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Cities with large populations of urbanised ''harsitem'' include [[Kartika]], [[Primóra]], and [[Ilminsar]]. | Cities with large populations of urbanised ''harsitem'' include [[Kartika]], [[Primóra]], and [[Ilminsar]]. | ||
==Contemporary conditions== | |||
Today the ''harsitem'' population is 70-80% urban, both because of high rates of rural flight by members of these castes fleeing discrimination and because the economic transformations of the 20th century enabled many rural ''harsitem'' to escape their born identities and assimilate into the general ethnic majority of their region. Most ''harsitem'' remaining in rural areas are now engaged in agriculture, a field from which they were previously banned, either as smallholders or as labourers. Untouchability is still practiced by many Coscivians, especially in the countryside, but is no longer as pervasive as in the past. In urban areas, ''harsitem'' have been able to break into more diverse occupations, but nonetheless continue to dominate sanitation- and sewage-related jobs and their associated labour unions. | |||
===Politics=== | |||
''Harsitem'' are a somewhat competitive demographic, though with a pronounced lean toward provincial affiliates of the [[Coscivian National Congress]]. ''Harsitem'' were among the founders of the [[United Allegiance Society]], the main predecessor of the CNC, and both organisations had a strong emphasis on Coscivian unity and ending discrimination against the ''harsitem'' and ''yakavem''. In rural areas ''harsitem'' and ''yakavem'' often flaunt their Coscivian nationalist politics and associated symbolism as a way of affirming themselves as fellow Coscivians deserving of dignity, and also to differentiate themselves from the apolitical [[Ethnic groups in Kiravia#Trash_Coscivians|Trash Coscivians]]. In urban areas, ''harsitem'' are an important bloc vote that can be moved with the influence of ''harsitex'' unions and other organisations. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||