Possible mistakes on unfolded map of Othard

[Sounsyy]

Lea Monde is somewhere to the southeast of Rabanastre, in "Dalmasca Inferior," which is made up of Greylic's Bend and the Golmore Jungle regions. "Dalmasca Superior" is made up of the Dalmascan Desert (Westersands and Estersands).

Encyclopedia Eorzea II - From Nagxia to Yanxia: “Following their victory, the Empire divided the conquered Kingdom of Dalmasca into two regions. The desert south of the Skatay Range was dubbed Dalmasca Superior, with Rabanastre to serve as the seat of the provincial government, whereas the Golmore Jungle and Greylic’s Bend were named Dalmasca Inferior, with Lea Monde as its capital. Together, they would comprise the Diocese of Dalmasca, the Garlean Empire’s foothold in the Far East. Rabanastre became a key staging ground for imperial forces in the campaign, and from there the Empire advanced into Nagxia.”

[Iscah]

Lea Monde is somewhere to the southeast of Rabanastre, in "Dalmasca Inferior," which is made up of Greylic's Bend and the Golmore Jungle regions. "Dalmasca Superior" is made up of the Dalmascan Desert (Westersands and Estersands).

From the quote you posted, if the "Superior" and "Inferior" labels were only imposed by the invading Garleans, then it makes sense that the Dalmascans themselves - and especially the Resistance! - are unwilling to use those labels. Either the map predates the invasion, or the mapmaker simply won't acknowledge the division.

On the choice of the label "Dalmasca" rather than "Rabanastre", it could be to do with what we 'normally call' the region politically. For the Eorzean cities we often talk about Gridania or Ul'dah as if the name represents the entirety of the Shroud or Thanalan. Dalmasca doesn't have the same oddity, and is correctly used to describe the country, while (from what little it's been discussed) Rabanastre only seems to refer specifically to the capital.

It's possible that the mapmaker (in-world or out) was thinking along these lines, equating the label "Dalmasca" with the city-name labels elsewhere on the map, and didn't realise the mistake until later. At which point, in-world at least, the map is 'done' and the error can't be fixed without making a mess of it.

It's possible we'll get a second-edition map with the name fixed, though!

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On a related note, is Doma supposed to be the capital of Yanxia?