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'''Védren''' is a large continent, south of Evandor and west of Márusúturon, by which it is divided by the (mostly mountainous) isthmus of Tabal. It is mostly situated between the two tropics, and includes large tracts of deserts (in the northeast - the Atoráro ([[Spocian|Spc.]]: ''Aƛał'', the largest Calemerian desert), rainforests (in the southeast), and savannah. Its largest and most important country today is Spocius in the north, which has historically been the largest Védrenian civilization; the Spocianosphere is a commonly recognized cultural area that includes most of northern Védren. | '''Védren''' is a large continent, south of Evandor and west of Márusúturon, by which it is divided by the (mostly mountainous) isthmus of Tabal. It is mostly situated between the two tropics, and includes large tracts of deserts (in the northeast - the Atoráro ([[Spocian|Spc.]]: ''Aƛał'', the largest Calemerian desert), rainforests (in the southeast), and savannah. Its largest and most important country today is Spocius in the north, which has historically been the largest Védrenian civilization; the Spocianosphere is a commonly recognized cultural area that includes most of northern Védren. | ||
As Védren is on the same supercontinental landmass as Evandor and Márusúturon, there can be different borders depending on the definition as, for example, peoples speaking Yombu-Raina languages are found both in Védren and Márusúturon (especially the Dabuke peoples), and historically nations of the northern coast of Védren, north of the Atoráro, have had more contacts with peoples from the West End of Márusúturon and southern Evandor than with peoples of Védren south of the Atoráro.<br/>From a biological point of view, flora and fauna in similar climates are distinguished by the desert belt, occupying most of the Védrenian tropics (the Atoráro), the southern shore of the Carpan Sea, and various parts of western Márusúturon, ending with what politically is the Inquisition's Coastal Southwest. According to this definition, the northern coast of Védren is biologically closer to subtropical Evandor and Márusúturon, while southwestern Márusúturon (the Dabuke area and the West and Far West of the Inquisition) have Védrenian flora and fauna. The Táron river valley across the Atoráro and (in Márusúturon) the deserts of Tālišulkhān and of the Inquisitorial Coastal Southwest are transitional areas, even while the former is predominantly Védrenian and the latter predominantly Márusúturonian. | |||
Modern Védren has had more Evandorian influence than Márusúturon, but not to the extent that for example Africa has suffered European colonization. Actual Evandorian control of Védrenian lands has been more limited to coastal lands and not in the whole continent, and Evandorian innovations like in most of the rest of Calémere have been later adopted by local rulers. This has contributed to form the current Védrenian political map, which is divided into more than a hundred countries, most of which quite small and - in many cases - densely populated. The Dabuke countries, straddling northeastern Védren and western Márusúturon, are a partial exception, with a recent long (and to various extents current) history of civil wars between the factions of foreign-led oligarchs, constantly exacerbating ethnic and religious tensions in those countries. | Modern Védren has had more Evandorian influence than Márusúturon, but not to the extent that for example Africa has suffered European colonization. Actual Evandorian control of Védrenian lands has been more limited to coastal lands and not in the whole continent, and Evandorian innovations like in most of the rest of Calémere have been later adopted by local rulers. This has contributed to form the current Védrenian political map, which is divided into more than a hundred countries, most of which quite small and - in many cases - densely populated. The Dabuke countries, straddling northeastern Védren and western Márusúturon, are a partial exception, with a recent long (and to various extents current) history of civil wars between the factions of foreign-led oligarchs, constantly exacerbating ethnic and religious tensions in those countries. | ||