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Food in Malentina is heavily focused on a mixture of large variations of fish, crustaceans, large insects and lambs, served with corn cooked in a variety of ways as well as a number of local spices. | Food in Malentina is heavily focused on a mixture of large variations of fish, crustaceans, large insects and lambs, served with corn cooked in a variety of ways as well as a number of local spices. | ||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
Malentina is a | The demographics of Malentina is noted for having a large amount of diversity in the religious, cultural, and political spheres. This has led to a situation wherein there exists a great power imbalance between the average citizenry and the political elites. It is only through the support of radical elements which ensure a fiercely loyal armed forces that the ruling classes of Malentina has been able to keep the nation united. | ||
=== | === Ethnic Demographics === | ||
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There are currently five main ethnic groups in Malentina, each of whom with differing ethnic origins that happen to have a few similarities in some cases. The largest ethnic group is the [[Ardmistizo]] people, people of primarily mixed indigenous and Ardmori ancestry, this group is closely related to the [[Costizo]] people, currently the fourth-largest ethnic group in the country, who themselves are primarily of mixed indigenous, [[Coscivian]], and [[Cartadanian]] ancestry. The names of these two ethnic groups are respectively the portmanteau of Ardmori and Mestizo, and Coscivian and Mestizo; Mestizo, meaning "mixed person" in [[Pelaxian language|Pelaxian]], is a word that originates in [[Vallos]] and was used to describe the descendants of mixed race Vallosi-Pelaxian couples who lived in the interior areas of the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]]. The second-largest ethnic group is the indigenous [[Maaleen people]], followed closely by the indigenous [[Tinuud people]] as the third-largest ethnic group in the country. Both the Maaleens and the Tinuuds are the original inhabitants of the islands that make up Malentina, and it is from these two groups that the country gets its name from. The fifth-largest ethnic group in Malentina, and supposedly one of the more powerful ethnic groups due to their greater amounts of wealth on average, are the [[Ardmori people#Ænglo-Ardmori|Ænglo-Ardmori]] people; the descendants of Ænglish Protestant refugees who have fled to [[Ardmore]] from mainland Levantia due to Ardmore's relatively tolerant attitude towards Protestants. They are also closely related to the [[Arco people]] of [[Arcerion]] and have historically played a huge role in Ardmori, Arcer, and Cronan history as a whole. The smallest two ethnic groups are small groupings of indigenous people and Occidentals who are not of a significant enough population to be given their own category; they are mostly [[Kelekonese people|Kelekonese]], [[Telekonese]] and [[Pan-Qabóri civilization|Qabóri people]] for the former, and non-mixed [[Coscivians]] and [[Cartadanians]] for the latter. The Kelekonese and Telekonese people in Malentina are usually either the descendants of North Songunese people who have moved to the archipelago during the height of the [[North Songun civilization]] or the descendants of refugees who have fled [[Kelekona]] in the late 1970s, and the Qabóri people are the descendants of settlers from the [[Qabóri Woqalate]] (now [[Tierrador]]); all three groups are, much like the Ænglo-Ardmori people, wealthier on average compared to the rest of the country's populace. | |||
=== Linguistic Demographics === | |||
There exists four main linguistic groups in Malentina, which are primarily based upon ethnic origins, but they may also be described in terms of the environment that a given demographic has been raised in; for example, a Maaleen family raised in a primarily Ænglo-Ardmori neighborhood is more likely to pick up Ænglish than a Tinuud family raised in a primarily Costizo neighborhood. The main linguistic groups are as follows: | |||
* People of mixed-race origins, those being the Ardmistizos and Costizos, are the most likely group to be multilingual; mixed-race people typically speak an indigenous language, such as Maalit or Tiiu, and an Occidental language such as [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] and [[Cartadanian language|Cartadanian]]; the [[Coscivian language|Conscivian]] language, although not classified as an Occidental language due to [[Kiravia]]'s largely longtime insular isolation, is often grouped in with Ænglish and Cartadanian for the sake of simplicity; | |||
* People of largely Occidental origins, such as the sizeable [[Ardmori people#Ænglo-Ardmori|Ænglo-Ardmori]] minority and the smaller groupings of both [[Cartadanians]] and [[Coscivians]] (again, Coscivians are generally not classified as Occidental; they are grouped in with the other two ethnic groups for simplicity's sake); these three groups often speak their own languages, though Ænglish has been picked up as a sort of a nationwide {{wp|lingua franca}} due to its sheer prevalence; | |||
* People of Maaleen origins primarily speak Maalit, an indigenous tongue found in Malentina; | |||
* People of Tinuud origins primarily speak Tiiu, another indigenous tongue found in Malentina; | |||
* Although these languages have not been given their own category due to the low amounts of them in Malentina, the North Songunese tongues of [[Kelekonese language|Kelekonese]] and [[Telekonese language|Telekonese]] are spoken amongst the Kelekonese and Telekonese minority in Malentina; | |||
* Similarly, there exists those who speak the [[Qabóri language]] as their primary tongue; although not an official linguistic group, this minority is noted to have enough political influence to make Qabóri an official language in Malentina. | |||
=== Religious Demographics === | |||
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Most of Malentina follows some variation of the Arcer Ænglican Church. Although the largest portion follows traditional Ænglicanism, more than half of all Ænglican followers are part of smaller divergent branches, only one of which, the Ænglic-Samuelites, is even close to being comparable to the mainline branch. | |||
Outside of the Ænglican followers, the nation is mostly split between the various native beliefs. These beliefs developed mostly separately from the mainland religions because of the isolation of the island tribes. Wakabiism is therefore a group of beliefs and ideas only found on the islands, although it shares many similarities to other animist concepts of the coastal regions surrounding the Malentine Sea. | |||
Wakabiism is split into three main groupings, with some smaller outliers most of which are slowly dying out. These focus on animist worship mainly focus on a few particular ideas. These include ancestral deification, the display of gratitude for both the natural elements such as plants and animals when harvesting them plus the people who harvested them for you, as well as the study and use of the phase of the moon and the position of the stars for use in religious guidance, the tracking of time and holiday ceremonies as well as astrological implications for the destinies of newborn. | |||
The largest of the Wakabii branches is the Neomaalit branch, which is a reformed branch focused on implementing nationalistic and socialist ideas into the old religious ideas. These ideas include more conservative ideas such as the equity of the citizenry of the nation and the heavy taxation and regulation of international entities working within the nation. Some also hold more radical ideas such as the freeing of the nation from it's imperialist ruling class as well as a complete shift towards a fully planned economy. Even though the partaking in this group is still considered treason against the Confederation according to the Treaty that created the modern government, the enforcement of this policy has lost all it's power. At this point there is even political parties with seats in the parliament who not only espouse this position but actively campaign as it's representatives. | |||
The other two main Wakabii branches, the Tinastii and Maalit, both hold much vaguer beliefs and ideas. Today for most of their followers they function more as philosophical guidelines to helping followers live a righteous and good life rather than a strict religious code. One of the few core ideas held among almost all of their followers however is a strong rejection of the Neomaalit as a group of desecrating heretics who actively corrupt the true path of the faithful. | |||
While the Irreligious only make up 1.6% of the Malentinan population, they make up 21% of the top 1% most wealthy individuals. The irreligious demographic used to be closer to 7%, but they were one of the most heavily affected groups by the post-revolution cleansing, leading to the majority of them either fleeing or becoming victims of the crime. | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||