Cartadanians

Cartadanians or the Cartadanian people are a Romance nation and ethnic group indigenous to Cartadania who share a common Cartadanian culture, ancestry and language. They are citizens of the Federative Republic of Cartadania and are representative of the nation itself. A Cartadanian can also be a person born abroad to a Cartadanian parent or legal guardian as well as a person who acquired Cartadanian citizenship. Cartadania is a multiethnic society, which means that it is home to people of many different ethnic origins. As a result, the majority of Cartadanians do not equate their nationality with their ethnicity, usually embracing and espousing both simultaneously.

Definition
According to the Constitution of Cartadania, a Cartadanian citizen is:


 * Anyone born in Cartadania, even if to foreign-born parents.


 * Anyone born abroad to a Cartadanian father or mother, with registration of birth in a Cartadanian Embassy or Consulate. Also, a person born abroad to a Cartadanian father or mother who was not registered but who, after turning 18 years old, went to live in Cartadania;


 * A foreigner living in Cartadania who applied for and was accepted as a Cartadanian citizen.

By way of the constitution, all people who hold Cartadanian citizenship are equal under law, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or religion.

A foreigner can apply for Cartadanian citizenship after living for four uninterrupted years in Cartadania and being able to speak Cartadanian. A native person from an official Cartadanian language country (Ceylonia, Galicia, and Porlos), as well as a student under educational contract through the ARGUS program, can request Cartadanian nationality after only a single uninterrupted year living in Cartadania. A foreign-born person who holds Cartadanian citizenship has exactly the same rights and duties as the Cartadanian citizen by birth, but cannot occupy some special public positions such as the Presidency of the Republic, Vice-presidency of the Republic, Secretary of Defense, President Pro Tempore (of the Senate), Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Diplomat.

Pardo or multiracial/multiethnic people
Multiracials constitute the majority of Cartadania's population, with around 253.6 million people. The term Pardo or mixed-race Cartadanian is a rather complex one. Multiracial Cartadanians appear in hundreds of different shades, colors, and backgrounds. The average Cartadanian is often racially ambiguous, with features from various racial groups. This group typically is inclusive of any person who is of mixed descent and fits the aforementioned characteristics.

Levantine or Latinic
Latinic people and people of Levantine descent constitute the second largest group of Cartadania, with around 53.1 million people.

Audonian people
Audonians constitute the third largest group of Cartadania, with around 45.6 million people. These are people who have origins in any of the populations of Audonia other than Bulkh, Pukhtunkhwa, or Umardwal.

Alshari people
Alsharis constitute the fourth largest group of Cartadania at 9.9 million people which typically does not include mixed Alsharis.

Indigenous people
Indigenous peoples make up approximately 0.7% of the population, with around 2.6 million people spread across the nation. This includes those native to the Satherian forest areas, Pantanal and everglade regions, as well as the Suyara people of Porta Bianca, Lotoans, and native Solemians.