Gona

Gona is the name of the planet, in the Morgonin Language, on which the only known life in the universe exists. The exact age of Gona is unknown and many religions dispute over how exactly the planet, and the whole universe, came into existence. Gona is orbited by the moon Onos and the planet in turn orbits the star Valura. It takes 300 days for Gona to orbit Valura, a period known as the Gona Cycle.

Gona spins on an axis which creates seasons and the gravitational interaction between Gona and Onos causes ocean tides.

Gona is a mostly water covered planet with approximately 65% water and 35% land made up of a few continents and many islands. This land also includes lakes and rivers which supply water to the inland areas. The extreme north and south are covered in large layers of ice including the icy continent of Kinpola in the south.

The planet is inhabited by a variety of species many of which have probably not yet been identified by the dominant species of the planet; the humans.

Name and Etymology
The name Gona comes from the Morgonin word for land or ground Gon and its plural form Gona meaning "all lands".

Climate
The climate on Gona ranges between tropical, subtropical, temperate, and polar regions in order based on the proximity from the equator with the tropical regions generally being hottest and polar being the coldest.

Geography
The geography of Gona is very diverse inlcuding such features as oceans, deserts, jungles, forests, swamps, tundras, and mountain ranges. There are five main continents on Gona. East of the Prime Meridian is the largest continent called Haninval. In the centre is Ombra which has more civilisations than any other continent and the largest population. In the west is Hologona, a sparsely populated and relatively underdeveloped continent similar in size to Haninval. South of Ombra is the continent of Gralona which contains vast deserts and is severely underpopulated compared to the rest of the habitable continents. Lastly, Kinpola is an ice covered continent in the north covering a huge area, contains no permanent human settlements and is almost entirely unexplored by humankind.

As well as these continents, there are various islands scattered throughout the planet both inhabited and uninhabited and varying in size.

Human Geography
The planet is covered in Human settlements on four of the five continents as well as many of the islands. There are several civilisations on each continent most of which reside on the continent of Ombra with the largest amount of the human population.