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The Special Federal District of Cao has a mostly homogenous Daxian majority derived from centuries of pro-colonization policies and ethnic cleansing. Some [[Daxian people|Daxians]] have intermixed with the pre-colonization locals giving rise to a group of more swarthy and stocky looking Island-Daxians. Of the original Axolotl inhabitants there remains a small, extant population that does not exceed ten percent of the island's total. Small numbers of descendants of slaves from local nations such as [[Varshan]] and [[Quetzenkel]] also exist, usually living in precarious economic situations and indigency. The Varshani component is expected to rise with the possible resettlement of more Varshanis after the end of the wars of the Deluge, but with an accompanying strict implementation of natality controls to prevent the creation of a potential fifth column.  

[[Rusana|Rusani]] settlement was also allowed and even nurtured as in the past the ethnic group served to create an extra layer of insulationbetween the [[Daxian people|Daxians]] and locals. [[Rusana|Rusani]] are typically found in the lower bureaucracy and as small business owners. There are three mosques on the island available for practicing [[Rusana|Rusani]] Muslims, the International Friendship Masjid in [[Uxma-2]], the Abu Molokas Mosque in [[Moloka]] and the Center of Islamic Study in [[Zhenzhu]]. Racial intermixing was strictly banned until 1998 when controls were loosened, though it is still looked down upon and discouraged by most [[Daxian people|Daxians]] families. The island's society has a clear cut stratification of its ethnic groups with the [[Daxian people|Daxians]] at the top followed by the [[Rusana|Rusani]] and Axolotl, Varshanis and Quetzi occupy the lower rungs of the social pyramid.