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The Baptist resides in the White Halls (''pāṇḍai kamelьšītai'') of the Inquisitorial Palace.

====The Inquisitorial Conclave====

The Inquisitorial Conclave (''murkadhānumi lanedāmeh'') is a body similar to a parliament, that has a part of the legislative power. There is a total of 612 High Inquisitors (''lallamurkadhāna'', pl. ''-dhānai''), elected as follows:

* Each diocese of the Yunyalīlti world elects - usually it’s the Bishop who chooses them - two High Inquisitors;

* Every “independent” diocese - thus those that form the country of the Inquisition - elects one additional High Inquisitor;

Independent dioceses elect, in addition to the standard three, one additional High Inquisitor at 36 raicė (~10.4 million) inhabitants, plus one more every further 50 raicė (~14.9 million). Thus, the diocese of the ''Nukahucė'' islands, the least populated, with only 7.217<sub>12</sub> (12,403) inhabitants, elects three High Inquisitors just as the diocese of ''Marṇadeša'' with 4Ɛ.28.Ɛ11 (14,737,981) inhabitants. The most populated diocese, ''Haikamotė'', with 167 raicė (~55.7 million) inhabitants, elects seven High Inquisitors.

* The six quaestorships - Līlasuṃghāṇa, Ilėnimarta, Līlta, Līṭhalyinām, Cami, and Naiṣambella - each elect an additional High Inquisitor (aside from those already elected by the diocese: as Cami is in Haikamotė diocese, this diocese effectively elects eight High Inquisitors).

* 36 additional High Inquisitors - mostly monks - are elected by the Great Inquisitor herself. They remain in charge even if the Great Inquisitor changes, but the latter may remove them as she wishes. The Great Inquisitor who elects them may only remove them in exceptional circumstances (offences or evident indisposition or inadequacy), otherwise she may only propose their removal, which must be accepted by the majority of the Conclave.

The functions of the Inquisitorial Conclave are similar to those of a parliament. High Inquisitors are grouped based on their specializations and these groups discuss themes and write laws, which must be then approved by the whole Conclave. Themes are usually proposed by the Great Inquisitor or by the Table of Offices: High Inquisitors have the task of transform these into laws and integrate them into the Books of Law - even though the final decision is always the one of the Great Inquisitor.

Differently from a pure parliamentary system, the Inquisitorial Conclave is still inferior to the Great Inquisitor, even if it can remove her from charge with the help of the Prefects (four fifths of the Conclave and the absolute majority of the Prefects must vote for it). The Great Inquisitor can interrupt and lead the activities of High Inquisitors.

The Inquisitorial Conclave meets in the Lelāh<ref>The ''lelāh'' is a sacred flower in Yunyalīlti symbology.</ref> Halls (''lelūmi kamelьšītai'') of the Inquisitorial Palace.

====The Table of Offices====

The Table of Offices (''flušamaili eṇāh'') is the closest thing in the Inquisition to a government. It is composed by a High Prefect (''lallaflušamelīs'') nominated by the Great Inquisitor and a variable number of Prefects (''flušamelīs'', pl. ''flušamelīye'') - some chosen by the Great Inquisitor and some by the High Prefect - who lead the various Offices (''flušamila'', pl. ''flušameliė''), bodies acting like ministries.

The Offices administer every branch of the Inquisition, thus including both the public administration of the Chlouvānem Inquisition and the Yunyalīlti clergy in the whole of Calémere. Generally, the Offices with a more religious and international theme, as the Office of Liturgy (''brauslaijyī flušamila'' - which administers the Inquisitorial Tribunals (judicial organs), by collecting and publishing the most important and canonical interpretations of the Sacred Books), or the Office of Clergy (''līltanorīnumi flušamila'' - which trains and offers sustainment to non-monastic clergy members), all have Prefects chosen by the Great Inquisitor, while those that only impact the Inquisition as a country, as the Office of Agriculture (''chlæcāmiti flušamila''), have Prefects chosen by the High Prefect.

Every Prefect has the right to prepare proposals for laws on a theme administered by the Office she or he runs; these proposals are then often discussed together with the rest of the Table and then presented to the Great Inquisitor and the Inquisitorial Conclave.

The Table of Offices is the assembly of the High Prefect and all of the Prefects, with often the Great Inquisitor herself present; it meets in the Dragon Hall (''kaṃšāvi kamelьšītah'') of the Inquisitorial Palace. All members still gathers around a table, though today it’s actually many single tables around a room. The original table around which the first meeting was held, around the mid Second Era, is kept in the Museum of Chlouvānem History in the same ward.

The Offices are all separate buildings located in various parts of the city of Līlasuṃghāṇa; most of them are in the central ward, Kahėrimaila, but a few of them are located in other wards (like Haifuriāmāh, Kālīleyālka, and the Kvælskiñšvålten).

==Economy==

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