Rota

Rota is a region of the Pokémon world. It is the setting of all games in Generation Ω.

The region is roughly wheel-shaped, with paths radiating out from central Rota City. To the west of Rota is the Placid Ocean, with Glacial Peak in the southwest and Flaming Peak in the northeast.

Concept
The name "Rota" is Latin for wheel, representing the shape of the region and its association with Wheel of Fortune.

The region is loosely based on the state of California.

History
This is the only Pokémon region that has exact dates for when events take place.

November 22nd, 1999: Spindini Solvana is born.

October 19th, 2002: Chaos is born.

October 19th, 2012: Chaos receives an Eevee for their tenth birthday, as is customary in all regions. (If only this really happened... ~Rotamaster Chaos)

October 11th, 2018: The Time Dilation occurs, making most Rotans not age until 2086. Spindini is unaffected, a choice of hers (she wanted Vanna to find her attractive, of course! ~Rotamaster Chaos)

October 12th, 2018: Chaos is contacted by Miyukionna to be time-leaped to 2080; they accept. (Fixing a plot hole here. ~Rotamaster Chaos)

January 6th, 2045: Vanna Blank becomes hostess of Shocking Words. Pat Meijak becomes the host of Rota Roulette.

November 6th, 2075: Alex Stumpf forms Team Danger but is stopped by widespread dissent, most notably that of a special Lemurinrin with magnetic levitation. The team's underlings do, however, continue to support his legitimate political campaign nearly five years later, though.

October 22nd, 2080: Chaos arrives from the time leap, with their possessions and memories intact. Life goes on for them, though.

October 23rd, 2080: Vanna Blank fuses with her puzzleboard and becomes Lexiblanc. Pat Meijak fuses with his wheel and becomes Unmeijak. Alex Stumpf starts his "Reinstate Our Traditional Atmosphere" campaign. Chaos meets Spindini at Rota with their Eevee after she encouraged them to come.

October 26th, 2080: Chaos' Eevee evolves into Eeveeon after a near-death experience.

November 1st, 2080: Chaos morphs with Z3rc to become Z3rc-Chaos.

November 3rd, 2080: Spindini Solvana and Z3rc-Chaos become co-champions. Stefan retires and Sylvanna takes over Verdasept Gym. Alex dies at the hands of Z3rc-Chaos and Weird Al takes his place in the Rotan Elite Four.

May 8th, 2086: 200th anniversary of Yancola. The Time Dilation ends, and Rotans start to age. Spindini catches Lexiblanc/Vanna and retires from Pokemon training to spend the rest of her life with her. (What Spinny couldn't achieve in real life. ~Rotamaster Chaos)

January 17th, 2087: Riley becomes Champion along with Z3rc-Chaos (still happens in the Minus World).

Cities, routes, and other locations
Rota has nine cities, all of which have Gyms, and a Pokémon League. Routes count up from 1, and are prefaced by Ω. There are 8 routes in total, and 8 non-route locations with wild Pokémon.

See List of locations in Rota.

Rota is far enough from any other known region to require an airplane. It is east of Alola and west of Unova.