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|official_languages = [[Chlouvānem]] | |official_languages = [[Chlouvānem]] | ||
|regional_languages = [[Chlouvānem#Vernaculars|Many local vernaculars]], [[Brono-Fathanic]] <small>''(North)''</small>, [[Skyrdagor]] <small>''(North)''</small>, [[Cerian]] <small>''(Northwest)''</small>, [[Auralian]] <small>''(Northwest)''</small>, [[Nordulaki]] <small>''(Northwest)''</small> | |regional_languages = [[Chlouvānem#Vernaculars|Many local vernaculars]], [[Brono-Fathanic]] <small>''(North)''</small>, [[Skyrdagor]] <small>''(North)''</small>, [[Cerian]] <small>''(Northwest)''</small>, [[Auralian]] <small>''(Northwest)''</small>, [[Nordulaki]] <small>''(Northwest)''</small> | ||
|ethnic_groups = 84,3% Chlouvānem <small>(''chlǣvānem'')</small><br/>1,3% Bronic <small>(incl. Fathanic) (''bronai'')</small><br/>1,1% Qualdomelic <small>('' | |ethnic_groups = 84,3% Chlouvānem <small>(''chlǣvānem'')</small><br/>1,3% Bronic <small>(incl. Fathanic) (''bronai'')</small><br/>1,1% Qualdomelic <small>(''kvaldēmǣldai'')</small><br/>0,9% Soenyubi <small>(''saɂenyai'')</small><br/>0,7% Skyrdegan <small>(''teñjābyai'')</small><br/>0,5% Kŭyŭgwažŭb <small>(''kuyugvaṣai'')</small><br/>0,3% Džemlešwi <small>(''jelešvyai'')</small><br/>0,2% Jalašmak <small>(''yalaṣmākhai'')</small><br/>0,1% Lenyop <small>(''leñeyai'')</small><br/>10,5% ''[[#Demographics|other indigenous ethnicities]]''<br/>0,1% others | ||
|ethnic_groups_year = (3872 <small>(6422<sub>10</sub>)</small> census) | |ethnic_groups_year = (3872 <small>(6422<sub>10</sub>)</small> census) | ||
|religion = 100% Yunyalīlti | |religion = 100% Yunyalīlti | ||
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The '''Lands of the Chlouvānem Inquisition''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlǣvānumi Murkadhānāvīyi Babhrām''), ceremonially the '''Pure Lands under Guidance of the Inquisition of the Descendants of the Chlamiṣvatrā''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlamiṣvatrī Maijuniāvyumi Murkadhānāvīyi Stalyāmite Kailibabhrām''), commonly metonymically referred to as the '''(Chlouvānem) Inquisition''' (''(Chlǣvānumi) Murkadhānāvi''), is a [[w:Federalism|federal]] [[w:Socialist state|socialist]] [[w:Theocracy|ecclesiocratic]] state on the planet [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]] (Chl.: ''Liloejāṃrya''), composed of 171 largely autonomous Diœceses (''juṃšañāñai'') and various dependencies scattered around the planet. It is a [[w:Political_party#Nonpartisan_systems|non-partisan]] state where central power is held by the top ranks of the Inquisition, an organized ecclesiastical body that preaches and regulates the canonical accepted beliefs of the [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlta]], a religion founded on the teachings of the philosopher ''Lelāgṇyāviti'', usually referred to with the name of '''Chlamiṣvatrā''' ("Golden Master"); decentralized government levels are formed by local assemblies (Synods, in Chl. '' | The '''Lands of the Chlouvānem Inquisition''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlǣvānumi Murkadhānāvīyi Babhrām''), ceremonially the '''Pure Lands under Guidance of the Inquisition of the Descendants of the Chlamiṣvatrā''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlamiṣvatrī Maijuniāvyumi Murkadhānāvīyi Stalyāmite Kailibabhrām''), commonly metonymically referred to as the '''(Chlouvānem) Inquisition''' (''(Chlǣvānumi) Murkadhānāvi''), is a [[w:Federalism|federal]] [[w:Socialist state|socialist]] [[w:Theocracy|ecclesiocratic]] state on the planet [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]] (Chl.: ''Liloejāṃrya''), composed of 171 largely autonomous Diœceses (''juṃšañāñai'') and various dependencies scattered around the planet. It is a [[w:Political_party#Nonpartisan_systems|non-partisan]] state where central power is held by the top ranks of the Inquisition, an organized ecclesiastical body that preaches and regulates the canonical accepted beliefs of the [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlta]], a religion founded on the teachings of the philosopher ''Lelāgṇyāviti'', usually referred to with the name of '''Chlamiṣvatrā''' ("Golden Master"); decentralized government levels are formed by local assemblies (Synods, in Chl. ''galtirai''), the lowest-level ones being formed in every non-private workplace, sub-parish-level district, factory, or barracks. Its dominant political ideology is Yunyalīlti Communism, a hybrid ideology that integrates [[w:Communism|communist]] doctrines into the core Yunyalīlti guidelines of society. | ||
