Paldea

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Paldea	パルデア地方
	Paldea region

Artwork of the Paldea region from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Introduction	Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Professor	Professor Sada^S Professor Turo^V
First partner Pokémon	Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly
Regional Villains	Team Star The Paradise Protection Protocol Explorers (anime only)

	League
Pokémon League		Paldea League
League Location		Pokémon League

		Pokédex
Pokédex List			Paldea Pokédex

	Anime
Series		Team Rocket Expedition which stands by the evils of love and truth Pokémon Horizons: The Series Pokémon: Paldean Winds
Season(s)		Horizons

	Games
Generation		IX
Games		Scarlet and Violet

		Manga
Adventures Debut			PASV01

The Paldea region (Japanese: パルデア地方 Paldea region) is a region of the Pokémon world, and the ninth core series region to be introduced. It is the setting of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's base game, though players leave Paldea and go to Kitakami and the Unova region's Blueberry Academy during The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero.

Etymology and design concept

Etymology

Paldea may be derived from pal (friend or ally) or paideia (education or learning) and aldea, the Spanish word for village or hamlet.

Design concept

Main article: Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Paldea

The map of Europe showing the Paldea region as the Iberian Peninsula.

Paldea is based on the Iberian Peninsula — which comprises Spain, Portugal, and Andorra — and its shared culture and fauna. It draws inspiration primarily from the culture of Spain, as can be seen in its architecture, gastronomy, musical influences, Pokémon nomenclature, as well as the sporadic use of the Spanish language by the locals of Paldea. Specific references to Portugal, its architecture and language can also be found mainly on western locations of Paldea.

History

Dated history

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c. 2,000,000 years prior: The Area Zero Underdepths were formed.
c. 1,000,000 years prior: The Great Crater of Paldea was formed.
c. 2,000 years prior:
- The Paldean Empire began to rule Paldea.
- The emperor ushered in the Great Age of Exploration by sending expeditions into the Great Crater of Paldea to find the treasure rumored to lie inside Area Zero.
c. 1,000 years prior: The Paldean Empire fell into decline due to the expense of supporting countless failed Area Zero expeditions.
805 years prior: Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V was founded in Mesagoza.
c. 800 years prior: The Paldean Empire unified with its neighboring countries, establishing the modern Paldea region.
200 years prior:
- The Area Zero Expedition claimed to have become the first exploration team to reach the bottom of Area Zero. Team member Heath, a famed author and natural historian, published his account of the expedition as the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V. The book's contents proved to be so fantastical that Heath and the rest of the Area Zero Expedition were accused of lying and widely discredited.
- The Area Zero Expedition planted Herba Mystica, a plant they discovered in Area Zero, in five sites around Paldea in an attempt to cultivate it. They abandoned the project when local Pokémon consumed the Herba Mystica and grew into fearsome Titans.
c. 140 years prior: Terastallized Pokémon were discovered for the first time in Area Zero.
87 years prior: A research facility was constructed in Area Zero.
c. 10 years prior: Professor Sada^S/Professor Turo^V discovered that the energy emitted by the crystals in Area Zero causes the Terastal phenomenon. The Professor proceeded to invent the Tera Orb technology, sharing it with the Pokémon League and the Academy.
c. One and a half years prior:
- Nemona passed the Paldea League's Champion Assessment and became the youngest person in Paldean history to achieve Champion Rank.
- Team Star confronted their bullies at Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V in a clash that caused a scandal for the school. Team Star's leader, Cassiopeia, secretly came forward and accepted full blame for the incident. Recognizing the bullying problem as a failure of his administration, Director Harrington gave Cassiopeia a lenient punishment and then resigned along with all other teaching staff at the time. Cassiopeia temporarily returned to their homeland to continue their studies. The other members of Team Star, unaware of why their boss ceased communicating with them, stopped attending classes and maintained the organization while they waited for their boss's return.
- Clavell and his assistant Jacq left their jobs as researchers to work for Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V. Clavell became the academy's director, and Jacq became a biology teacher.
- Tyme retired as the Rock-type Gym Leader of Montenevera to work as a mathematics teacher at Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V. Ghost-type specialist Ryme succeeded her sister as Montenevera's Gym Leader.
c. One year prior: Professor Sada^S/Professor Turo^V, along with an AI-operated android made in their likeness, created a fully functioning time machine with the intention of bringing Pokémon from the past^S/future^V to Area Zero with the intent of creating a special ecosystem there. However, an incident occurred when two of the retrieved Pokémon, a pair of Koraidon^S/Miraidon^V, got into a territorial struggle that resulted in the Professor's death. This led the robot duplicate to realize that, should the now-dubbed Paradox Pokémon escape into the outside world, they would pose a threat to everything around them and began searching for potential candidates from Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V, including the Professor's estranged son Arven, to take part in a hasty mission to shut down the time machine before more dangerous Paradox Pokémon come through.

Undated history

In Paldea's ancient times, many Terapagos are said to have lived there, before being supposedly extinct due to seismic shifts, with only one known survivor.
In a time way before the Paldean Empire's formation, symbols were drawn on the ground, while a large steel plate with more symbols on it is left underground, these can be found at the bottom of Area Zero, their origin is completely unknown.
During the time of the Paldea empire, forts and watchtowers were built to watch on its neighboring countries during times of war.
At some point, a merchant from the east travelled to Paldea and sold to the Paldean king, four treasure from a faraway land; a vessel, a broken sword, a set of wooden tablets and a set of beads. These four treasures were in reality Pokémon, that due to the king's greed, were awakened and went berserk, causing a disaster that almost destroyed the kingdom.
At some point, after the treasures's awakening, the Paldean king called out powerful Pokémon wielders that managed to defeat each of them and then seal them away in shrines across Paldea.

Contemporary history

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Geography

Notable locations

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Paldea has 12 cities and towns. Instead of routes, Paldea is divided into four provinces, each with three areas (except for the South Province, which has six). At the center of the region is the Great Crater of Paldea, which houses Area Zero.

Unlike previous games, none of the cities and towns in Paldea have slogans.

South Province

The South Province of Paldea in Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Located in the southern region of Paldea is the hometown of the player and their rival, three other settlements, and Paldea's largest city. The city is surrounded by a large river basin that splits into three smaller rivers that head out to Paldea's seas. The region is mostly grassy with several small ponds and beaches, as well as a cave. To the southwest is an an agricultural zone with a large olive orchard, and an elevated area, accessible via a large cavern, containing the top of a large waterfall and a leaning watchtower that stands in a pond. To the southeast is an area with rocky terrain, a small region covered in wetlands, and a hidden beach. The southern sea is mostly empty aside from a sandbar and a couple tiny islets.

Settlements

Map	Name	Population
	Cabo Poco	9
	Los Platos	24
	Mesagoza	669*
	Cortondo
	Alfornada