Editing South America (section)

== Strategic importance ==
The continent had major importance for long-distance rule outside [[Tanoa]]. It connected Atlantic and Pacific routes, gave access to southern maritime approaches, and supported a broad extraction economy. South America also served as one of the largest territorial zones through which Tanoan influence could be projected beyond its original Pacific base.

Because of its size and resources, South America became one of the clearest examples of how the Tanoan state combined direct annexation, political annexation, and puppet rule into a single continental system.