Calvesia

Calvesia is the smallest continent on Tetro and the most distant from the planet's capital. It has a variety of unique terrain features including spires and vertical cliffs that limit the available land area for Photonates to grow.

History of Habitiation
Since 587 million Earth-years ago, Calvesia has been home to several species of Photonate that spread across the ocean from Gamiala. However, Photonate populations remain sparse, due to very little flat terrain and nutrient-poor soils. During the Great Migration 550 million Earth-years ago, 800 Protopyronates travelled by raft to Calvesia, landing on the northeast coast. They soon discovered that their Slimeweed spores would not grow in Calvesia's soil. After finding no other food sources in the area, they made the decision to continue on to Venria where they were reunited with the group of Protopyronates which had landed on the eastern shore several hundred years earlier. Calvesia was colonized by Frelians 363 million Earth-years ago after the development of genetic engineering allowed the creation of Photonate varieties which could grow in Calvesia's soil. Today Calvesia remains the second least populous continent, with just 46 billion inhabitants.