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Although legally there is no distinction between races and ethnicity, there remains significant differences, especially among different Levantine ethnic groups that reside in Asteria. The vast majority of Asterian citizens identify as their own ethnic group, regardless of their origins. Approximately seven out of every ten citizens consider themselves Asterians alone, most largely being of [[Ænglish people|Ænglish]], [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]], or [[Atemeraw]] descent, more often than not a mix of those three. Nearly every Asterian of [[Audonian]] descent, estimated at around 5.3% of the overall population, identify solely as Asterian as well. Due to past discrimination prior to the [[Asterian Civil War]], Audonians sought to rapidly integrate into Asterian society, and abandoned many of their distinctive customs in order to assimilate. However, there is a resurgence of Audonian culture, especially in the [[Lower Counties]], with [[Waverly]] having the largest ethnic Audonian population. Many reside in the [[Little Audonia]] neighborhood, which is the center of Audonian cultures, languages, and faiths in Asteria. | Although legally there is no distinction between races and ethnicity, there remains significant differences, especially among different Levantine ethnic groups that reside in Asteria. The vast majority of Asterian citizens identify as their own ethnic group, regardless of their origins. Approximately seven out of every ten citizens consider themselves Asterians alone, most largely being of [[Ænglish people|Ænglish]], [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]], or [[Atemeraw]] descent, more often than not a mix of those three. Nearly every Asterian of [[Audonian]] descent, estimated at around 5.3% of the overall population, identify solely as Asterian as well. Due to past discrimination prior to the [[Asterian Civil War]], Audonians sought to rapidly integrate into Asterian society, and abandoned many of their distinctive customs in order to assimilate. However, there is a resurgence of Audonian culture, especially in the [[Lower Counties]], with [[Waverly]] having the largest ethnic Audonian population. Many reside in the [[Little Audonia]] neighborhood, which is the center of Audonian cultures, languages, and faiths in Asteria. | ||
One of the greatest social issues likewise revolves around ethnicity. The majority who identify as Asterian are often in conflict with the Ænglish, Gaelic, and Atemeraw who chose to retain their pre-Civil War cultural identities. | One of the greatest social issues likewise revolves around ethnicity. The majority who identify as Asterian are often in conflict with the Ænglish, Gaelic, and Atemeraw who chose to retain their pre-Civil War cultural identities. Due to the 1930s-era campaign from both the government and the private sector called [[Asteria for Asterians]] led by [[Maxwell Brown]], people belonging to these groups began to identify solely as Asterian. Within a decade, the majority of Asterians identified as that group. The government, to justify this shift, argued that Asterians has formed a "...unique cultural, political, ethnic, and linguistic group, separate from the Levantines." Anti-Levantine attitudes especially developed during the 1950s, as the cultural push to create a unique Asterian ethnicity reached a fever pitch. Although the cultural movement slowed down and eventually ended by the early-1980s, it had accomplished virtually all of its goals, with 70.3% of all citizens identifying solely as Asterian, regardless of ethnicity or faith. | ||
=== Family === | === Family === | ||