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The latest census gives Mirzak a population of 25,674,154 of which 12,323,593 are male and 13,350,560 are female. The average age of Mirzak residents is 42.3. The current birth rate in Castra Mirzak is 5.29 births per 1,000 inhabitants. Being a global city, Mirzak is ethnically more diverse than other [[Daxia]]n cities both for its position as a place of trade and economic activity and for its past as an imperial center. Some twenty percent (roughly equivalent to some 5.2 million) of the city's inhabitants are of non-[[Daxian people|Daxian]] origin, with important communities of Muslims from [[Rusana]], imported north [[Crona]]ns indentured servants, Jews, abducted [[Coscivian]]s and more recent economic migrants from [[Polynesia]]. The most recent census distributes the different ethnic groups as follows: Daxian (79.5%), Rusani (6.6%), Jews (4.5%), Cronan (4.1%), Coscivian (2.7%) and Polynesian (2.6%). Mixing between ethnic groups is societally frowned upon so every group tends to live apart in its own separate ethnic clusters. While the [[Daxian people|Daxian]] population of the capital is reputed to be more open to foreign cultures, there are still powerful undercurrents of historical xenophobia. Previous foreign-born communities such as the [[Caphiria]]ns and [[Pelaxia]]ns were forced out in the late 18th century after the [[Pogrom of the Caphirians]] and that historic distrust of outsiders moving in remains strong in many sectors of the capital. Public demands for the forced acculturation of minorities continue to surface periodically. Neighborhoods populated by [[Crona]]n or [[Polynesia]]n peoples are more akin to underclass ghettos neglected by the city and often with only intermittent access to public services. The [[Zorfashazi|Jews]] and the [[Rusana|Rusani]] do fare better in great part thanks to their long association and interaction with [[Daxia]], "''as long as they remember their place''" a proper Daxian would say. Despite some public protests, the city administration has long mulled over the prospect of petitioning to the central government for a loosening of the restriction on foreigners residing in the country to boost economic growth by attracting highly educated or wealthy individuals to Mirzak. Currently qualifying aliens can only reside in the country continuously for a period of up to six months, the city's proposal would see that period extended to a ceiling of five years if a foreigner has made significant investments in the city(the amounts required to qualify as 'significant' have not been publicly disclosed).

Another culinary practice of Mirzak is the consumption of the common green crab which is widely considered to be an invasive species. Green crab is common in [[Daxia]]'s eastern shores where it is thought to have arrived from after migrating from western [[Crona]]; the species is not as popular there due to its depletion of the local mollusk population. Mirzak's green crabs are used extensively in soups and sauces, buttered green crab legs are a popular and inexpensive street food that can be found literally every few blocks. The decadent upper crust of the city enjoy green crab meat with flakes of gold and seasoned with expensive spices.