Earth
Due to overpopulation, planetwide laws stated that each family could only have two children; during the destruction of the Formics and the subsequent colonization of their worlds, this rule was repealed. It is somewhat more advanced than present-day Earth; people are able to travel around in cars that hover over magnetic rails that go at 150 mph, for example. However, due to International Fleet rule, some nations have declined drastically. One shining example is Rotterdam, a city in the Netherlands, in which children roam the streets fighting each other for food.
Later in the series, Earth's first true federation of nations was built by Peter Wiggin (Free People of Earth, FPE) and experienced a golden age while he lived. Unfortunately, after he died, centralized control of humanity was lost until the establishment of Starways Council, and by then, Earth was one of many important worlds.
In the last three books of the Ender Quartet, it is revealed that Earth still holds a place of particular importance, especially because certain organizations have continually held headquarters there, the Vatican and large corporations being notable examples.
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Famous quotes containing the word earth:
“The moon, the anchorless
Moon go swerving
Down at the earth for a catastrophic kiss.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“I traveld thro’ a Land of Men
A Land of Men & Women too,
And heard & saw such dreadful things
As cold Earth wanderers never knew.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“Surely, of all creatures we eat, we are most brutal to snails. Helix optera is dug out of the earth where he has been peacefully enjoying his summer sleep, cracked like an egg, and eaten raw, presumably alive. Or boiled in oil. Or roasted in the hot ashes of a wood fire.... If God is a snail, Bosch’s depictions of Hell are going to look like a vicarage tea-party.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)