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The '''Lands of the Chlouvānem Inquisition''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlǣvānumi Murkadhānāvīyi Babhrām'' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛːʋäːnumi muɐ̯kädʱäːnäːʋiːji bäbʱʀäːm]}}), ceremonially the '''Pure Lands under Guidance of the Inquisition of the Descendants of the Chlamiṣvatrā''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlamiṣvatrī Maijunyāvyumi Murkadhānāvīyi Cholbāmite Kailibabhrām'' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ämiɕʋätʀiː mäɪ̯ɟ͡ʑunjäːʋjumi muɐ̯kädʱäːnäːʋiːji c͡ɕʰɔɴ̆bäːmite käɪ̯ɴ̆ibäbʱʀäːm]}}), commonly metonymically referred to as the '''(Chlouvānem) Inquisition''' (''(Chlǣvānumi) Murkadhānāvi'' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛːʋäːnumi muɐ̯kädʱäːnäːʋi]}}), or, informally, with the acronym '''Chlǣmuba''' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛːmubä]}}, is a [[w:Federalism|federal]] [[w:Socialist state|socialist]]<ref>Technically, the Chlouvānem Inquisition, having no political parties and being officially ruled exclusively according to the norms of the Yunyalīlti religion, should not be considered a socialist state; however, the resulting organization has the characteristics of a socialist state and, furthermore, this situation gave birth to the international hybrid ideology of Yunyalīlti Communism, which adopts a particular state organization justified both through Communism and through the Yunyalīlta, adopted in countries aligned with the Inquisition.</ref> [[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. | The '''Lands of the Chlouvānem Inquisition''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlǣvānumi Murkadhānāvīyi Babhrām'' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛːʋäːnumi muɐ̯kädʱäːnäːʋiːji bäbʱʀäːm]}}), ceremonially the '''Pure Lands under Guidance of the Inquisition of the Descendants of the Chlamiṣvatrā''' ([[Chlouvānem]]: ''Chlamiṣvatrī Maijunyāvyumi Murkadhānāvīyi Cholbāmite Kailibabhrām'' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ämiɕʋätʀiː mäɪ̯ɟ͡ʑunjäːʋjumi muɐ̯kädʱäːnäːʋiːji c͡ɕʰɔɴ̆bäːmite käɪ̯ɴ̆ibäbʱʀäːm]}}), commonly metonymically referred to as the '''(Chlouvānem) Inquisition''' (''(Chlǣvānumi) Murkadhānāvi'' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛːʋäːnumi muɐ̯kädʱäːnäːʋi]}}), or, informally, with the acronym '''Chlǣmuba''' {{IPA|[c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛːmubä]}}, is a [[w:Federalism|federal]] [[w:Socialist state|socialist]]<ref>Technically, the Chlouvānem Inquisition, having no political parties and being officially ruled exclusively according to the norms of the Yunyalīlti religion, should not be considered a socialist state; however, the resulting organization has the characteristics of a socialist state and, furthermore, this situation gave birth to the international hybrid ideology of Yunyalīlti Communism, which adopts a particular state organization justified both through Communism and through the Yunyalīlta, adopted in countries aligned with the Inquisition.</ref> [[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) including the entire continent of Jahībušanā, the southern part of Vaipūrja, the eastern half of Araugi, a small fringe<ref>Depending on the definition used of the border between Vīṭadælteh, Araugi, and Vaipūrja, the part of the Inquisition in Vīṭadælteh can be either a small strip of land in Yultijaiṭa diocese; the northern half of that same diocese; or most of Yultijaiṭa and the western third of | Covering, excluding dependencies, approximately 14.4 million square kilometers (about 8% of the land areas on Calémere) including the entire continent of Jahībušanā, the southern part of Vaipūrja, the eastern half of Araugi, a small fringe<ref>Depending on the definition used of the border between Vīṭadælteh, Araugi, and Vaipūrja, the part of the Inquisition in Vīṭadælteh can be either a small strip of land in Yultijaiṭa diocese; the northern half of that same diocese; or most of Yultijaiṭa and the western third of Līnajaiṭa (the area west of the Little Ivulit).</ref> in far southwesternmost Vīṭadælteh<ref>All of these areas constitute, according to the Western definition, about half of Márusúturon.</ref>, and geologically related islands – with the Kāyīchah Islands being, however, a part of Védren – and with a population of 1.904 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 19% 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 Lake Lūlunīkam.<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 Pūrjayuñca'' (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. | 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 Pūrjayuñca'' (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. | ||
