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Being a global city, Mirzak is ethnically more diverse than other [[Daxia]]n cities both for its position as a place of trade and economic activity and for its past as an imperial center. Some twenty percent (roughly equivalent to some 5.2 million) of the city's inhabitants are of non-[[Daxian people|Daxian]] origin, with important communities of Muslims from [[Rusana]], imported north [[Crona]]ns indentured servants, Jews, abducted [[Coscivian]]s and more recent economic migrants from [[Polynesia]]. The most recent census distributes the different ethnic groups as follows: Daxian (79.5%), Rusani (6.6%), Jews (4.5%), Cronan (4.1%), Coscivian (2.7%) and Polynesian (2.6%). Mixing between ethnic groups is societally frowned upon so every group tends to live apart in its own separate ethnic clusters. While the [[Daxian people|Daxian]] population of the capital is reputed to be more open to foreign cultures, there are still powerful undercurrents of historical xenophobia. Previous foreign-born communities such as the [[Caphiria]]ns and [[Pelaxia]]ns were forced out in the late 18th century after the [[Pogrom of the Caphirians]] and that historic distrust of outsiders moving in remains strong in many sectors of the capital. Public demands for the forced acculturation of minorities continue to surface periodically. Neighborhoods populated by [[Crona]]n or [[Polynesia]]n peoples are more akin to underclass ghettos neglected by the city and often with only intermittent access to public services. The [[Zorfashazi|Jews]] and the [[Rusana|Rusani]] do fare better in great part thanks to their long association and interaction with [[Daxia]], "''as long as they remember their place''" a proper Daxian would say.  

Mirzak is renowned for its wide range of culinary offers ranging from what is termed 'High Daxian' cuisine to the most vile foods such as quasi edible corpse starch and worm gruel. The middle and high income classes have access to imported produce and international fast food brands while the vast underclasses survive on recycled food and [[Agario]] staples such as the mud cookie and aspic. One of the city's most eclectic offerings is its 'Blue Milk'. The creation of blue milk harkens back to a marketing campaign by [[Mirzak Dairy]] to transform cow milk into a luxury food, the first idea was to give it a 'classier' hue such as light blue. To achieve this without colorants the company undertook in genetic tampering of batches of cows until a creamier and more importantly blue milk was produced.