Cartadanians

Cartadanians

Cartadanianos
Flag of Cartadania
Total population
c. 375 million (2023 estimate) Diaspora c. 3 million File:Cartadanian people around the world.svg
Regions with significant populations
Cartadania     369,586,126 (2023 estimate)
Caphiria	X
Pelaxia	X
Urcea	X
Ceylonia	X
Burgundie	X
Template:Country data Galicia	X
Languages
Cartadanian Indigenous languages Caphiric Latin and Levantine Latin Ænglish Coscivian Yytusche and Helvanic Lotoan Carnish Pelaxian Burgoignesc and derivatives (e.g., Charentais)
Religion
Primarily Catholic Christianity Minority of Spiritism, Irreligion, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam

Cartadanians or the Cartadanian people (Cartadanian: Cartadanianos) are a Romance nation and ethnic group native to Cartadania. They are citizens of the Federative Republic of Cartadania and are representative of the nation itself. The country has a diverse population with a range of national and regional identities that reflect its complex past. They typically share a common Cartadanian culture, ancestry and language. 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. Over time and as a result of large-scale immigration, Cartadania has become a multiethnic society, mostly from groups of Crona and the Odoneru basin, which means that it is home to people of many different ethnic origins. As a result, a large number of Cartadanians do not equate their nationality with their ethnicity, usually embracing and espousing both simultaneously.

One notable feature of Cartadania's ethnic landscape is the presence of multiple languages, including indigenous and local descendants of the Latin language imposed by the Imperium of Caphiria. The largest and only official language in the country is Cartadanian, which is a descendant of Caphiric Latin. However, there are also many other Romance languages spoken in different regions of the country, such as Ettian, which is the sole surviving indigenous language of the North Bay region. Other regional languages include Pelaxian, Charentais (through Burgoignesc), and even Latin itself, which has a sizable community of speakers.

Outside of Cartadania, there are many populations with Lusonic cultural elements who can trace their ancestry back to Cartadania. One such example is Lusonic Crona, a region at the edge of the Western Hemisphere that has a significant population of Cartadanian immigrants. Similarly, various islands throughout Polynesia, such as Lotoa, also have connections to Cartadania through the migration of Cartadanian peoples.

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.

Dispersal of peoples in the country

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.