The planet is just a standard sphere object. But it was textured with GroundWiz Terrain Map to generate real 3D feel & look. To create extruded or sunken effects on the planet, each GroundWiz layer is using displacement, layer border detail and layer thickness. For displacement mapping to work best, rendering engine should support view-dependent displacement mapping (for example mental ray and V-Ray). In this case, mental ray was used.
To see how the features work, you can download max scene file and test it.
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