Eilaela (アイラエラ Airaera) is a swampy remote planet that is featured in the story Planet Eilaela and its rewrite Planet Eilaela Retold.
History
The planet was thought to be both uncharted and uninhabited when first crash-landed on by Vultro the Fox. Natives of the planet later confirmed that it had been well charted until erased from Mobian maps by Solidus the Werewolf six years prior.
The southern swampland Vultro had crashed into was one of the more remote areas (used mainly for research), thus the existence of the Southern Eilaela Research Facility that was commandeered by Solidus the Werewolf. Many fairly populated towns and cities exist on the planet. The capital state of the planet is Manabeau, with a population of 1,378,000.
The planet has at least one named moon, Xola, a desert moon with a breathable atmosphere. Due to its fluctuating climate, it is sparsely populated, though some research bases do exist.
Climate
A majority of the planet experiences a tropical climate, with the vast swampland making a large percentage of the southern land mass impractical to live on. The more habitable area is the large northern landmass, which contains 78% of the planet's population.
At the poles, the weather is also fairly habitable; a further 15% of the population can be found there.
Government
The planet was traditionally ruled by an oligarchy, consisting of the leaders of the seven tribes of the planet. It has existed ever since it was first settled thousands of years ago. Each tribe has its own method of selecting its leader, ranging from a democratic vote, to combat, to competition.
Though this group still exists in the present day, in more recent years they have taken more of a symbolic role as more and more policies are decided by public vote. Though the tribes have disagreed and even declared war on each other in the past, relative peace has existed since 192 BBV.
Inhabitants
- Thaulon the Fox (ancient times)
- Lunic the Hedgehog (formerly)
Trivia
- The name Eilaela was originally completely made up. It was retroactively given the meaning "moving into dark beauty", a combination of the prefix ei- (indicating motion into something), and -laela (dark beauty).