natural resources inaccessible. A central setting in the tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000 is a portrayal of Earth in the far future, where it is known as "Holy Terra" and is described as having been transformed into a vast, Gothic-style ecumenopolis sometime during the 30th millennium AD after its establishment as the "Throneworld", or capital, of an interstellar superpower known as the Imperium of Man. In Invader Zim, the Irkans' home world of Irk is an ecumenopolis. In Magic: the Gathering, the plane of Ravnica is an ecumenopolis. DC Comics continuity features Darkseid's extra-dimensional home planet of Apokolips, often depicted as a hellish world covered entirely in industrial sprawl to feed Darkseid's brutal empire. In Loonatics Unleashed, the planet Acmetropolis was classified as a city planet in the season one intro. The video game Star Citizen features an ecumenopolis in the Stanton system called "ArcCorp", owned by a fictional in-game company of the same name that is headquartered on the planet. The main location players can land and explore is known as "Area18". The manga and film of Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei is set in a far future in which Earth has become the ruins of planet-covering city, which is suggested to be so large that it has consumed most of the Solar System as well. Some of his other works also take place in this same setting. See also Arcology Conurbation Ecumene Ekistics Megacity Megalopolis Megastructure Merger (politics) Metropolis Principles of intelligent urbanism Urban Sprawl World government References External links Urban studies and planning terminology Human habitats City