Covering, excluding dependencies, approximately 14.4 million square kilometers (about 8% of the land areas on Calémere) mostly on the continent of Márusúturon and geologically related islands – with the Kāyīchah Islands being, however, a part of Védren – and with a population of 1.469 billion people<ref>Throughout this article, quantities will be specified primarily in the decimal system, despite Chlouvānem using a dozenal one. Census figures will also be provided in tables as dozenal numbers. Unmarked numbers are base 10, unless they are expressed using Calémerian measurement units; base 12 numerals have commas and full stops reversed compared to English usage.</ref> (about 17.8% of the total Calémerian population), it is Calémere's largest country both by land area and population. [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition/Līlasuṃghāṇa|Līlasuṃghāṇa]], holy city of the [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlta]], is the nation's capital and largest city, located inland in the densely populated area of the Jade Coast, on the shores of the tidal Lūlunīkam lake.<br/> | Covering, excluding dependencies, approximately 14.4 million square kilometers (about 8% of the land areas on Calémere) mostly on the continent of Márusúturon and geologically related islands – with the Kāyīchah Islands being, however, a part of Védren – and with a population of 1.469 billion people<ref>Throughout this article, quantities will be specified primarily in the decimal system, despite Chlouvānem using a dozenal one. Census figures will also be provided in tables as dozenal numbers. Unmarked numbers are base 10, unless they are expressed using Calémerian measurement units; base 12 numerals have commas and full stops reversed compared to English usage.</ref> (about 17.8% of the total Calémerian population), it is Calémere's largest country both by land area and population. [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition/Līlasuṃghāṇa|Līlasuṃghāṇa]], holy city of the [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlta]], is the nation's capital and largest city, located inland in the densely populated area of the Jade Coast, on the shores of the tidal Lūlunīkam lake.<br/> | ||
Dependent territories of the Inquisition mostly consist of relatively small islands with military bases or scientific stations, with the most notable exception being the large territory of the ''Lalla | Dependent territories of the Inquisition mostly consist of relatively small islands with military bases or scientific stations, with the most notable exception being the large territory of the ''Lalla Kehamyuñca'' (High North), a jointly-governed area together with Askand, Skyrdagor, and Brono, consisting of the whole area of Eastern Márusúturon north of the 68th parallel north, mostly uninhabited tundra.<br/>Extended on such a large area, the territory of the Chlouvānem Inquisition includes all of Calémere's major biomes, with an extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife giving it a unique biological megadiversity, peaking in the southern rainforests. More than 60% of the country's human population lives in its tropical areas, roughly between 5ºN and the Northern Tropic. | ||
While the consolidation of the Inquisition as a single state is fairly recent (133 years ago, in 6291 (3783<sub>12</sub>), the Inquisition as a body was formed in the Great Plains in year 4252 (2564<sub>12</sub>) as a churchlike body run by the Inquisitors (''murkadhānai'', literally “black hands”, due to many early rituals requiring the use of ''lunīla'' berries and their pitch-black unedible juice), the preachers of the Yunyalīlti religion.<br/> The Inquisition is typically referred to as the country of the Chlouvānem people, a métis ethnicity formed by interracial breeding of various prehistoric peoples of the Great Plain, most prominently the ''Ur-Chlouvānem''<ref>Usually just referred to as ''Chlouvānem'' in any other case where there's no distinction to be made; called ''(o)dældādumbhīñe'' "(proto-)language-bearers" in Chlouvānem historical anthropology.