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Despite centuries of being organized under different polities, necessary trade and proximity interactions have made Copake's regional cultural groups relatively closely aligned. Copake culture is subject to a long-running project of {{wp|nation-building}} as the government has worked to identify key shared historical events, commonly held social mores, and other subjects which relate the once-disparate peoples together. As such, the work of defining Copake culture is still ongoing, and according to the prominent Kirvian scholar on Crona Velel Arenva, "Copake culture will...ultimately be determined by those who choose to be its practitioners or choose otherwise." In this sense, there is a public focus on democratizing the future of the Copake identity, as newly formed cultural institutions such as museums, schools, and magazines all offer their own version of what it means to be Copaish. | Despite centuries of being organized under different polities, necessary trade and proximity interactions have made Copake's regional cultural groups relatively closely aligned. Copake culture is subject to a long-running project of {{wp|nation-building}} as the government has worked to identify key shared historical events, commonly held social mores, and other subjects which relate the once-disparate peoples together. As such, the work of defining Copake culture is still ongoing, and according to the prominent Kirvian scholar on Crona Velel Arenva, "Copake culture will...ultimately be determined by those who choose to be its practitioners or choose otherwise." In this sense, there is a public focus on democratizing the future of the Copake identity, as newly formed cultural institutions such as museums, schools, and magazines all offer their own version of what it means to be Copaish. | ||
About a quarter of all Copaish people live in nomadic, pastoral-herding lifestyles in the northern and eastern portion of the country, while the majority of the settled population live in the Wappinger Peninsula. Between the settled and nomadic peoples are about ten percent of the Copaish population which are semi-nomadic, living in the same place for most of the year but traveling for either fishing or pastoral purposes about two months of the year. Significant cultural animosity exists between the fully nomadic peoples, called people of the range, and the settled people, with the animosity causing issues in Copake's pursuit of economic development and modernization. | |||
Significant differences exist between the settled and nomadic peoples of Copake, though they share a number of common social mores, a common religion, and a common language. Historical proximity to Varshani influence is one of the primary delineating factors. The centuries-long presence of Varshani rulers within Copaish cities created a cultural tendency towards deference to hierarchy in all elements of life, from accepting poor financial offers of the more affluent to everyday practices like allowing perceived betters to enter rooms and buildings first. Though some international educators have attempted to remediate this Varshani influence, it is nonetheless a defining characteristic of urban Copaish. The people of the range, meanwhile, had no such historic context of deference; they only occasionally interacted with the Varshani rulers, and as a consequence of the dynamic of settled-and-nomadic peoples, nomadic leaders often met with the Varshani as equals. Accordingly, a tension between the settled and nomadic/semi-nomadic people exist regarding behavior, with settled Copaish often expecting deference and even submission from the people of the range, while the people of the range often view the settled Copaish as docile and submissive. In the context of nation-building, some of the most radical Copaish nationalists originate in the range and disavow the "submissive attitudes" of a majority of Copaish city and town dwellers. | Significant differences exist between the settled and nomadic peoples of Copake, though they share a number of common social mores, a common religion, and a common language. Historical proximity to Varshani influence is one of the primary delineating factors. The centuries-long presence of Varshani rulers within Copaish cities created a cultural tendency towards deference to hierarchy in all elements of life, from accepting poor financial offers of the more affluent to everyday practices like allowing perceived betters to enter rooms and buildings first. Though some international educators have attempted to remediate this Varshani influence, it is nonetheless a defining characteristic of urban Copaish. The people of the range, meanwhile, had no such historic context of deference; they only occasionally interacted with the Varshani rulers, and as a consequence of the dynamic of settled-and-nomadic peoples, nomadic leaders often met with the Varshani as equals. Accordingly, a tension between the settled and nomadic/semi-nomadic people exist regarding behavior, with settled Copaish often expecting deference and even submission from the people of the range, while the people of the range often view the settled Copaish as docile and submissive. In the context of nation-building, some of the most radical Copaish nationalists originate in the range and disavow the "submissive attitudes" of a majority of Copaish city and town dwellers. | ||