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==Economy==

The economy of the Inquisition is a mixed economy with a strong religious approach dictated by the Yunyalīlti worldview. This is a substantial difference as key aspects of Chlouvānem daily life - mirrored in economy - are the emphasis on environmentally sustainable policies, minimization of non-basic needs, and collective instead of individual interest. A key difference is that, in Yunyalīlti economics, the focus is not on gaining (profit), but on minimizing losses (to the environment); this is typically resumed by Chlouvānem philosophers as pursuing spiritual wealth in opposition to material wealth. For this reason, it is difficult to properly analyze this type of economy by means of indexes such as GNP.

The Inquisition is the prime example of a Calemerian Yunyalīlti economy; Ikalurilut, Brono, and Fathan mostly follow these principles too.

Structurally, being the Inquisition a theocracy, this means that the state is omnipresent in the economy, having a practical monopoly in almost all sectors, most notably heavy industry, as well as extraction and sale of raw materials. Agriculture is divided between large state farms (''yanadhartānai'', sg. ''yanadhartāna'') and collective farms (''camūdhartānai'', sg. ''camūdhartāna''), with a minor role played by private gardens (including those of schools); private enterprise is limited to artisanship (which, however, remains an important part of the economy, especially in sectors such as clothing production), some service agencies, and to some extent in electronic consumer goods - a sector where privates usually design phones, computers, etc. and develop their softwares but the material products are built in state factories. The state can however control basically everything through the six-year development plans and also through tax incentives or, notably, controls by religious police in order to block "heretic" economic activities.

===Retail===

Retail shops in the Inquisition are still mostly artisans (''āndaralila'', pl. ''āndaraleliė'') for non-food products, while food is usually sold at market stalls (''ñoʔabemuh'', pl. ''ñoʔabemuvai''). "Traditional" supermarkets are not a common sight throughout the country, except for the large state-run department stores, the ''ṣarivāṃluvai'' (pl. ''-luvāye''), which almost exclusively sell products from state industries and state farms, and are typically huge, often monumental buildings, at the heart of large cities; the ṣarivāṃluvai in the central square of Līlta is the largest commercial building in the Inquisition. Another type of retail shop that is often found in large cities is the Chlouvānem equivalent of a convenience store, called ''laliāluvai'' (literally "night market") because they are reliably found open during the night (in some areas, it is common for them to be closed during the day). Convenience stores are also usually found at railway stations, bus/ferry terminals, and airports.

Another category of retail shops that may be identified is that of generic shops (still called ''ñoʔabemuh''; market stalls may be disambiguated as ''laṃghabemuh'' if needed), most of the time state-run, which can be compared to supermarkets, scaled-down versions of department stores, selling state-produced wares only — they are usually cheaper than artisanal products, but on average of lower quality.

Remote communities where most of the population works in a single activity (e.g. mining towns in the West or some factory towns) usually only have a general store (''yaivluvai'').

The ''kuviluvai'' is a particular type of retail shop where goods can only be purchased with foreign hard currencies (or foreign exchange certificates called ''kaustānnūlia'', pl. ''-nūliai'') and not with the yaltan (which is non-convertible); they are aimed at Inquisitiorial citizens in possess of foreign currency and, most notably, at tourists. They sell mostly goods aimed at export as well as limited Western imported products.

===Currency===

The ''yaltan'' (officially known as Inquisitorial Yaltan, in Chlouvānem ''murkadhānāvīyi yaltan''; pl. ''yaltan''; abbrev. CHY or '''y''' — commonly also Chlouvānem Yaltan (''chlouvānumi yaltan'')) is the currency of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, and also legal tender in the Republic of Fathan and in the Republic of iKalurilut, and de facto currency in Soenyŏ-tave, Leny-tḥewe, and other countries of the former ''Kaiṣamā''<ref>Or KṢM; Union of the Purified States (''kailārcūmi ṣarivāṇumi mālyāva'')</ref>. The name ultimately comes from Ancient Kūṣṛmāṭhi ''yalottan'', meaning "seashell".

