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The strong bonds of ''tuva'' and the later and shallower onset of nationalism have resulted in Kiravians having a thick web of nesting and overlapping group identities and communal affiliations. | The strong bonds of ''tuva'' and the later and shallower onset of nationalism have resulted in Kiravians having a thick web of nesting and overlapping group identities and communal affiliations. | ||
===Cultural Groups=== | |||
For public policy purposes, Kiravian governments classify the numerous ethno-social groups into X broad categories: | |||
*'''Coscivians''' (''Koskidéruv'') - Subject peoples of the Coscivian Emperor from before the Continental War who keep the Four Precepts and the Four Rites and are self-identified and recognised as such, as well as peoples later declared Coscivians by the [[Executive College|Emperor's stewards]]. | |||
*'''Minorities''' (''Śudraplānonya'') - Civilized (that is, non-tribal) peoples native to the territory the Kiravian Federacy who were not (as bodies corporate) direct subjects of the Emperor before the Continental War, have a substantial history of cultural and political autonomy, and maintain a separate identity from Coscivians. | |||
**'''Celts''' - Non-Coscivians of Celtic ethnic and linguistic background | |||
**'''National Minorities''' - Meltotes and native Sydonans. | |||
**'''Scheduled Minorities''' - Non-tribal Boreal peoples listed in the Constitution - Rhūniks, Érhuans, Sikuryans, Skithanawites, Ainarom, Ekxõ, Wastani, Caoi. | |||
*'''Aboriginals''' - Tribally-organised peoples native to Great Kirav who held the status of ''umpéa'' under Imperial law. | |||
*'''Overseas Minorities''' - Non-Coscivian, non-Celtic peoples native to the Overseas Regions and Sarolasta. | |||
===Statistical demography=== | ===Statistical demography=== |