</ref>, a [[Lahob languages|Lahob]] population who had migrated from Northern Evandor across the vast steppes of Márusúturon before reaching the Plains, as well as the ''Lällshag'' (Chl.: '' | While the consolidation of the Inquisition as a single state is fairly recent (133 years ago, in 6291 (3783<sub>12</sub>), the Inquisition as a body was formed in the Great Plains in year 4252 (2564<sub>12</sub>) as a churchlike body run by the Inquisitors (''murkadhānai'', literally “black hands”, due to many early rituals requiring the use of ''lunīla'' berries and their pitch-black unedible juice), the preachers of the Yunyalīlti religion.<br/> The Inquisition is typically referred to as the country of the Chlouvānem people, a métis ethnicity formed by interracial breeding of various prehistoric peoples of the Great Plain, most prominently the ''Ur-Chlouvānem''<ref>Usually just referred to as ''Chlouvānem'' in any other case where there's no distinction to be made; called ''(o)dældādumbhīñe'' "(proto-)language-bearers" in Chlouvānem historical anthropology.</ref>, a [[Lahob languages|Lahob]] population who had migrated from Northern Evandor across the vast steppes of Márusúturon before reaching the Plains, as well as the ''Lällshag'' (Chl.: ''Lælšanai''), founders of the first urban civilization on the continent. However, the actual ethnic makeup of the country is extremely diverse, with 949 native ethnicities, excluding the Chlouvānem, recognized as distinct by the central government. Linguistically, [[Chlouvānem|Classical Chlouvānem]] is used as lingua franca, but nearly every area has its own local vernacular, either a daughter language of Chlouvānem or a creole based on it, or sometimes a completely unrelated language. | ||
The present-day state of the Inquisition is the result of a two-thousand-year-long expansion through religious conversion and physical intermixing carried out by the Chlouvānem people, assimilating local peoples but creating numerous countries that were held together by their common religion and the use of [[Chlouvānem|Classical Chlouvānem]] as a lingua franca among the other vernaculars that developed from it. The last two centuries were marked by the formal unification of all Chlouvānem countries into a single country<ref>A few small kingdoms in the Western Plain remained independent for a few more years - the kingdom (today diocese) of Hulitilmāka was the last to join the Inquisition, in 6312 (37ᘔ0 <sub>12</sub>).</ref>, where religious and civil government coincide. | The present-day state of the Inquisition is the result of a two-thousand-year-long expansion through religious conversion and physical intermixing carried out by the Chlouvānem people, assimilating local peoples but creating numerous countries that were held together by their common religion and the use of [[Chlouvānem|Classical Chlouvānem]] as a lingua franca among the other vernaculars that developed from it. The last two centuries were marked by the formal unification of all Chlouvānem countries into a single country<ref>A few small kingdoms in the Western Plain remained independent for a few more years - the kingdom (today diocese) of Hulitilmāka was the last to join the Inquisition, in 6312 (37ᘔ0 <sub>12</sub>).</ref>, where religious and civil government coincide. | ||
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* the '''lugasnih''' group (<small>27-23</small>) is the one most people on Calémere frequently associate with Chlouvānem people, as it is the relative majority in nearly all of their heartlands; the mid-high skin colour in this range (<small>24, 25, 26</small>) is probably the most common overall there. It is legally the third-largest, with 24% of all Chlouvānem. | * the '''lugasnih''' group (<small>27-23</small>) is the one most people on Calémere frequently associate with Chlouvānem people, as it is the relative majority in nearly all of their heartlands; the mid-high skin colour in this range (<small>24, 25, 26</small>) is probably the most common overall there. It is legally the third-largest, with 24% of all Chlouvānem. | ||