The ''yaltan'' (officially known as Inquisitorial Yaltan, in Chlouvānem ''murkadhānāvīyi yaltan''; pl. ''yaltan''; abbrev. CHY or '''y''' — commonly also Chlouvānem Yaltan (''chlouvānumi yaltan'')) is the currency of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, and also legal tender in the Republic of Fathan and in the Republic of iKalurilut, and de facto currency in Soenyŏ-tave, Leny-tḥewe, and other countries of the former ''Kaiṣamā''<ref>Or KṢM; Union of the Purified States (''kailārcūmi ṣarivāṇumi mālyāva'')</ref>. The name ultimately comes from Ancient Kūṣṛmāṭhi ''yalottan'', meaning "seashell".

It is a non-convertible currency.

The yaltan is divided in two units: the first division is called ''nalasьkai'' (pl. ''nalasьkāye''; abbr. '''n''') and the second is called ''kurunappum'' (pl. ''kurunappuvye''; abbr. '''k'''). As any other Chlouvānem measurement, the yaltan is not decimal but duodecimal: one yaltan equals to 8 nalasьkāye, and one nalasьkai equals to 20 (2410) kurunappuvye; thus there are 140 (19210) kurunappuvye in one yaltan.

The current yaltan (CHY) was formally introduced in 4E 73 (8710) replacing the former Yaltan of the Union of the Purified States (YPS; ''kailārcūmi ṣarivāṇumi mālyāvi yaltan''), which was however already colloquially known as Chlouvānem Yaltan and, as 1 CHY equalled 1 YPS and the old coins and banknotes kept being legal tender for a few years, this was not perceived as a real change in the Inquisition.

The yaltan is a fairly stable currency; when compared with other Calemerian currencies, recent exchange rates value one yaltan around 0.4 Cerian róniéde (1 CRO ≈ 2⅓ CHY) ≈ 2 Holenagiki ręynat ≈ 0.8 Nordúliki sivorn ≈ 22 Skyrdegan soszt.

The coins of the yaltan are (all values are base 12; all coins are round unless specified):

