy planet of Gielinor, plus a few other planets that the player can visit. Although it originally was implied to be a planet in our universe (most of the life on it was imported from Earth by Guthix), it might as well be a separate world. This has since been mostly retconned. Although King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table exist in the game and are said to have come from England, the creators of the game now mostly ignore them and it has been since revealed that humans actually didn't come from Earth, but rather from a completely different planet called Teragard that definitely isn't Earth. Earth most likely does not exist in the same universe as Gielinor.
169	* ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}}'': Ancaria.
170	* ''VideoGame/SepterraCore'': Septerra.
171	* ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'' has its own fictional map.
172	* ''VideoGame/SiegeOfAvalon'': Eurale.
173	* ''Franchise/StarFox'': The Lylat System.
174	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
175	** The Mushroom Kingdom. Originally Mario and Luigi were supposed to have come from Brooklyn, where ''Donkey Kong'' and the other early games were set, and then they got sucked down a drain-pipe into the Mushroom Kingdom; later games, like the various "Yoshi" games involving Baby Mario, contradict this (at least for the Bros' childhoods), and the idea has basically been abandoned. [[TheArtifact They're still Italian, though.]]
176	** Even the structure of the planet has changed in the Mario world; it's always been known that there had to be some weird changes in geography given all the kingdoms and islands that get shown throughout the franchise, but the geography itself was shown to be a copy of Earth in games like ''NES Open Tournament Golf'' or ''VideoGame/MarioKart''[[note]]As seen [[https://www.mariowiki.com/images/0/01/Worldplay.jpg here]][[/note]]. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' shows off [[https://www.mariowiki.com/images/6/69/Super-Mario-Odyssey-Map.jpg a whole new geography]] for the planet, with the Mushroom Kingdom itself portrayed as a large, mushroom-shaped continent a little way away from a much larger landmass.
177	* Two of Supergiant's games, ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}'' are set in different examples of this.
178	* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' takes place in the world of Fœnum. A world inhabited by sapient hoofed animals that have formed societies. Somewhat similar to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]], but the main inhabitants are far more diverse.
179	* The noir fantasy world of the ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series (though it does have characters with Earth-like names, it's very clearly set in a setting completely removed from everyday reality).
180	* ''VideoGame/TheTraderOfStories'' has a [[SceneryPorn really pretty one]].
181	* The continent of Zemuria in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' is set in an unnamed world, with each story arc taking place in a different country. The place names, cultures, and fashion heavily crib from Middle Ages Europe, but the different system of measurements, existence of genuine if obscure magic and apparently genuine miracles from the goddess Aidios shape its world in different ways than our own. MagiTek, in particular, is thoroughly explored as technological change and a shift in global politics sweeps through the land.
182	* The worlds visited in the ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series are mostly various constructed worlds (one takes place on Earth, and in most of them you are visiting those worlds from Earth). Starting with Sosaria, later known as Britannia, and with ancillary worlds like Pagan and Serpent Isle, plus the places visited in ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld'' II.
183	* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'' is set on a world (the Lydian continents and the surface below) whose history, and ''pre''history, is fairly in-depth, [[spoiler:including a few things that almost no one knows, and the [=PCs=] have to rediscover]].
184	* The ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' series and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' take place mostly on the planet Azeroth. Other key worlds include Draenor (later called Outland after it was almost destroyed by fel magic), the homeworld of the orcs and temporary refuge of the draenei; Argus, the homeworld of the eredar/draenei and [[spoiler:the Burning Legion's base of operations]]; and the Shadowlands, the universe's afterlife.
185	* All of the Infocom (later Activision) ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' games. The games make satirical references to Earth culture but there's no evidence that this is Earth. Some sources suggest that Zork is the name of the planet on which these games are set.
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189	* Played with in ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}''. We do not know which country the story is set in (or even if it exists in real life), but there are references to real people, events, and places throughout the story.
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192	[[folder:Webcomics]]
193	* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'' is set in a world built upon the ruins of infinitely giant ships, which crashed a long time before the story.
194	* ''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.
195	* ''Webcomic/BitsFair'' is set in a fictional pre-industrial world that feels like a mix between Asian and European cultures, featuring a vast empire that encompasses an entire subcontinent and [[PsychicPowers mindly powers]].
196	* ''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.
197	* ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}''
198	* ''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.
