Earth Land (Dante)

Earth Land (アースランド Āsu Rando) is the world where Fairy Tail takes place and the main setting of the story. There are several continentes and countries spread through it, containing multiple species, several of them sentient, although the humans are currently dominant race.

This version of Earth Land is where the author's storylines all take place.

Ishgal
The eastern continent that serves as setting for most stories is actually a peninsula on the south-western side of an even greater continent. Centuries ago, an unknown calamity befell the greater landmass, turning it into a deadly zone called the Wastelands.

The peninsula itself is all that remains. It is composed of fourteen countries that descend from the mixing of five original cultures and whose borderlines were shaped after centuries of conflict. Around of a third of the territory comprises the Pergrande Empire, declared as such on the year of X893, after the end of the Great War between Ishgal and Alakitasia.

Geographically speaking, Ishgal has a diverse landscape. The north of the continent is cold, with mountain ranges and tundra in Seven and Iceberg, while the archipelago country of Caelum is mostly tropical. Disierto is a desert country, and the south of the peninsula is known for it's rather violent sea storms. There are two sea straits crossing into the continent, one north and one south, and the massive Lake Calisto between Joya, Bellum, Disierto and Iceberg.

Economically, most of the continent recognizes the Jewels as their coin. They are produced in Joya and are used mostly by the northern countries. They are accepted in some of the southern countries, and banned from circulation on the Pergrande Empire. There are many languages spoken through Ishgal, but the Common Tongue is used through most of the countries. Another language that was once well-known is the Yakuma, spoken by a culture of warrior clans that once ravaged the peninsula in the past.

It's magical community is managed by the Magic Council, an international organization that acts in the entirety of Ishgal and has diplomatic authority to interfere with the politics of many countries, including having a military power of their own. The original Council was destroyed by the dark guild Tartaros in X791, but after the Great War ended, a new Council was founded on X792 by the Ten Wizard Saints.

Amongst the countries in Ishgal, we have:
 * The Kingdom of Fiore, occupying a smaller, secondary peninsula that sprouts from the main one. It was mostly razed and destroyed a century ago during the Great War, losing most of it's military power and magic guilds. It still exists, but is disgraced and weak compared to other powers. It was formely the most advanced country in the world. It's capital is the city of Crocus.
 * The country of Joya is one of the smallest countries in the continent. It's where the Jewels are produced and is, by far, the richest country due to it's high level of natural resources. It's natural borders are the massive mountain ranges that surround the country. Most of it's territory is comprised of badlands full of mineral resources, with few grasslands and even fewer forested areas. In the wake of the previous century, Joya has grown and now is widely considered the most advanced country in the world. It is ruled by the dinasties of the landed Gentry, a small aristocracy in possession of the country's many resources and means of production. It's capital is the city of Diamante.
 * The land of Iceberg is a big country on the north. It is known for it's cold climate and for it's northern mountains, a massive range that is full of Giants and more dangerous creatures. The countryside is mostly cold forests. Despite it's size, it has a small population, although magic runs strongly in the veins of the people. It lacks a centralized government and is ruled by something resembling a democracy.
 * The Kingdom of Stella is an absolutist kingdom on the rise that borders Joya, Iceberg and Bosco. It is a small kingdom which keeps good relationship to it's neighbors but is mostly closed to visitors and has a strict home security. It's capital is the city of Altairis.
 * The sultunate of Disierto
 * The Kingdom of Minstrel
 * The land of Bellum
 * The Kingdom of Bosco
 * The Pergrande Empire

Alakitasia
Not much is known about the western continent, except that it's landmass is monolithic compared to Ishgal, having few islands. They have a different culture that is spread through the whole land, in sharp contrast with the diverse background of Ishgal. This is due to the unification generated by the Alvarez Empire, the world's greatest power that comprises most of the continent.

In the past, it attempted to invade Ishgal twice. The first attempt, in X781, was uncessusful to the Magic Council's interference. After it's destruction, another attempt was made in X792, leading to the Great War between the two continents. The conflict was mostly fought on the northern countries of Ishgal and ended in a stale: After the death of their Emperor in the conflict, Alvarez withdrew forces and ceased communications for a century due to the political upheavel until a decade ago, where it attempted to establish diplomatic contact.

Species

 * Humans: The dominant species, the humans are humanoid creatures of whom only 10% is born with magic. They are sometimes called "mortals" by other species due to their very limited lifespan and rather weak constitution. In Ishgal, there are five distinct human cultures that make up the background for the modern world. One of these is the warrior culture of the Yakuma, whose blood still runs strongly in the northern countries, and the Mildian, whose society was once a great empire and whose culture is still the most proeminent of the five.
 * Dragons: A rare, large and immensely powerful reptilian creature. They are known to be very intelligent, and, in some cases, to appreciate humans. Are mostly extinct, with very few individual Dragons scattered through the world. They once ruled the continent of Ishgal, but were driven to extinction by the Dragon Slayers in the a war centuries ago.
 * Exceed: Anthropomorphous talking cats capable of sprouting wings and flying through the use of the Magic Aera. They hail from Edolas, another world. Live mostly in Fiore but can be encountered through northern Ishgal as a whole. During the Great War, many were enslaved to be used as pets by the people of Alvarez, where they are bred en masse for the population in inhumane conditions.
 * Giants: A race of, as the name implies, exponentially large human-like beings. They once ruled Ishgal, even before the Dragons did, in a distant past where they had magic and humans had not yet developed the gift for it. They eventually lost power and were replaced, and their cultures were forgotten. Now, they live secluded in some areas, like the Sun Village in Fiore or the mountains of northern Iceberg. Due to past huntings, they tend to dislike humans. Have minimal affinity to magic.
 * Celestial Spirits: Magical beings that herald from their own separate universe: the Celestial Spirit World. Although how they came to be is not known, at some point in the past they entered in contact with mages from Stella who used a mixture of Enchantment and alchemy to forge the original Keys and became the first Celestial Spirit mages.
 * Demons: Malevolent creatures that have many different origins. Some beings, such as the residents of Galuna Island on the coast of Fiore, are called "demons" due to their demonic features, but the term is properly used to describe evil creatures capable of using a form of power called curses, believed to be superior to magic and run off of foul emotions, such as the Etherious created by Zeref.
 * Gods: A race of powerful entities with many forms of destructive magic. They are worshipped by several races, mostly humans. While religions were more common in the past, the rise of magic on humans led to the loss of religious power. Today, few gods are still worshipped in the some places.
 * Machias: A machine-like species that are all capable of using and retaining magic. Machias are created artificially and "native" to Alakitasia where they were first made.
 * Werebeasts: Term used to describe different races of creatures that are partly animal or have certain kinds of animal features. Two of such races are the Lizardmen, large, green-scaled humanoid lizards and the Weretigers, feline beasts known for the immense speed and that were hunted for sport in the past, leading them to the brink of extinction.

Trivia

 * This is the author's version of Earth Land to be used on his storylines.
 * It's timeline is mostly identical to the original, up to the war with Alvarez, in which both sides had their major players destroyed and nearly all participants died in the conflict.
 * Mildian as an empire is mostly Ishgal's equivalent to the Roman Empire, as a former power of great influence to the modern society as a whole. The Yakuma warrior clans were inspired by the German tribes in Europe during the beginning of the Middle Ages.