Earth

Earth (New Standard Vespian: ; Old Vespian: Земля, Zemlya), also known as Old Earth, is the homeworld of the human species, as well as the creator of the Vespians, Mikael O'Neill. The planet was devastated in a planetary conflict which wiped out most of the human population, not long after O'Neill and the first generation of Vespians left the planet in 0 NE. Since the end of that conflict, Earth has been healing along with its human population, which is governed and protected by the Unified Vespian Directorate though its protectorate state, the Earth Regional Authority, or the ERA. No travel to Earth is permitted by the ERA, though military personnel tasked with patrolling the space around Earth and flushing out pirates are permitted within the vicinity of Earth.