Is YN a melting pot or a cultural mosaic?

[Fostoria]

Fostoria is mostly ethnically homogeneous within its constituent regions, consisting of the 3 "Fostorian Races"- Southern, Northern, and Gredorian- plus a large quantity of Fumihikan Asians in the southeastern border region. There is a medium-sized population of immigrants from foreign lands living in cities like Dessen Korelia, but they mostly form "enclave" neighborhoods.

[Yeremania]

Yeremanian culture is a mix of British, French, Lithuanian, Irish, German, Midwestern American, and Native Yeremanian culture, different states have different cultures so in that aspect it’s to an extent a mosaic, though amalgamation of cultures do exist, and are common, especially in Arcadia and Lithuance. Immigrants moving to Yeremania are expected to assimilate, and often 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants do become highly assimilated into Yeremanian culture, even though they may still also identify with their cultural background. So its a melting pot in that aspect, as people identify as Yeremanian first, then their respective cultural roots.

[New Rothera]

Definitely a cultural mosaic. Although the New Rotheran way of life is fundamentally Western in nature, and the lingua franca is English, the country has welcomed arrivals from all over the globe, and is very tolerant of different cultural practices as long as they do not infringe on the rights of others. Therefore it could be said that there is no singular "New Rotheran culture", as virtually all major human cultures have a presence in the country, although the sheer level of cultural interaction and intermixing may be seen as uniquely New Rotheran.

[Achaean Republic]

The Achaean Republic is a melting pot. We are a mixture of mainly Taíno/Arawak, Spanish, and African cultures, as well as from other peoples around the world that settled in our nation: Irish, French, British, Arab, Jewish, Asian, and more. Every ethnic group has enriched our Latin blood and has made us the nation we are today: we enjoy each other's foods, celebrate our respective religions, and incorporate our traditions into the Achaean social fabric.

There's a saying in Achaea: Nosotros no usamos guiones ("We don't use hyphens"), referencing our tendency to identify as Achaean first and, if necessary, with our heritage later.

[Auzkhia]

To say there is a culture of the realm is not quite true. There are many distinct cultures, though many may have some commonalities among them, that is a result of living years under the Empire. While German is the plurality, and de fact lingua Franca of the realm, we have a strong presence of Hungarians, Czechs, Poles, Slovaks, Slovens, Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Ruthenes, Romanians, Danes, Italians, and French, and we had a colonial empire that was even more diverse especially the colonies in Africa and the Pacific.

[HUElavia]

I'd say that HUElavia is a melting pot, since we have a very high mix of people in the country.

[Andocara]

Andocara is a cultural mosaic. There are lots of people who still identify with their ethnic origins even after 8 generations on the land. In addition immigrants of often identify as their ethnicity first, then Andocarian second. Most 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants still have strong ties to their culture. This is why different groups within the same race are distinctly differentiated, for examples the distinction between an Andocarian black person and a third generation West Indian immigrant, and the distinction between a European or White Andocarian and a 4th generation Scottish immigrant. So Andocara is certainly a cultural mosaic though there is a such thing as mainstream Andocarian culture that’s inclusive of all groups, but this culture only exist in integrated metropolitan areas.

[Isra the Veiled]

Considering our nation, we are completely ethnically homogeneous as all people who become part of our lands will find themselves completely Arabised and Islamised.

[Subhurbia]

A mosaic definitely. Each division is its own unique culture and have their own autonomy. The ideologies are very different in each division and this is what lead to Suhurbia’s unity problem it has today. The reason the governments of each division agreed to unite into a single federation is for economic and trade purposes, and it would benefit each division. The social, cultural, and ideological divide is still as strong as it was before the federation, so there are still a prevalence of different cultures. There had been a mixing of societies though, but it only resulted in the creation of new cultures, ie the Northeastern culture, Southeastern culture, Southwestern Culture, and Northwestern Culture. This only increased the number of cultures already present. So Suhurbia is definitely a mosaic of different cultures, and they all exist in different regions of the nation.

[Deltia-]

Melting pot. White and black Deltians have the same culture effectively. Minorites have to integrate or be kicked out.

[The Vexian Union]

Melting pot for sure.

[Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic]

Alinghi have aspects of both, that the diverse culture live togheter with create a comon culture, Alingan singel person live with own culture, but will accept teh common values to live peaceful with other perople, expecailly renounce the part of own culture what go againt to pricipe of "do what you wnat, until you will not break others right, also if the other is the your wife/hsuband, son, belogning differnt religion, different sexual orientation, etc...". Complessevely where also a medium levek of melting pot, due the extremely popualrity of mixed-race marriages. Alinghi also promote an intermediate way of menting pot and cultural mosaic. Alingan goverment fully support Intercultralism,

[Qara-Tumen Khanate]

We lie upon a historic trade route through Central Asia, and for more than 2,000 years merchants and nomads have traversed our vast steppes on the way to the distant Middle Kingdom.

