Terra Contrarium



Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the ancient planet Theia collided with the Earth in a slightly different position than in OTL, causing the Moon to form in a clockwise orbit as opposed to an anticlockwise orbit. The resulting pull of tidal forces also causes Earth's molten iron core to spin clockwise. This not only makes North now South and vice versa, but also causes the tectonic plates to move in the opposite directions. This ultimately creates a version of Earth where all the world's continents are now oceans and its trenches now mountains, leaving life and culture to develop in strange ways.