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Relations between the Kiravian settler population and the indigenous Qualkee (or "Island Malki") have been generally peaceful, if one-sided. In the early phases of colonisation, low population densities, limited colonial interest in the interior, and prudent decisions by the colonial administration engendered good relations between the Kiravians and Qualkee. However, tensions inevitably emerged as the settler population grew and expanded at the expense of the Qualkee, who became subject to forcible displacement, disruption of their traditional economies, and cultural degradation. Diseases (both infectious and of environmental etiology), intermarriage, and policy violence all contributed to the absolute decline of the pure-blood Qualkee population from an estimated 64,000 in 1730 to just 22,654 in 2020 AD. In the 21st century AD, the colonial and federal governments have reached agreements guaranteeing the Qualkee more local autonomy and equitable access to land, forest products, and marine resources. It is estimated that between a quarter and a third of the settler population have Qualkee ancestry, though Qualkee leaders and autonomous institutions do not accept mixed-race persons as members of their community unless they were brought up in it from early childhood.

==Governance==