Sky island

A Sky Island is a lump of earth that floats in the air and can be inhabited. Cqa has plenty of these. Don't ask how they work.

An average Cqa sky island has a lifetime of about 750 years from its emergence until it crashes into the ocean andor disintegrates.

Naturally occurring sky islands rarely exceed ⌀200m, although collisions can create even larger islands. Modelling average sky island sizes requires probability distributions I don't have the brain cells for, but there are two main peaks, or extra-common ranges; small sky islands of ~⌀65±10m with a usable area of ~3000±1000m² (<½ha), and large sky islands of ~⌀160±10m 17000-20000m² (1.7~2ha). The average Maicqa person in Round 1 needs about 0.4ha of polycultural island to feed themselves, although they easily take up 1ha including excess for animal consumption. This means an ordinary Maicqa person takes up about 1-3 islands. (These requirements are likely to go down over time.)