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The Special Federal District of Cao has a mostly homogenous Daxian majority derived from centuries of pro-colonization policies and ethnic cleansing. Some [[Daxian people|Daxians]] have intermixed with the pre-colonization locals giving rise to a group of more swarthy and stocky looking population termed Nysdrine-Daxians. Of the original Axolotl native inhabitants there remains a small, extant population that does not exceed ten percent of the island's total, this group has managed to remain genetically separate albeit their original language is considered defunct. Small numbers of descendants of slaves from nearby local nations such as [[Varshan]] and [[Quetzenkel]] also exist, usually living in very precarious economic situations, indigency and of uncertain legal status. The Varshani component is expected to rise with the possible humanitarian resettlement of more Varshanis after the end of the wars of the Deluge, but with an accompanying strict implementation of natality controls and special educational programs to prevent the creation of a potential revanchist fifth column.  

[[Rusana|Rusani]] settlement was also allowed and even nurtured as in the past the ethnic group served to create an extra layer of insulation between the [[Daxian people|Daxians]] and locals. During the [[Second Great War]], the all-Muslim [[Zarqan Batallions]] were stationed on the island by order of the Qian dynasty. [[Rusana|Rusani]] are typically found in the lower bureaucracy, as small business owners and in the island's security services. There are three mosques on the island available for practicing [[Rusana|Rusani]] Muslims to use, the International Friendship Masjid in [[Uxma-2]], the Abu Molokas Mosque in [[Moloka]] and the Center of Islamic Study in [[Zhenzhu]]. Racial intermixing was strictly banned until 1998 when controls were loosened, though it is still looked down upon and discouraged by most [[Daxian people|Daxians]] families. The island's society has a clear cut stratification of its ethnic groups with the [[Daxian people|Daxians]] at the top followed by the [[Rusana|Rusani]] and Axolotl, Varshanis and Quetzi occupy the lower rungs of the social pyramid.