Land, Continent and World... what?

[Mossero]

Ok I've been wondering this for a long time now and cannot figure it out so I thought I'd take it to the forums!

The Continent is called Aldemard.
The Land is called Eorzea.
The World is called Hydaelen.

What the heck is the difference between the Land and the Continent. Surely they are the same thing?

Is anyone else confused by this?
Is anyone able to shed some light on this epic riddle!?

Kind Regards,

Mossero

[Munba]

Eorzea is the region (my mistake).

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Think of "land" as a country instead. Hopefully that clears up your confusion.

[Eekiki]

Eorzea < Aldemard < Hydaelen


Sarutabaruta < Mindartia < Vana'diel

Kinda like that.

[nRosenberg]

Eorzea, the region, is consisted of Aldenard (the Africa-like landmass ) + its surrounding island, including Vylbrand. Hydaelyn is the planet.

[Malakhim]

The world of Hydaelyn contains a Region known as Eorzea, which is made up of the island of Vylbrand where Limsa Lominsa and O'Ghomoro are located, and the landmass of Aldenard where Ul'dah, Gridania, Ishgard, Sharlayan, and Ala Mhigo are located.

The other known land within Hydaelyn is all the land that stretches eastward, which as far as we know is all under the rule of the Garlean Empire which is based in a city called Garlemaid, whose current location is unknown.

[Mural]

ok now this is bit off topic but what is the world of 11 called ?

[Malakhim]

Vana'diel, which is primarily made up of the Quon and Mindartia continents, both with two southern islands, Zepwell and Elshimo respectively, and the continent of Ardijah to the far east.

Apparently there are several more landmasses in Vana'diel, but outside of game lore, we've never seen them since its launch 9 years ago.

[Mural]

ok i thought vana'diel was a continent for a sec, thank you.

[Kallera]

ok i thought vana'diel was a continent for a sec, thank you.

Makes the names "thedas" all the more clever now that I think about it...

(For those at home, "thedas" is the world in Dragon Age, and is also short for "The Dragon Age Setting")