[ WP ] Time moves slower the further from the equator you are .

`` There was a strange planet called Terra Bul. It formed directly over a wormhole, and its equator fit perfectly over it. Nothing else in the universe like it, really. Oh, and it held life. Life similar to us on Earth actually. Bipedal, hairless beings that had created entire societies and economies around the strange planet. Of course to them it was n't so strange. 
 
 The Bullans had stratified accross the planet, with the wealthiest elites living near the poles, and the lower class workers and slave laborers living extremely short lives around the equator. The planet had strips of land that went all the way around, divided by rivers flowing with the rotation of the Earth. As people started moving away from the equator, they quickly learned that they began living longer, and that time seemed to slow down for them. This led to mass migrations towards the poles of the planet, with millions of people desperately trying to lengthen their lifespans. 
 
 Entire civilizations were created and toppled, until finally the Unified Terra Alliance rose to power. The UTA was able to control where people lived, and gave up real estate near the poles to the highest bidder. It evolved into a stringent system, where people had to pay extravagant fees to move a strip closer to a pole. The UTA also discovered that at the polse themselves, time slowed down enough where one could think, but not age. They turned the poles into prisons, where criminals were sent to eternity to stay in their thoughts, and never find the sweet release of death. 
 
 Those stuck in the equator could n't even revolt, because they would n't live long enough to plan out and execute a proper revolution. One generation of northerners and southerners would live as long as five equatorials. The planet was set in this system for centuries, where the rich would live long and fruitful lives near the poles, and the poor would work through their short and miserable existence. It was rare for anyone to ever save up enough money to upgrade to the next strip of land. 
 
 All this changed, however, once space travel was a feasible option. Everyone thought that the further they were from the equator, the longer they would live. Millions of elite Bullans boarded these spaceships, searching for immortality as far away from the equator as possible. What they did n't realize, however, was that as soon as they escaped the time dilation effects of the wormhole, their normal lifespans would come back into affect, and almost all of them died instantly. 
 
 The remaining Bullans overtook the few remaining elites and took charge of the planet. They were determined to create a world of equality, and put in place a system where all children were taken to the poles, and slowly moved towards the equator through their life. That way, they could spend the most time in their best years, and die a quick and peaceful death in their old age. Just when things were looking utopic for Terra Bul, the wormhole collapsed, and the planet vanished from existence. The End.'' 
 
 James looked at his confused classmates. His teacher stared at him in awe. Once again, he had managed to improvise his way through a report he had n't done.