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====Political borders and links==== | ====Political borders and links==== | ||
The Chlouvānem Inquisition borders, on land, 19 other countries (plus another one through a maritime border); clockwise from the southeast:<br/> | The Chlouvānem Inquisition borders, on land, 19 other countries (plus another one through a maritime border); clockwise from the southeast:<br/> | ||
Bô Quengsé - Quembeud - Mađ Hanour - Ênêk-bazá - Répéruton - Aréntía - Maëb - <small>''Tārṣaivumi Gulf''</small> - Džemleštew - Leñ-ṱef - <small>''Little Ivulit''</small><ref>The word ''ivulit'' is [[Qualdomelic]] for "sea", but in Chlouvānem it has been imported to refer to two bodies of water - the Greater Ivulit or High Ivulit (''lalla ivulitah''), the southwestern inlet of the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, dividing Qualdomailor and Ylvostydh on the eastern shore from Aqalyšary, Ebed-dowa, and Leñ-ṱef on the western one, and its own southernmost inlet, the Little Ivulit (''ñikire ivulitah''), divided between Qualdomailor (NE shore), Leñ-ṱef (NW shore) and the Chlouvānem diocese of | Bô Quengsé - Quembeud - Mađ Hanour - Ênêk-bazá - Répéruton - Aréntía - Maëb - <small>''Tārṣaivumi Gulf''</small> - Džemleštew - Leñ-ṱef - <small>''Little Ivulit''</small><ref>The word ''ivulit'' is [[Qualdomelic]] for "sea", but in Chlouvānem it has been imported to refer to two bodies of water - the Greater Ivulit or High Ivulit (''lalla ivulitah''), the southwestern inlet of the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, dividing Qualdomailor and Ylvostydh on the eastern shore from Aqalyšary, Ebed-dowa, and Leñ-ṱef on the western one, and its own southernmost inlet, the Little Ivulit (''ñikire ivulitah''), divided between Qualdomailor (NE shore), Leñ-ṱef (NW shore) and the Chlouvānem diocese of Līnajaiṭa (the southern part). In Qualdomelic, the High Ivulit is known as Western Sea (''ivulit căd ittungaq''), while the Little Ivulit is known as Southern Passage Gulf (''kiswulit căd allațeă sa nănngiup'').</ref> - [[Qualdomelic#Qualdomailor|Qualdomailor]] - Brono - ''Skyrdagor (maritime border only)'' - Fathan - Gorjan - Tulfasysz - Ogotethep - Gwęčathíbõth - Arkjatar - Aksalbor - Union of New Égélonía | ||
All neighboring countries on land have road links with the Inquisition and all except for Répéruton and Aréntía also have rail links<ref>Aréntía does not have any railways in its territory.</ref>, even though the single crossing to Aksalbor, in the far northern taiga of the Inquisition, across the Brūmādis river by the 55th parallel north, is very lightly travelled. The only connection with Arkjatar is also sparsely travelled, due to its remote location inside the taiga; despite being just south of the 52nd parallel north, it is part of the northernmost direct coast-to-coast crossing in Eastern Márusúturon (the aforementioned road to Aksalbor ultimately feeds into this road in eastern Pūrjijāṇa diocese). The links with the countries to the west - except for Répéruton, whose border lies in an uninhabited desert area and the only road there is an unpaved desert track - are all in good conditions but the roads on the other side of the border often aren't (except for Maëb, whose roads are all in good conditions), particularly in Ênêk-bazá and Quembeud, as a consequence of ongoing wars in those countries. | All neighboring countries on land have road links with the Inquisition and all except for Répéruton and Aréntía also have rail links<ref>Aréntía does not have any railways in its territory.