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[[File:Golarion world map.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A map of Golarion clearly showing the continent of Tian Xia on the far right]]
'''Tian Xia'''<ref>'''A large poster map of Tian Xia is included in this product: '''{{Cite book/Jade Regent Poster Map Folio|1}}</ref> (pronounced TEE-yawn-shaw)<ref>{{Cite book/Campaign Setting|247}}</ref> is the continent geographically farthest from [[Avistan]], and lies across the [[Embaral Ocean]] that borders the eastern shore of exotic [[Casmaron]].<ref name="DEG-fic">{{Cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|1|front inside cover}}</ref> Often referred to as the '''Dragon Empires''', Tian Xia is most easily accessed by the residents of Avistan via the dangerous land route over [[Golarion|Golarion's]] northernmost continent, the icy [[Crown of the World]]. As a result of its distance from the [[Inner Sea region]], not much is known of this mysterious continent. It has acted as a cradle of civilization for nearly 7,000 years, and in that time has boasted three continent-spanning empires, the most recent of which, [[Lung Wa]], ruled up until a century ago. Mainland Tian Xia today has many different sovereign nations, many of which have experienced a cultural renaissance since the fall of Lung Wa.<ref>{{Cite book/Campaign Setting|32-33}}</ref><ref name="CSp157">{{Cite book/Campaign Setting|157}}</ref><ref name="ISWG-207+">{{cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|207-208}}</ref>

== Geography ==

The mainland of Tian Xia is incredibly large, equaling (and some say surpassing) the size of any other continent on Golarion. The mountains of the [[Wall of Heaven]] (or Qiang Tian as they are known locally) run along the western border of the continent's northern half from [[Hongal]] in the north, all the way to [[Nagajor]] in the south. The mountains are incredibly tall with few dips, forcing all overland east-west trade through a limited number of passes, the greatest of which is near the cosmopolitan city of [[Goka]].<ref name="ISWG-207+" />

To the east of the Wall of Heaven, the land quickly becomes flat and opens into the lands once controlled by Imperial Lung Wa, now the territories of the [[Successor States]].<ref name="ISWG-207+" />

Many of the islands on Tian Xia's northeastern coast are part of the empire of [[Minkai]], a land slipping toward civil war thanks to the holding of the emperor by the [[Higashiyama clan]].<ref name="CSp157" /><ref name="DEG-fic" />

Tian Xia's southern half is much wilder, and dominated by the massive [[Valashmai Jungle]], along with two mountain ranges: the [[Chenlun Mountains]] and the [[Sudisan Peaks]].<ref name="DEG-40">{{Cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|40}}</ref> Here lie the territories of the realm of Nagajor, land of the [[snake|serpentine]] [[nagaji]]; the mysterious [[Xa Hoi]]; and the distant islands of [[Minata]].<ref name="ISWG-207+" /><ref name="DEG-fic" />

=== Deserts ===
*[[Shaguang]]

=== Mountains & hills ===
*[[Chenlun Mountains]]
*[[Enlightened Peaks]]
*[[Flying Mountains]]
*[[Gossamer Mountains]]
*[[Kaimuko Woods]]
*[[Kim Loai Hills]]
*[[Kullan Dei]]
*[[Savage Peaks]]
*[[Seething Hills]]
*[[Sudisan Peaks]]
*[[Szaezan Crags]]
*[[Wall of Heaven]]
*[[Wild Peaks]]

=== Forests ===
*[[Chang Liao Jungle]]
*[[Chuyokai Forest]]
*[[Eryiu Forest]]
*[[Forest of Spirits]]
*[[Sikhyeu Rainforest]]
*[[Spectrewood]]
*[[Valashmai Jungle]]
*[[Vale of Green Spears]]

=== Rivers & waterways ===
*[[Aya-Maru]]
*[[See of Eels]]
*[[Xidao Gulf]]

== Lost kingdoms ==
*[[Lung Wa]]
*[[Shu]]
*[[Taumata]]
*[[Teikoku]]
*[[Valashai]]
*[[Yixing]]

== History ==

The history of Tian Xia is incredibly long and detailed, dating back 7,000 years to when most [[human]]s in the Inner Sea region were still living in barbarism. [[Wen|King Wen]] of [[Quain]], for instance, has a 98-foot-long scroll that supposedly shows his direct descent from the first [[Tian]] emperor, [[Mu Lung]], while [[Shigure Higashiyama|Emperor Shigure]] of Minkai claims he can trace his family tree back 296 generations to the [[god]]dess [[Shizuru]]. During this long period, hundreds of different nations and three empires have risen and fallen, each of which has taken it upon itself to rename the continent they call home.<ref name="ISWG-207+" />

The last great empire to arise in Tian Xia was Lung Wa, which ruled the northern half of the continent from [[4142 AR]] on until the death of [[Aroden]] in [[4606 AR]]. The natural calamities that accompanied his death led to massive civil unrest that collapsed Lung Wa and led to the current political structure of over a dozen Successor States.<ref name="ISWG-207+" /><ref name="ISWG-36">{{cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|36}}</ref>

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== Inhabitants ==

Most of Tian Xia is dominated by [[human]]s of the various branches of the [[Tian (human ethnicity)|Tian]] ethnicity: the [[Tian-Dan]] (found primarily in Xa Hoi), the [[Tian-La]] (native to [[Hongal]] and the northernmost parts of the continent), the [[Tian-Min]] of the Minkai archipelago, the elusive [[Tian-Sing]] of [[Minata]], and the [[Tian-Shu]], the most common of the five subgroups, which dominate the Successor States of Imperial Lung Wa.<ref name="ISWG-20">{{cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|20}}</ref>

=== Religion ===

The people of Tian Xia worship a wide variety of [[god]]s, many of which are unique to the continent, while others are shared with those found in the Inner Sea region. [[Vudrani (human ethnicity)|Vudrani]] missionaries first brought the worship of [[Irori]] to Tian Xia in [[2187 AR]]. It quickly spread and is now the official state religion of most of the continent's nations.<ref name="ISWG-20" /><ref name="ISWG-35">{{cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|35}}</ref>

=== Slavery in Tian Xia ===<!-- This section is reproduced almost verbatim on the [[Slavery]] page. Any edits here should be carried over there ... pretty please? -->

[[Slavery]] is not limited to the Inner Sea region and is also practised throughout the continent of Tian Xia. This is especially true in the monstrous nations of [[Chu Ye]],<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|20}}</ref> [[Kaoling]],<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|28}}</ref> [[Shenmen]],<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|37}}</ref> and [[Wanshou]],<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|42}}</ref> where humans and other native races are kept as chattel, but also in the lands of Minata,<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|31}}</ref> [[Nagajor]],<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|33}}</ref> and [[Shaguang]],<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|36}}</ref> as well as the underground [[Darklands of Tian Xia]].<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|21}}</ref> Slavery is even found in the cosmopolitan city of Goka, although it is heavily regulated there.<ref>{{cite book/Dragon Empires Gazetteer|24}}</ref>

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