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The Jade Coast Area is the heartland of the Chlouvānem nation and one of the most densely populated areas on Calémere. The Jade Coast proper is composed by Mīdhūpraṇa, the short littoral of Marṇadeša, Kāṃradeša, eastern Nanašīrama, Takajñanta, Latayūlima, and Jhūtañjaiṭa; the other areas inland (sometimes far inland - Lūkṣṇyaḍāra is more than 1500 km from the coast) are all parts of river basins that enter this coast, most of them through the tidal Lake Lūlunīkam (on whose shores lies [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition/Līlasuṃghāṇa|Līlasuṃghāṇa]], the Inquisition's capital) and its outlet (which constitutes the border between Kāṃradeša on the north and Nanašīrama on the south). This area includes some of the largest cities of the whole planet (Līlasuṃghāṇa, Ilēnimarta, Līlta, Līṭhalyinām, Ajāɂilbādhi) and many other large cities of national importance (Lūkṣṇyaḍāra, Taitepamba, Kūmanabūruh, Erukamarta, Pamahīnēna). The northern part and most of the coastal dioceses are plains with heavy human use (agricultural, urban, and industrial), but the southern part of this area (the whole of Yalyakātāma, Vælunyuva, and Kamaidaneh, the southern ⅔ of Talæñoya, central and southern Nanašīrama, the southern ¼ of Ārvaghoṣa, inland Latayūlima, and hilly areas of Takajñanta and Jhūtañjaiṭa) is part of the great southern rainforest; Talæñoya, Nanašīrama, and Ārvaghoṣa include parts of the "wall of igapós and várzeas", particularly by the Lanamilūki river in Talæñoya and Nanašīrama.

| <strong>16 dioceses, 234,056,688 inh.</strong>

| '''JhTÑ''' || Jhūtañjaiṭa || Hūnakṣaila || 3,210,431

The Southern Tribunal is entirely composed of the Inquisition's southern rainforest and neighboring islands (note, though, that Hāyanidēva has a semi-arid climate due to its rainshadow location). For this reason, it is one of the most sparsely populated areas in the whole country: more than half of the population lives in the two metropolitan areas of Lūlunimarta and Hālyanēṃṣah, and most of the rest in Ājvalimva's river valleys. The inland part of the rainforest is dotted with many tiny riverside communities, most of them accessible only by boat and air. Miraukātāma is the least populated non-insular diocese of the Inquisition, and one of only three non-insular ones (together with Ērešmaita and Karūskātāma) to not have any rail access.

| <strong>14 dioceses, 14,910,542 inh.</strong>

The Inland Southwest is composed of the southwesternmost corner of the Great Chlouvānem Plain and the westernmost part of the southern rainforest (an area that, actually, drains northwards into the inland lakes and from there ultimately into the Jade Coast). Its population is centered in the northern part and on the shores of Lake Ñaɂiyanān (the largest non-endorheic lake in the Calémerian tropics).

The Coastal Southwest is the area on the main subcontinental body of the Inquisition that lies between the western shore of the Védrenian Ocean and the Yaldašāri Mountains. Most of the area is therefore semiarid due to the rainshadow, but coastal hills along the shores in the westernmost part and some river deltas still support a moderate population. Nalkahīrṣa, episcopal seat of Pramāṇṭai, is by far the largest city of the area, with about 1,1 million people.