</ref>, even though the single crossing to Aksalbor, in the far northern taiga of the Inquisition, across the Brūmādis river by the 55th parallel north, is very lightly travelled. The only connection with Arkjatar is also sparsely travelled, due to its remote location inside the taiga; despite being just south of the 52nd parallel north, it is part of the northernmost direct coast-to-coast crossing in Eastern Márusúturon (the aforementioned road to Aksalbor ultimately feeds into this road in eastern Pūrjijāṇa diocese). The links with the countries to the west - except for Répéruton, whose border lies in an uninhabited desert area and the only road there is an unpaved desert track - are all in good conditions but the roads on the other side of the border often aren't (except for Maëb, whose roads are all in good conditions), particularly in Ênêk-bazá and Quembeud, as a consequence of ongoing wars in those countries. | ||
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The '''lališirāhe lallaheirdhūmi lairē''' ("Day of New Adults" or "Coming of Age Day") falls on the first day in the year which is also the beginning of a new lunar month. It is a public celebration – typically held in municipal halls – for, depending on the diocese, either all young adults having reached age of majority (the beginning of the 18th year of age, i.e. the 17th birthday in English age count)<ref>Under Chlouvānem (and Qualdomelic) laws, the beginning of the 18th year also marks the attainment of the driving age for cars, of the drinking and smoking age (but not the one for buying such products, which is two years later), the school leaving age, and the minimum age to marry without parental consent. The latter three thresholds are also valid for the other two mainly Yunyalīlti countries, Brono and Fathan, which however only grant age of majority with the beginning of the 19th year.</ref> in the previous year, or all young adults who in the preceding year have had the traditional rite of passage, which is either eleven months of mandatory military service or four lunar months carrying on life as a novice monk in a monastery (a practice called ''ukṣṇyañæltryāmita''); both nowadays happening after reaching age of majority, after finishing school<ref>Schools in most dioceses allow pupils to do ''ukṣṇyañæltryāmita'' - but not military service - as a substitution for an equivalent period in school.</ref>. Parents of the celebrated new adults are granted the right not to work on this day. | The '''lališirāhe lallaheirdhūmi lairē''' ("Day of New Adults" or "Coming of Age Day") falls on the first day in the year which is also the beginning of a new lunar month. It is a public celebration – typically held in municipal halls – for, depending on the diocese, either all young adults having reached age of majority (the beginning of the 18th year of age, i.e. the 17th birthday in English age count)<ref>Under Chlouvānem (and Qualdomelic) laws, the beginning of the 18th year also marks the attainment of the driving age for cars, of the drinking and smoking age (but not the one for buying such products, which is two years later), the school leaving age, and the minimum age to marry without parental consent. The latter three thresholds are also valid for the other two mainly Yunyalīlti countries, Brono and Fathan, which however only grant age of majority with the beginning of the 19th year.</ref> in the previous year, or all young adults who in the preceding year have had the traditional rite of passage, which is either eleven months of mandatory military service or four lunar months carrying on life as a novice monk in a monastery (a practice called ''ukṣṇyañæltryāmita''); both nowadays happening after reaching age of majority, after finishing school<ref>Schools in most dioceses allow pupils to do ''ukṣṇyañæltryāmita'' - but not military service - as a substitution for an equivalent period in school.</ref>. Parents of the celebrated new adults are granted the right not to work on this day. | ||
