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The Empire of Walosia has numerous natives. Ever since the victory in the Great War and the expansion to the nearby islands, numerous natives have been put under Walosian rule. Here are the largest native groups:
Latinians:
The Latinian heritage can be traced back to the early 12 000BC. They mostly lived on the eastern parts of the mainland and lived in peace and prosperity until refugees from the nearby kingdoms came to seek protection from the wars and prosecution. They were let into the city and in return, the refugees gave them new technology and provided military strength. In a matter of just three years, the city`s population increased from just 10 000 to over 50 000 and by the end of the century, the total population was 80 000. The Latinians saw prosperity and economic growth with the expanding of both their territorial land and their population, but that also resulted in more interest from the other countries. The kingdom of Walosia was soon equal to the other countries in military strength and economic power. This culminated in the Great War and resulted in the founding of The Empire of Walosia. Today, the estimated population of the full blooded Latinians is ought to be in the 55 millions, but the exact number is not available. The biological culture has been spread throughout the country, so the total number of people who recognize themselves as Latinians might be at least 5 times larger than the total number of full-blooded Latinians.
The Latinian culture can be very much compared to the real world roman culture. The language of the Latinian culture is Old Latin, which is both de facto, and de jure language of Walosia to this date. (Not old Latin, but Latin). Their traditional dress is the white and red toga (which also is the national symbol of the Walosian culture) and their love of wine and beef. This culture is the culture that has influenced the Walosian culture the most.
Notable Latinians:
Gaius Quintillus Caesarion (227BC) (The first emperor of Walosia, note that he was only half Latinian)
Attica Pomepia Quinta (1340) (Womens rights advocate and the first female supreme court justice, elected into office in 1375)
Markus Oktavian Caesar (224BC) (The first law professor at Waldovia University)
Palaiós (usually written in its original Greek: παλαιός)
This group of indigenous people has its origin in the southeast parts of the mainland. We can trace their origin back to the years before the founding of the kingdom of Oksavidus. However, they faced persecution and unlawful treatment by the hands of the Oksavian king and in 900BC, they separated from the Oksavian Kingdom and formed the kingdom of Haules. When The Empire of Walosia was founded, especially when Emperor Caesar I took the throne, he enacted a bill, which outlawed all public use of other languages than Latin, which resulted in a devastating blow to many cultures, but especially the Palaiósian indigenous people, which had used Greek for a long time. This resulted in the near extinction of the Greek language in the Empire and it wasn’t revived until the early 16th hundreds when Leonidas Tulus, by using ancient Palaiósian texts manage to learn himself old Greek and took upon himself to teach students in Walosia the language.
The Palaiósian culture bears many similarities to the Latinian, however, they were more focused on democracy and poetry than their western counterparts. And when the Latinians worshiped the roman paganism, the Palaiósians worshiped the Greek polytheism. Their language of tongue was ancient Greek until about 180BC when the usage of Greek was outlawed. Total amount of Palaiósians in Walosia today is roughly 1.5 million.
Notable Palaiósians:
Agapetos Theophilos Nikodemos (One of the most important philosophers in Walosian history)
Democritus Eustorgius (Famous Walosian politician/senator)
Emperor Constantine I
Theron Pythagoras Aristotle (Famous mathematician)
Voltumoian
This group of indigenous people has its origin in the northern part of Logata. Their heritage can be traced back to the early 2000BC and perhaps even earlier. Up throughout the history, the Voltumoian have faced persecution and massacres by the Logatian Emperor. Only in the early 400BC, they managed to separate from the Logatian Empire and form a separate nation. This nation where in constant conflict with the Logatian Empire and in the year 315BC, after 75 years of existing, the Voltumoian nation was overthrown and the area again put under Logatian rule. When Emperor Gaius Magnus I attacked Logata in 130AD, he managed to get the alliance of the Voltumoian and with their assistance; Magnus managed to annex the island. Because of their help, the Voltumoian was entitled to full citizenship and to the same rights as any Walosian.
This group of indigenous people has a huge similarity to the Ancient Egyptian culture, however, the language used by the Voltumoians are Spanish. Even though Emperor Caesar I outlawed the use of any other language than Latin, they where unable to control the usage of Spanish, the language flourished and is today the third most spoken language in Walosia. Their religion of choice was Egyptian mythology. Today about 27 million people categorizes themselves as Voltumoians.
