Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition: Difference between revisions

Since the beginning of the Second Era, the Chlouvānem people have been spreading their religion and influence across most of the continent of Márusúturon, outside the original homeland on the Jade Coast. Patterns of Chlouvānem settlement have varied depending on the area - but the Chlouvānem people's predisposition to exogamy has been an important factor in shaping the history of this part of the world: almost everyone in the Inquisition has at least one mixed-blood ancestor, and - even today - the definition of "ethnic group" as for Western (Calémerian and Earthly) standards is extremely challenged by the situation - and self-definition - among Chlouvānem people.

The Chlouvānem concept of ''lailyāvikā'', roughly translated as "ethnicity", is the only indicator used in the Chlouvānemosphere for ethnicities and nationalities; in many cases, language is not the defining factor. Officially, ''lailyāvikai'' are some groups that are defined as such mostly because of historical conditions - they include social groups that were at the edge of society in the pre-modern era; ethnicities that were semi-independent in respect to the centralmost areas; nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples<ref>Nomadism and semi-nomadism has virtually disappeared since the Kaiṣamā period. After the latter's fall, some traditionally nomadic peoples - especially Soenyubi - in other countries have gone back to nomadism, but in the Inquisition this phenomenon has not happened.</ref>; ethnicities with a distinct, not fully Chlouvānemized culture well into the early Fourth Era; and foreigners. All other people are simply considered Chlouvānem as far as ethnicity is concerned, more as a catch-all category rather than a distinct ethnicity; the Yunyalīlta as religion and the use of Chlouvānem as a lingua franca is nearly universal among all ethnicities today, and it has been such for more than a century now.<br/>

Most non-Chlouvānem inhabitants of the Inquisition come from countries of the former ''Kaiṣamā'' - the Union of Purified States - (Kŭyŭgwažtov, Soenyŏ-tave…) or are Bronic and Fathanic which not just were part of the Kaiṣamā (Fathan was even a diocese of the Inquisition until 4E 7A (94₁₀)) but border the Inquisition for most of their frontiers' extension. Other sources of non-Chlouvānems are:

! No. !! City<ref>An apical '''ṭ''' after the city name denotes it is a ''quaestorship'' (ṭūmma).</ref> !! Diocese !! Population₁₂ <small>(4E ᘔƐ)</small> !! <small>Population₁₀ (4E 131)</small> !! Tribunal

As this has been cause of growing concern in some areas, especially the already overpopulated parts of the nation where the largest cities lie, the government has introduced a program of colonization, offering economic benefits to those from the main populated areas who, once reached age of majority (end of the 16th year), settle in “development areas”, dioceses with large thinly-populated areas. In some cases, governments still use deportation programs, even though not to the large extent of the first 60 years of the Fourth Era. The Inquisitorial fertility rate has also been a source of concern in some countries, as some politicians there have spoken of a “Chlouvānem plan” for world colonization: this is particularly prominent in iKalurilut, as it has seen many Chlouvānem immigrants in the last three decades and now ethnic Chlouvānems have risen from 3% to 17% of its population.<br/>Many other countries of the former ''Kaiṣamā'', apart from iKalurilut, still have large numbers of ethnic Chlouvānem, for example 33% of the population in Fathan, 24% in Brono, 14% in Kŭyŭgwažtov and 10% in Soenyŏ-tave; the largest community by number of ethnic Chlouvānem outside the Inquisition is however that of Skyrdagor.

Immigration policies to the Inquisition have varied quite a lot in the last fifty years. During the ''Kaiṣamā'' era, most immigrants were from the other countries of the former Union (with a particularly large number of them being Kŭyŭgwažŭbs and Soenyubis), and a very small number of Communist political refugees from some countries (notably Púrítonian and Southern Védrenian ones), who, however, mostly settled in the other countries of the Kaiṣamā. Overall, immigration during that era (which ended in 4E 73 (87₁₀), 46 years ago) was pretty limited, especially considering that many inter-Union "immigrants" were forcibly relocated (though in the early Kaiṣamā it was much more common than in the later period).

After the Kaiṣamā ended, it was the time of the so-called "new progressivists", somewhat more open than the hard-line Yunyalīlti Communism-influenced High Inquisitors that worked during the Kaiṣamā (Great Inquisitor Mæmihūmiāvi Kañeñǣkah ''Læhimausa'' continued to hold power for a further twenty years, until her death in 4E 8Ɛ (107₁₀), though embracing "new progressivism"). During this period, immigrating into the Inquisition became easier, especially for people from poorer Védrenian countries, and peaking after 4E 80 (96₁₀) with the start of the first of the Dabuke Civil Wars right across the western borders of the Inquisition. Many immigrants from all continents (apart Evandor and, to a lesser extent, Púríton; also immigration from most countries of the former Kaiṣamā greatly decreased) entered the Inquisition during this period, but most of them had difficulties in founding immigrant communities due to immigrants being redistributed and housed in different parts of the country upon arrival. Children of "new progressivism"-era immigrants, for this reason, are all considered Chlouvānem as they readily integrated into mainstream Chlouvānem culture, as did most of their parents anyway.

While "new progressivism" proper is considered to end soon after the election of Great Inquisitor Chilamulkāvi Praṣṭhelišā ''Nariekayah'' in 4E 8Ɛ (107₁₀), these immigration policies continued until well into the reign of the following Great Inquisitor Kælidañcāvi Læñchlīñchlė ''Mæmihūmia'' (elected in 4E 99 (117₁₀) after Praṣṭhelišā resigned); late Kañeñǣkah- and early Praṣṭhelišā-era policies aimed at East-West "reconciliation" also had the effect of easing immigration from the West, and in fact there has been a moderately large number of Western middle-class, educated people who came to the Inquisition, mostly working in the education and scientific sectors. However, the bulk of immigrants continued to come from poorer countries of Eastern Védren, parts of the former Kaiṣamā, and Ogúviutón; the 4E 96 earthquake and tsunami in the Inner Skyrdegan Sea, that hit Greater Skyrdegan economies hard, also had the effect of increasing immigration from those areas.

The main health issue among Chlouvānem people is considered to be the suicide rate. Suicide (''demikaudaranah'') is the leading cause of death for people under 40₁₂ and has grown to become a serious problem. The rate is very high due to the social pressure inherent in Chlouvānem culture, which has often led people, especially young workers and students, to be easily ashamed for even minor mistakes or failures and Chlouvānem society not being particularly tolerant of this. Due to the Yunyalīlti worldview valuing the community more than the individual, suicide has historically been considered the most honourable way to die, and part of a process of natural selection, as the dead’s place in the community will be taken by someone better suited.<br/>These reasons have also led, especially among young people (particularly the age range from 12₁₂ to 22₁₂) to the popularity of "suicidal games" (''demikaudarfildoe'', pl. ''-fildenī''): actual plannings of mass suicides masked as games. This has been a particularly hot topic in the news since in 4E ᘔ7 <small>(127₁₀)</small> 43 young people committed suicide on the same day across the diocese of Kainomatā; while many such games have been stopped and the organizers often executed, some of them periodically pop out and it has been estimated that many hundreds of all yearly suicides of young people in that age range is due to these phenomena. Parts of the society, though, haven't condemned these games as much as the government did, with people even referring to them as a kind of "needed help" in order to find a simple and right way to do it.