The '''kūlħanarai''' (grammatically plural), which falls on 29 haunyai, is a festival originally of Kenengyry peoples (cf. [[Soenjoan]] ''kuvul hynyrŏŋ'' (likely the origin of the Chl. term), Kŭy. ''kuy khanŭrokŭ'', Eneg. ''küğew henreg'') originally celebrating the winter solstice, hence analogue to the Chlouvānem ''camilalyājaṃšā'', but later shifted to celebrate winter itself, and which has a peculiar history in the Inquisition. It was adopted as a general festival in the Kaiṣamā era in the dioceses of the Northwest (which have not only the strongest Kenengyry presence, but were also former Evandorian colonies) as an attempt to have a Yunyalīlti-friendly version of the religious feast of Rebirth (''Cálen Ecozóntan'' in Cerian) celebrated in the Western world (itself, in its modern form in most of Calémere, a syncretic feast of Íscégon, Nivarese, and ancient Velken origins). The date of ''kūlħanarai'' on 29 haunyai (well in the middle of winter) was chosen in order to have an Eastern bloc replacement for both the Western New Year (1 fásónon, i.e. 21 haunyai) and Rebirth (1 and 2 áman, i.e. 4 and 5 laindyai); some of the typical Rebirth traditions in the Evandorian countries which colonized those areas of the Inquisition have been shifted to ''kūlħanarai''; the general imagery found even outside those areas (esp. in all major cities), however, is a mix of Western and Kenengyry themes. In the Inquisition, it is celebrated in the dioceses of Srāmiṇajāṇai, Tārṣaivai, Ūnikadīltha, Yultijaiṭa, and | The '''kūlħanarai''' (grammatically plural), which falls on 29 haunyai, is a festival originally of Kenengyry peoples (cf. [[Soenjoan]] ''kuvul hynyrŏŋ'' (likely the origin of the Chl. term), Kŭy. ''kuy khanŭrokŭ'', Eneg. ''küğew henreg'') originally celebrating the winter solstice, hence analogue to the Chlouvānem ''camilalyājaṃšā'', but later shifted to celebrate winter itself, and which has a peculiar history in the Inquisition. It was adopted as a general festival in the Kaiṣamā era in the dioceses of the Northwest (which have not only the strongest Kenengyry presence, but were also former Evandorian colonies) as an attempt to have a Yunyalīlti-friendly version of the religious feast of Rebirth (''Cálen Ecozóntan'' in Cerian) celebrated in the Western world (itself, in its modern form in most of Calémere, a syncretic feast of Íscégon, Nivarese, and ancient Velken origins). The date of ''kūlħanarai'' on 29 haunyai (well in the middle of winter) was chosen in order to have an Eastern bloc replacement for both the Western New Year (1 fásónon, i.e. 21 haunyai) and Rebirth (1 and 2 áman, i.e. 4 and 5 laindyai); some of the typical Rebirth traditions in the Evandorian countries which colonized those areas of the Inquisition have been shifted to ''kūlħanarai''; the general imagery found even outside those areas (esp. in all major cities), however, is a mix of Western and Kenengyry themes. In the Inquisition, it is celebrated in the dioceses of Srāmiṇajāṇai, Tārṣaivai, Ūnikadīltha, Yultijaiṭa, and Līnajaiṭa<ref>The Srāmiṇajāṇai were mostly an Auralian colony, with the southernmost part of it being Cerian, like Tārṣaivai and a few settlements in Ūnikadīltha. Most of Yultijaiṭa was a Nordûlaki colony, but its southwestern coast was a colony of the Kingdom of Bankráv. Līnajaiṭa, however, had never been colony of any Western power.</ref>; only in Srāmiṇajāṇai, Tārṣaivai, and Yultijaiṭa it is a full holiday. | ||
Local festivals - named ''saṃsārvānis'', pl. ''saṃsārvānais'' - are a characteristic of the whole Chlouvānem world. Cities, towns, villages, even only selected hamlets or city wards, often hold special festivals, usually honoring local important [[Verse:Yunyalīlta#Kaihai|kaihai]]. Often these festivals are not public holidays, but it is quite common for these days to be half rest days in the jurisdiction(s) where they are celebrated, sometimes even in neighboring ones. | Local festivals - named ''saṃsārvānis'', pl. ''saṃsārvānais'' - are a characteristic of the whole Chlouvānem world. Cities, towns, villages, even only selected hamlets or city wards, often hold special festivals, usually honoring local important [[Verse:Yunyalīlta#Kaihai|kaihai]]. Often these festivals are not public holidays, but it is quite common for these days to be half rest days in the jurisdiction(s) where they are celebrated, sometimes even in neighboring ones. | ||