* the '''hailasnih''' group (<small>18-20</small>) is another stereotypically Chlouvānem-only skin colour, relative majority in many areas of the Plain, in the southern rainforests, and in the East. It is legally the second-largest, with 26% of all Chlouvānem, but popular usage hardly distinguishes it from the ''flugasnieh'' group. | * the '''hailasnih''' group (<small>18-20</small>) is another stereotypically Chlouvānem-only skin colour, relative majority in many areas of the Plain, in the southern rainforests, and in the East. It is legally the second-largest, with 26% of all Chlouvānem, but popular usage hardly distinguishes it from the ''flugasnieh'' group. | ||
* the ''' | * the '''chlebrādhanih''' group (<small>off-scale, closest to 18 or 20 but much more yellowish and somewhat greenish</small>) is the rarest of all Calemerian colours, and second rarest in the Inquisition with 2,5% of all people (it is to be noted though that Chlouvānem with this skin colour are the majority of all such Calemerian humans), mostly in the northwestern outback - though nowadays nowhere the majority. | ||
* the '''nivudinnih''' group (<small>15-17 plus 21 and 22</small>) is the colour of “dark-skinned whites”, not particularly common in the Inquisition as it amounts only to 4,5% of the population, mainly in the inland West and scattered among major cities in the rest of the nation. | * the '''nivudinnih''' group (<small>15-17 plus 21 and 22</small>) is the colour of “dark-skinned whites”, not particularly common in the Inquisition as it amounts only to 4,5% of the population, mainly in the inland West and scattered among major cities in the rest of the nation. | ||
* the '''julknih''' group (<small>7-9 plus 12-14, though more peachlike</small>) is a light skin colour mostly common in the Northeast and parts of the East, as well as scattered elsewhere; it amounts to 6% of all Chlouvānem. | * the '''julknih''' group (<small>7-9 plus 12-14, though more peachlike</small>) is a light skin colour mostly common in the Northeast and parts of the East, as well as scattered elsewhere; it amounts to 6% of all Chlouvānem. | ||
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Nordúlik and Ceria, while historically being enemy countries due to them being the two countries with the largest colonial empires, as allies proved to be a tough nut to crack for the somewhat underprepared Holenagic forces to the west and even for the better prepared Chlouvānem forces to the east. While the Chlouvānem managed in a few years to conquer large tracts of southern and southeastern Evandor (including all of Auralia, but failing to conquer all of Nivaren due to the better knowledge of the locals of the impervious mountainous terrain), and also the far northern country of Gathuráni (with invaluable help of the Holenagic forces, due to their far better preparation in cold climates), it took years for the Chlouvānem to break through the plains of Nordúlic to Ceria, and this phase of the war was marked by the most cruel war acts that ever happened on Calémere. On 6325 (37Ɛ1<sub>12</sub>), 7 kanamiprātas, the Chlouvānem forces tried to break through the hilly and densely populated Foškon valley in southern Nordúlik - one of the country's main industrial districts - and started a series of four chemical attacks that took place during the next five days, by spraying gas on the cities of Lešra, Frekuta, and Josubren, killing about 150,000 people. Less than a month later, on 1 pāṇḍalañši, the city of Hrejd in central Nordúlic, used as a base by the Chlouvānem, was reconquered by the Nordúlik forces after a series of bombings that ultimately went to kill more locals than Chlouvānem people. | Nordúlik and Ceria, while historically being enemy countries due to them being the two countries with the largest colonial empires, as allies proved to be a tough nut to crack for the somewhat underprepared Holenagic forces to the west and even for the better prepared Chlouvānem forces to the east. While the Chlouvānem managed in a few years to conquer large tracts of southern and southeastern Evandor (including all of Auralia, but failing to conquer all of Nivaren due to the better knowledge of the locals of the impervious mountainous terrain), and also the far northern country of Gathuráni (with invaluable help of the Holenagic forces, due to their far better preparation in cold climates), it took years for the Chlouvānem to break through the plains of Nordúlic to Ceria, and this phase of the war was marked by the most