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 ==Economy==
+The economy of the Inquisition is a mixed economy with a strong religious approach dictated by the Yunyalīlti worldview. This is a substantial difference as key aspects of Chlouvānem daily life - mirrored in economy - are the emphasis on environmentally sustainable policies, minimization of non-basic needs, and collective instead of individual interest. A key difference is that, in Yunyalīlti economics, the focus is not on gaining (profit), but on minimizing losses (to the environment); this is typically resumed by Chlouvānem philosophers as pursuing spiritual wealth in opposition to material wealth. For this reason, it is difficult to properly analyze this type of economy by means of indexes such as GNP.<br/>
+The Inquisition is the prime example of a Calemerian Yunyalīlti economy; Ikalurilut, Brono, and Fathan mostly follow these principles too.
+Structurally, being the Inquisition a theocracy, this means that the state is omnipresent in the economy, having a practical monopoly in almost all sectors, most notably heavy industry, as well as extraction and sale of raw materials. Agriculture is divided between large state farms (''yanadhartānai'', sg. ''yanadhartāna'') and collective farms (''camūdhartānai'', sg. ''camūdhartāna''), with a minor role played by private gardens (including those of schools); private enterprise is limited to artisanship (which, however, remains an important part of the economy, especially in sectors such as clothing production), some service agencies, and to some extent in electronic consumer goods - a sector where privates usually design phones, computers, etc. and develop their softwares but the material products are built in state factories. The state can however control basically everything through the six-year development plans and also through tax incentives or, notably, controls by religious police in order to block "heretic" economic activities.
+===Retail===
+Retail shops in the Inquisition are still mostly artisans (''āndaralila'', pl. ''āndaraleliė'') for non-food products, while food is usually sold at market stalls (''ñoʔabemuh'', pl. ''ñoʔabemuvai''). "Traditional" supermarkets are not a common sight throughout the country, except for the large state-run department stores, the ''ṣarivāṃluvai'' (pl. ''-luvāye''), which almost exclusively sell products from state industries and state farms, and are typically huge, often monumental buildings, at the heart of large cities; the ṣarivāṃluvai in the central square of Līlta is the largest commercial building in the Inquisition. Another type of retail shop that is often found in large cities is the Chlouvānem equivalent of a convenience store, called ''laliāluvai'' (literally "night market") because they are reliably found open during the night (in some areas, it is common for them to be closed during the day). Convenience stores are also usually found at railway stations, bus/ferry terminals, and airports.<br/>
+Another category of retail shops that may be identified is that of generic shops (still called ''ñoʔabemuh''; market stalls may be disambiguated as ''laṃghabemuh'' if needed), most of the time state-run, which can be compared to supermarkets, scaled-down versions of department stores, selling state-produced wares only — they are usually cheaper than artisanal products, but on average of lower quality.
+Remote communities where most of the population works in a single activity (e.g. mining towns in the West or some factory towns) usually only have a general store (''yaivluvai'').
+The ''kuviluvai'' is a particular type of retail shop where goods can only be purchased with foreign hard currencies (or foreign exchange certificates called ''kaustānnūlia'', pl. ''-nūliai'') and not with the yaltan (which is non-convertible); they are aimed at Inquisitiorial citizens in possess of foreign currency and, most notably, at tourists. They sell mostly goods aimed at export as well as limited Western imported products.
 ===Currency===
-The ''yaltan'' (officially known as Inquisitorial Yaltan, in Chlouvānem ''murkadhānāvīyi yaltan''; pl. ''yaltan''; abbrev. CHY or '''y''' — commonly also Chlouvānem Yaltan (''chlouvānumi yaltan'')) is the currency of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, and also legal tender in the Republic of Fathan and in the Republic of iKalurilut, and de facto currency in Soenyŏ-tave, Leny-tḥewe, and other countries of the former ''Kaiṣamā''<ref>Or KṢM; Union of the Purified States (''kailārcūmi ṣarivāṇumi mālyāva'')</ref>. The name ultimately comes from Ancient Kūṣṛmāṭhi ''yalottan'', meaning "seashell".
+The ''yaltan'' (officially known as Inquisitorial Yaltan, in Chlouvānem ''murkadhānāvīyi yaltan''; pl. ''yaltan''; abbrev. CHY or '''y''' — commonly also Chlouvānem Yaltan (''chlouvānumi yaltan'')) is the currency of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, and also legal tender in the Republic of Fathan and in the Republic of iKalurilut, and de facto currency in Soenyŏ-tave, Leny-tḥewe, and other countries of the former ''Kaiṣamā''<ref>Or KṢM; Union of the Purified States (''kailārcūmi ṣarivāṇumi mālyāva'')</ref>. The name ultimately comes from Ancient Kūṣṛmāṭhi ''yalottan'', meaning "seashell". <br/>
+It is a non-convertible currency.
 The yaltan is divided in two units: the first division is called ''nalasьkai'' (pl. ''nalasьkāye''; abbr. '''n''') and the second is called ''kurunappum'' (pl. ''kurunappuvye''; abbr. '''k'''). As any other Chlouvānem measurement, the yaltan is not decimal but duodecimal: one yaltan equals to 8 nalasьkāye, and one nalasьkai equals to 20 (24<sub>10</sub>) kurunappuvye; thus there are 140 (192<sub>10</sub>) kurunappuvye in one yaltan.<br/>
 The current yaltan (CHY) was formally introduced in 4E 73 (87<sub>10</sub>) replacing the former Yaltan of the Union of the Purified States (YPS; ''kailārcūmi ṣarivāṇumi mālyāvi yaltan''), which was however already colloquially known as Chlouvānem Yaltan and, as 1 CHY equalled 1 YPS and the old coins and banknotes kept being legal tender for a few years, this was not perceived as a real change in the Inquisition.
-The yaltan is a fairly stable currency; when compared with other Calemerian currencies, recent exchange rates value one yaltan around 0.4 Cerian róniéde (1 CRO ≈ 2⅓ CHY) ≈ 2 Holenagiki ręynat ≈ 0.8 Nordúliki sivorn ≈ 22 Skyrdegan soszt.
 The coins of the yaltan are (all values are base 12; all coins are round unless specified):