Westlands

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General

The people of the nations in the series do not have a name for their continent or the part of it in which they live, but it is known by several names, including the Wetlands by the Aiel and the Westlands by the Sea Folk, who refer to the inhabitants as the Shorebound.

Nations

Current Nations

There are currently fourteen countries in the area: Saldaea, Kandor, Arafel and Shienar running west to east from World's End to the Dragonwall, bordered by the Blight and known collectively as the Borderlands; Arad Doman and Tarabon on the eastern cast of the Aryth Ocean; Altara, Illian and Tear, going west to east on the south coast of the Sea of Storms; and the landlocked nations of Amadicia, Ghealdan, Murandy, Andor and Cairhien.

Former Nations

There is a great deal of unclaimed land, much of which was initially populated by the lands of Almoth, Hardan, Caralain, Goaban, Irenvelle, Kintara, Maredo and Mar Haddon. Some of these, such as Caralain, have left areas of land bearing their name, but little else. Others have left nothing but the occasional isolated villages and houses.

Geography

The continent is bordered along the north by the Mountains of Dhoom, separating it from the Blight, and to the east by the Spine of the World, separating it from the Aiel Waste. A third major range, the Mountains of Mist, runs through the continent, separating much of the eastern third from the western areas.