Kalistan

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Kalistani Cultural Protocol

Introduction
Kalistan is a nation of immigrants. The original stock of the Kalistani people were known as "Kalii" and seem to have arrived in Kalistan from what is now Likatonia. Kalistan then suffered significant cultural over run, first by Lodamese, and then Aldegarian conquerors, who added their own cultural influences to the stock. The nation was then conquered and colonized by Aldegarians. After the collapse of the Kemokian Empire, Kalistan unified under the crown in Ananto and became the home of refugees, settlers and n'er-do-wells from across Terra, each group adding its own influence to the Kalistani stock. Today, Kalistan is a unique ethnicity, with flavors from all over the world, added by each successive wave of arrivals from foreign nations.

Ethnicities
Kalistan's approach to ethnicity can be compared to that of the United States in real life in that the concept on ethnicity is not often used. Most citizens consider themselves "Kalistani" and claim a variety of cultural backgrounds. For this reason, there are no restrictions on the names that are used for characters, provided that they are conform the Game Rules regarding real-life names.

• Kalistani / 91%
  

The following cultures influence the "Kalistani Ethnic Identity" in the following quantities (roughly speaking):
(Artanian Based)
» Luthori (British/English)- 29%
» Gaduri (Hispanic/Latino)- 21%
» Dundorfian (German)- 17%
» Istalian (Italian)- 10%
» Canrillaise (French)- 8%
» Narik (Dutch) 4%
» Lurrian/Enskalan (Basque)- 2%

The remainder retain significant cultural markers that mark them as more recent, and therefore unique ethnic groupings, and their uniqueness from the general Kalistani culture is noted here.

(Dovani Based)

• Indralan (Chinese)-3%
  
• Asli (West African)- 1%
  

(Other)

• Other- 5%
  

Religions

(Hosian and Hosian Derived)

• Society of Brethren (Quakerism)- 74%
  
• Aurorian Patriarchal Church (Catholic)- 4%
  
• Septentrine (Ultrajectine Old Catholics)- 3%
  

(Other Qedrite Based)

• Yeudi (Judaism)- 3%
  
• Ahmadism (Islam)- 2%
  

(Non-Qedrite And Other)

• Daenism (Buddhism)- 1%
  
• No religion- 10%
  
• Other- 3%
  

Languages

• Northern Seleyan Luthorian (NSL)
  

» The most common language spoken in Kalistan is Northern Seleyan Luthorian (North American English). The main dialect of NSL spoken in Kalistan, by more than 80% of those who count Luthorian as their first language, is formally known as "Vrassan", but it is commonly referred outside of Kalistan as "Kalistani Luthorian" (Californian English). It is completely mutually intelligible with Standard Luthorian, though there is significant idiomatic and pronunciation differences.  Formal spelling conventions are also noticeably different.
» The second most common dialect of Luthorian spoken in Kalistan is known as Suldanoran (Chicano English) which is spoken by 20% of native Luthorian Speakers--this dialect is a full Luthorian Dialect that borrows heavily from Egelian pronunciation, adjective-noun order and syllabic emphasis.  It also incorporates some Egelian idioms and vocabulary, making it somewhat less mutually intelligible with Standard Luthorian than Vrassan.

• Egelian
  

» Egelian (Spanish), and specifically the dialect spoken in Gaduridos, holds a special status particularly among the young and students who frequently appropriate slang terms into Vrassan. This incorporation is the source of much of the idiomatic diversity in Vrassan. Most citizens speak an additional language such as Egelian (Spanish).
» Gaduri Egelian is the most common second language in Kalistan, and most people speak both Vrassan and Egelian competently. 

• Other
  

Other popular languages spoke regionally, as second languages, in Kalistan are
» Canrillaise (French), especially in Ananto
» Indralan (Chinese) in Suldanor
» Delic (Slavic) spoken in Vrassa
» Redn (Yiddish) spoken by some Yeudis across Ananto and Suldanor

Epilogue
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The canon Kalistani Cultural Protocol is found at:  http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.p...lid=627829