Notable Voltumoian
Enrique Gonzales, Musician (1978)
Empress Valentina I (1456)
Julio Rodriquez, Senator, (1567)
Emma Lopez, Author (1789)
Montañeses
This group of indigenous people also has its origin on the Logatian Island, however, this group was located in the south and even the Logatian Empire wasn’t able to put them under their rule. This group can trace their heritage back to the early 3000BC, but wasn’t “discovered” until Emperor Gaius Magnus I invaded the island. This group of indigenous people lived completely separated and isolated from their northern counterparts. Their first introduction to other cultures and other people didn’t happen before 131BC when Magnus´s forces first discovered the Montañeses. He decided that all cultures and all indigenous people should get the same rights as every Walosian.
This group of indigenous people has huge similarities to the Indian culture and their language of choice is Hindi. However, this language isn’t as integrated as the Spanish because of extensive language policy by the Walosian government. Their religion of choice was Buddhism, but that went the same way as the language. This group today has lost most of their linguistically and religious heritage. Today there are about 7 million Montañeses in Walosia, most living in the southern Logata.
Notable Montañeses:
Rahul Saxena, senator (1765)
Shreya Malik, actress (1986)
Shivangi Nayar, Political activist (1346)
Empress Arya I (1766)
Normandian
This group of indigenous people has their origin at the island of St. Halvards, especially in the northern parts of the island. Their heritage can be traced back to the late 1000BC and before the Walosian-Normandian conflict; the Normandians hadn’t been involved in a conflict whatsoever. They lived along side their piers until Emperor Quintillus II bought the island in 458AD. Emperor Quintillus II decided to give all natives on the island citizenship and all the same rights as a regular Walosian. However, the Normandians didn’t take the change in government with such joy and they decided to take military action against the Walosian intruders. However, do to lack of military expertise and military equipment, they were completely sacked by the Walosian Armed Forces. The total population of the Normandians during the Walosian-Normandian conflict decreased from 2 million to about 60 000 before the conflict ended and a peace treaty was signed.
This group has huge similarities with the Nordic people, before the Christianization of Scandinavia. Their religion of choice is the Norse mythology their language of choice is Norwegian, but since the total amount of Normandians are at such a low number, the Norwegian language mostly been scraped and the Normandians went over to learning Latin. Today, about 600 000 categorizes themselves as full-blooded Normandians.
Notable Normandians:
Gustav Adulfson, inventor (967)
Harald Halfstad, Famous Normandian military commander, (428)
Helga Nillson, Walosian senator, (1459)
Karl Gustavson, poet (657)
Anglian
This group of indigenous people has their origin on the island of Kingston, especially the western parts of the island. They had a kingdom, called “The Kingdom of Kingston”, which Walosia traded extensively with this very kingdom, but because of political disagreements, economical and cultural reasons, Emperor Augustus annexed the island in 54 AD. But before the Walosian forced put the island of Kingston under their control, the Anglian was a quite warmongers people. Numerous native tribes went extinct because of the Anglians lust for blood and fresh slaves. However, they didn’t want to face the Walosians on the battlefield, since they knew that they would be obliterated, so when Emperor Augustus attacked the island in 54AD, the attack only lasted 64 days and ended with the execution of the tribal chief of the Anglians. The other Anglians was granted a citizenship and full rights to become Walosian citizens. Some pockets of resistance remained, but most of the Anglians realized defeat and went over to live as Walosians.
This group of indigenous people worshiped the religion of Christianity and their language of choice was old English, which later evolved into becoming the English used by Walosians today (besides Latin). Even though Caesar I outlawed all usage of other languages than Latin, the English language flourished and is today the second most spoken language in Walosia. This native group also bears a lot similarities to the old English/British culture and today, about 39 million Walosians categorizes themselves as Anglians. The usage of Anglian names has also been quite popular, especially with the generation before the current one (those who are born after 1990 fall into the category of “current generation”).
Notable Anglians:
Empress Victoria (832)
Annabelle Wellington, author (1200)
James Hetfield, musician (1879)
Mark Galigan, president (1976)
Maldovians
Little is known about the Maldovians, when President Romulus along side Emperor Lucifer II colonized the western parts of Maldovia in 1614, the Maldovians were only primitive tribals with no form of a written language, they spoke an extinct language and because of several linguistically barriers between the Government of Walosia, Khelshar and the tribals, most of them was relocated and sent to internment camps where they should learn to become Walosians. The Khelsharian government did the same and today this culture is mostly extinct. However, you have those who say they descend from the Maldovians, but that’s hard to prove.