cruel war acts that ever happened on Calémere. On 6325 (37Ɛ1<sub>12</sub>), 7 kanamiprātas, the Chlouvānem forces tried to break through the hilly and densely populated Foškon valley in southern Nordúlik - one of the country's main industrial districts - and started a series of four chemical attacks that took place during the next five days, by spraying gas on the cities of Lešra, Frekuta, and Josubren, killing about 150,000 people. Less than a month later, on 1 pāṇḍalañši, the city of Hrejd in central Nordúlic, used as a base by the Chlouvānem, was reconquered by the Nordúlik forces after a series of bombings that ultimately went to kill more locals than Chlouvānem people. | ||
Another large-scale chemical attack was carried out on 6325, 6 murkāsena on the city of Popat in northern Móleach, killing about 85 thousand people. During the same year, in the first Chlouvānem offensive against Ceria (while the Holenagics were already at war in the western part of the country), on 10 mailaheirah the northeastern coastal city of Rédósuon was completely destroyed by the first atomic bombardment in Calemerian history - five more atomic bombardments were to follow, against the Cerian cities of Némon Ínéma (6325, 20 | Another large-scale chemical attack was carried out on 6325, 6 murkāsena on the city of Popat in northern Móleach, killing about 85 thousand people. During the same year, in the first Chlouvānem offensive against Ceria (while the Holenagics were already at war in the western part of the country), on 10 mailaheirah the northeastern coastal city of Rédósuon was completely destroyed by the first atomic bombardment in Calemerian history - five more atomic bombardments were to follow, against the Cerian cities of Némon Ínéma (6325, 20 camirādhās), Érenon (6326 (37Ɛ2<sub>12</sub>), 3 pāṇḍalañši), and Nírende (6326, 19 kanamimaila), the Nordúlic city of Herfen (6326, 22 kanamimaila) and Oquontuo, main port of the southern Evandorian country of Helinetia (6326, ᘔ būṃṣprātas). | ||
During the later months of 6326 (37Ɛ2<sub>12</sub>), the Cerian forces scored their first major victory of the war by defeating the Holenagic army at Éosin in western Ceria. Despite the Chlouvānem attempts to rescue the western front offensive, the defeat proved to crack down the whole Holenagic army, as the Cerians, together with the insurgent Besagren partisans, were able to defeat more times the Holenagics in western Evandor. The Cerian forces then managed to carry out, during the night of 15 camimæchlyē, a single surprise airstrike on Ṅäeqfab, capital of Holenagika, which had a large impact on Holenagic public opinion. Sixteen days later, Holenagic anarchists tried to kill Ohdsqoaihd but failed; the news of the failed coup, however, ignited a series of popular revolts that broke out into a civil war; with the help of Cerian airstrikes, the partisans were able to resist against the army, but it was a military coup by the army that ultimately deposed Ohdsqoaihd on 6326, 7 māltapārṇāvi. The army, collaborating with the exiled Holenagic government in Ceria, ultimately signed a peace treaty with Ceria and the other Western nations on 1 kanamiprātas. | During the later months of 6326 (37Ɛ2<sub>12</sub>), the Cerian forces scored their first major victory of the war by defeating the Holenagic army at Éosin in western Ceria. Despite the Chlouvānem attempts to rescue the western front offensive, the defeat proved to crack down the whole Holenagic army, as the Cerians, together with the insurgent Besagren partisans, were able to defeat more times the Holenagics in western Evandor. The Cerian forces then managed to carry out, during the night of 15 camimæchlyē, a single surprise airstrike on Ṅäeqfab, capital of Holenagika, which had a large impact on Holenagic public opinion. Sixteen days later, Holenagic anarchists tried to kill Ohdsqoaihd but failed; the news of the failed coup, however, ignited a series of popular revolts that broke out into a civil war; with the help of Cerian airstrikes, the partisans were able to resist against the army, but it was a military coup by the army that ultimately deposed Ohdsqoaihd on 6326, 7 māltapārṇāvi. The army, collaborating with the exiled Holenagic government in Ceria, ultimately signed a peace treaty with Ceria and the other Western nations on 1 kanamiprātas. | ||