199	* Webcomic/{{Overside}}, the setting of ''Webcomic/RiceBoy'', ''Webcomic/OrderOfTales'', and ''Webcomic/{{Vattu}}''.
200	* ''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.
201	* ''Webcomic/{{Stomp}}'' takes place on a world called Traagler.
202	* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' is set in a tower that has at least 135 floors, with each floor being several kilometres high and having a surface the size of North America. They don't breathe air but Shinsu which gets more viscous the higher you get, which is why swords are replaced by simple rapiers called Needles. An outside world exists and people are faintly aware of it, but it's the kind of world where people build gods and children get trapped in caves for eons.
203	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' is set on an entirely invented continent divided between several nations, with an enormous amount of background detail devoted to showing that this world is nothing like ours.
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207	* ''WebVideo/AscensionAcademy'': A pre-industrial mixed technology and magic fantasy world brimming with monsters. Ravaged by the Dark War 300 years ago, the Cross-Allied Forces enforces the Ancestra Charter and the various alliances between the races and nations of the world to maintain peace while the world rebuilds after having lost over 80% of its population. But that noble cause has been laden with beurocracy and corruption over the years as the threat of the Darkness grew ever more distant and faded in the minds of the world. Now all that stands to stop the Darkness from breaking free once more is Ascension Academy and its Cadets. But will they be enough?
208	* ''Literature/GutsAndSass: An Anti-Epic'' draws inspiration from various low-tech Earth cultures, but has a distinct set of original semi-domesticated pastoralist, feudal agriculturalist, {{Proud Warrior Race\|Guy}}, [[ProudMerchantRace merchant-trader]], and hunter-gatherer cultures. It also features original landmasses and ocean currents, as well as an alternate tidal catalyst (the planet has no visible moon).
209	* ''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.
210	* From the ketchup stains on Creator/MontyOum's napkin, we got the world map for Remnant, the world of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. Here, humanity is isolated to distant settlements by the creatures of Grimm, marauding shadowy monsters whose sole purpose for existing seems to be destroying humanity. Mankind has survived this long only thanks to supernatural crystals called Dust, which has boosted their technology to a more-or-less modern level, only with elementally charged guns and an alternative to the internet. Most animals besides the Grimm seem pretty similar to real life ones, though humans have a LittleBitBeastly subspecies called Faunus, for all your minority metaphor needs, and every person has the potential for Aura, which functions as a personal forcefield/health bar and can develop with training into a unique superpower called a Semblance. Then there's the matter of the Four Maidens, a legend regarding four young women passing down altogether magical powers.
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214	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
215	** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]; 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, thousands of years after the "Mushroom War", a disastrous thermonuclear event. The main character is the only human seen because he's one of the LastOfHisKind [[spoiler:except he isn't; humanity turns out to have been on a different continent]]. 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. However, this "pre-magic" Earth still had long-lost magical relics such as the Ice King's crown, and a toddler Marceline was running around with her half-demon blood, so it can be said that Ooo is more like the post-apocalypse of a world that was once [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted very Earth-like]].
216	** [[WordOfGod Pendleton Ward]] has stated that Ooo was originally conceived as a straight example, but then ended up being post-apocalyptic instead when the episode with the unfrozen businessmen was written.
217	* The ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' canon takes place in one. While it certainly has elements of various Asian and First Nation cultures, it's certainly a very separate fantasy world. For example, almost all the animals are MixAndMatchCritters, a significant proportion of the population is able to [[ElementalPowers control one of the four elements]], it has their own path of technology advancement (which includes the invention of steam-powered jet skis before the hot air balloon, for example), and is linked to a SpiritWorld. One of the most important spirits is the Avatar, who is continually reincarnated into a human body, and is close to a god in terms of power and respect. Further development was seen in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', where further shifting in politics, technology and ''metaphysics'' was seen.
218	* 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]].
219	* 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'' spin-off series, where we follow the characters' [[HumanityEnsues human]] [[HighSchoolAU high school]] counterparts, where the only difference between it and our world was the AmazingTechnicolorPopulation. Well, at least before it's discovered that an ancient Equestrian scholar used it as a dumping ground for some of their more problematic villains and artifacts, and magic started leaking through from the mirror portal in spades.
220	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' is set on an Earth-like planet, but there are only two giant islands on it (that used to be one) with some smaller ones, and no continents to be seen. Most people in this world don't even seem to know what the word "earth" means, which is constantly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
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