Klatch
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In Terry Pratchett's fictional universe of Discworld, Klatch is both a country and a continent.
The country is a large multi-ethnic empire rimwards to turnwise of the Circle Sea. Its capital is Al Khali, and it includes outlying regions such as Hersheba and Syrrit. Klatch is a commercial rival of Ankh-Morpork -the book Jingo depicts a brief war between the two; but it is also Morpork's closest source of 'foreign' (the Sto Plains not really being considered foreign).
The continent consists of that part of the Disc's super continent that is rimwards of the Circle Sea. This encompasses a much larger area. Like the distinction between Europe and Asia, the difference between Klatch and the unnamed continent that Ankh-Morpork stands upon is arbitrary and cultural rather than geographically evident. The continent includes the Circle Sea states of Ephebe, Tsort, Djelibebi, Omnia, and the more rimwards territories of Howondaland, Tezuman Empire, Betrek, Smale, Klatchistan, and Muntab.