The Aiel Waste is a desert region to the east of the Spine of the World. The nations of Almoth, Caralain, Goaban, Hardan, Irenvelle, Kintara, Maredo, Mar Haddon and Mosara all faded away due to lack of population, whereas Malkier was swallowed by the Great Blight. After the War of the Hundred Years, there were 24 nations in the Westlands. In previous eras, every part of the land was claimed by one nation or another, but in the modern era, there are vast stretches of the continent which are given over to wilderness and are rarely traveled. There are currently 14 nations in existence in the Westlands: Altara, Amadicia, Andor, Arad Doman, Arafel, Cairhien, Ghealdan, Illian, Kandor, Murandy, Saldaea, Shienar, Tarabon, and Tear, as well as four major city-states: Falme, Far Madding, Mayene, and Tar Valon. Although not as extensive as the Arinelle-Mantherendrelle network, the Erinin is by far the longer single river and sees much more traffic, as it passes through two of the busiest cities on the continent. The River Erinin flows out the Spine of the World just south of the Niamh Passes westwards, before turning south for 2,000 miles, eventually reaching the sea at Tear. This network rises in the Mountains of Dhoom in the far north and is navigable almost from the Blight to the river mouth at Illian in the far south. The larger consists of the River Manetherendrelle and its major tributary, the Arinelle. The continent is dominated by two extensive river networks. The continent consists of several large plains (notably Almoth Plain, the Plains of Maredo, Caralain Grass, and the Plain of Lances) divided by extensive forests, marshes, and several major mountain ranges, most notably the Mountains of Mist which divide the western coastal regions from the continental interior. The Westlands stretches for roughly 3,500 miles from the Aiel Waste to the Aryth Ocean and is mostly temperate, with hot summers in the southern regions and icy winters in the north. It forms the westernmost part of one large landmass that also incorporates the Aiel Waste and the land of Shara, as well as a number of offshore islands belonging to the Sea Folk. The Westlands is one of several names given to the continent or subcontinent that stretches from the Aiel Waste to the Aryth Ocean, and from the Great Blight to the Sea of Storms.
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