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Culturally, Vallos is a rich tapestry and has often seen the convergence of the [[Crona|Cronans]], the [[Polynesian people|Polynesians]], and the [[Latinic people|Latins]]. This in turn has led to the emergence of ethnic groups that take pride in their mixed ancestry to some extents. However, it must be made clear that just because the people of Vallos are more likely to be of mixed ancestry it doesn't necessarily mean that the subcontinent hasn't had its fair share of chauvinistic ethno-nationalism and xenophobia. The most notable, and perhaps the most infamous, being from the [[Delepasians]], [[Pelaxian language|Pelaxian]]-speaking people who claim descent from the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]], who for decades took part in a [[Navidadian System|system of institutionalised racial laws]] designed to deprive the [[Loa]] of civil and political rights until it was forcibly dismantled in the 1990s.

Formerly a part of the [[Oustec|Kingdom of Oustec]] until its dissolution and partition after the [[Odurian War]] in 1859, the '''Republic of Arona''' is the sole [[Taineans|Tainean]] nation-state in Vallos, albeit with a distinct Urcean influence after many years of being a protectorate of [[Urcea]] (most notably in its form of government, that being a form of [[Julian republic]]). This last fact has often been seen as a thorn on the side of those in Vallos who subscribe to the idea of the dangers of [[Levantine Creep]], which in turn has resulted in less than sublime relations between most of the other independent nations of Vallos with [[Rumahoki]] being the sole exception due to its sizeable and politically active Tainean minority. It does, however, hold the last remnants of the traditional Tainean culture found before the colonial era complete with a significant warrior ethos on account of it having been a military frontier, something that also applies to its form of [[Reform Tainean]] which retains much of the innovations of the pre-reform tongue.

The former colony is now a [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] [[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|constituent country]] with its own merits, sporting a large material and transportation economy for the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]]. Despite this economic reliance the land is known for its proud, [[Mercantile Reform Protestant]] population of those who settled the foliage-riddled jungle frontier. The country's transport economy would come in the next century after the area developed a capacity to support itself. In present day, [[Equitorial Ostiecia]] has a diverse economy and population, though being an extremely outward-facing country, its resources are sent abroad for manufacturing. Meanwhile, the populace primarily works in the tertiary economy and largely does so from concentrated, urban, coastal settlements. Still, this area of Vallos knows comparative prosperity.

It was once the crown jewel of the [[Pelaxia|Pelaxian]] colonial empire as the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]], such a status that led to the rise of a form of nationalism known of [[Delepasian exceptionalism]] which once served as the main ideology for many of the Delepasian polities from 1852 until the end of the [[Rumahokian Civil War]] in 1996. These days, it is a multicultural nation that boasts one of the most biodiverse regions in the subcontinent, and holds one of the strongest economies in the region as well, with the [[Special Economic Zones (Rumahoki)|special economic zone]] in [[Portas Gemeas]] being home to many of the Vallosi branches of some of the world's largest multinational companies.