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The atomic bombing of the islands by [[Zurgite Varshan]] immediately created a sense of abandonment and disillusionment with the peoples of the islands, who have faced significant physical, economic, and psychological effects from the bombing. The most obvious example of this disillusionment came to the fore in the ready participation of many of the island's residents in the new Urcean-led government, but also in the form of some volunteers even being willing to serve in a military capacity in the very last stages of the war. Scholars have noted that there may be a survivorship bias involved, as the most ardently pro-Anzo, pro-Arzalist portions of the islands' population were likely conscripted into the Zurgite military and killed during the war or otherwise fled the advance of Occidental forces to the mainland. If this model is true, it would mean that latent anti-Anzo sentiment was always present in some significant portion of the population rather than created almost overnight, but significant debate and study continues to surround these issues.

In [[2034]], the population of the Seneca Islands was 8,581,966. This represents a significant decline from the islands' pre-war population of 11,502,593 as recorded in [[2021]]. The [[Final War of the Deluge]] generally and particularly the [[Atomic bombing of Zakan Rot|atomic bombing of Zakan Rot]] inaugurated a massive wave of people leaving the islands as refugees, particularly to [[New Harren]] and elsewhere in the Nysdra. Prior to the [[Final War of the Deluge]] and abolition of the Caste system, the Seneca Islands were notable within [[Varshan|Varshani]] society for possessing the highest percentage of [[Varshani caste system|both kinds of warrior castes]] per capita due to the significant naval militarization in the early 2010s. Although it did not possess the highest percentage per capita, the islands were among the leaders during the period of enslaved persons per capita as well in order to support the shipbuilding industry.

===Rikkyō calligraphy===

One of the most well-known cultural artifacts of Seneca society is the so-called "Rikkyō calligraphy", a type of both writing and art which was developed as a synthesis of [[Oyashima]]n and Varshani writing styles following the incorporation of the islands into Varshan. This style, which descends from the Hō-Rikkyō period, includes text characters from both languages as well as rich colors and imagery typically used in Varshan. The style became refined and standardized by about 1600 AD, after which time it became extremely fashionable in the court in [[Anzo]]. Documents in this style became known outside Varshan in the 1800s but only became widely available in the Occident, both originals and reproductions, after about 1920. The style was originally maintained by temple stenographers in and around Enuzha'Thaan in a closely-guarded and passed-on methodology, but it has since been copied and reproduced by many artists both Cronan and international. Today, this style of calligraphy commonly appears in Levantia and elsewhere as a generalized stand-in for the "exotic nature" of central Crona and Varshani society. Since the [[Final War of the Deluge]], the islands have become the site of niche tourism of artists and others seeking to obtain and commission true originals of this style, and many pieces are created and sold for export, playing an important role in the transition of the islands to its post-Varshan economic position within [[Urcea]].

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