It follows that our contemporary nation is a cultural melting pot. A blending of Saka and Sogdian peoples marks our earliest written historical records, and today our khanate is home to a wide range of cultures, from our indigenous Tumed and Kalmyks, to largePersianate and Arabic communities living side by side with Russian, Ukranian, Hungarian, Greek, and Chinese descended peoples

[Arillia]

More or less a Melting Pot. I mean with 100s of different alien cultures, the cultures just mesh together overtime, forming a brand new culture out of all the combined ones.

[Voxija]

I suppose Voxija is sort of both a melting pot and cultural mosaic. The main "Voxijan" culture is actually a mix of the culture of the Basques that arrived in early Voxijan history, and the culture of the indigenous people, or Viñak people. However, mostly in the 19th century, but also in other time periods, immigrants from many different cultures came to Voxija and usually stayed in their own ethnic enclaves and such. The most notable of these groups is the Romani, or gypsies, but other significant groups include Welsh, Timorese, and Sinhalese.

[Libereco kaj Paco]

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[Corunia and Mironor]

Corunia has historically been a melting pot due to the numerous amounts of peoples who have lived there, but today cultures who immigrate maintain their distinct traditions while somewhat syncretizing with the native culture, making it somewhat of a mosaic

Mironor doesn't receive many immigrants but when it does it usually falls into the category of a melting pot

[Polata City]

Polata City is a mosaic of cultures, with the Polatan culture being the main culture. There are multiple different cultures from the Thermodolians in the south to the First Nations in the north and everything in between.

[The Hell Legions]

There are clearly elements of all three in play, which makes sense given that Hell is billions of years old.

Hell (the plane) began as many different tribes of demons, which would go on to unify (into Hell, the nation) under threat of interdimensional invasion. This started as a cultural mosaic, as each of the tribes had their own cultural identity, though over a significant period of time it became closer to a melting pot, as the demonic population largely (but not entirely) became more homogenous, even though they consist of many different species, though a few species kept their particular cultures alive, such as Empusae.

However, Hell (the plane) is the afterlife, meaning everyone goes there when they die. While Hell (the nation) was originally geographically removed from where the souls of the dead would arrive, Hell (the nation) would find itself expanding enough to come into contact with where the souls of the dead settles, and the Arrival Point. This meant that Hell (the nation) would, from that point on, always have immigrants from every possible plane. Additionally, not all of Hell's immigrant population are souls of the dead - sometimes the living immigrate to Hell as well. This has been going on for much of Hell's history, but has become increasingly common in the past few thousand years.

The end result is Hell playing around with all three elements - melting pot, inverse melting pot, and cultural mosaic. Some degree of the melting pot is used insofar as no culture is above the law, forcing everyone to play by the same secular laws. Inverse melting pot exists as well, in that people from all cultures are encouraged to go out and experience other cultures. And cultural mosaic exists in that people of all cultures live in Hell, and those cultures are alive and well in Hell. Hell is a cornucopia of various, somewhat blended cultures.

[The Huterric Union]

Most definitely a melting pot. The melting pot is part of what drives the "Huterric Narrative" people from all over the world emigrate to Huterrica to be a part of.

[Vyzhva]

Vyzhva is neither of the two options in the opening post, since the borders of Vyzhva are closed completely. Immigration to the isolated country is strictly forbidden and all due to the preservationist policies of the government.

[Former Citizens of the Nimbus System]

Melting pot, one fuelled to blazing temperatures by fires set by every citizen. Active investigation of, incorporation of and improvement upon the best of all cultures is a core part of 'the Nimban' - and, indeed, the moniker of 'Nimban' isn't even regarded as an ethnic identity so much as a mindset in which anyone can participate. This, combined with incredibly liberal immigration policies and an emphasis put on self-actualisation by specialisation and lateral thinking harnessed to aid the collective, makes the Wardship's cultural discourse vibrant and utterly rapid. Think of it as a melting pot, yes, but one with new ingredients being thrown in (and, indeed, concentrated from the best parts of the whole, reproduced and improved upon and then thrown in again) constantly.

[Cronica]

The question of if Cronica has its own distinct culture, distinct enough to be separate from its traditional German/European roots has been a debate lasting since its conception.

While many view Cronica as a melting pot of German culture mixed with surrounding Asian and Oceanic culture, there are also many people who view it as indistinguishable from Europe, and viewing foreign influence as merely separate. The government's official stance is that it's multicultural, wanting closer ties with Europe while still encouraging coexistence between widely different cultures. A European travelling to Cronica for example, may find it hard to believe they're on a different continent sometimes.

Cronica might not be old enough to have its own distinct identity yet. Perhaps through time though, Kronikiers might one day decide to start forming their own way of life.

[The Ross Isles]

The Ross Isles is homogenous in the sense that most residents can trace at least part of their ancestry to families who have been in the country for over 100 years and the settlers that moved to the Ross Isles during this period were practically all Europeans. Though despite this, different cultures exist on the Ross Isles and immigration to the Ross Isles is no longer solely European. The two largest cultural groups in the Ross Isles are those descended from the original British colonists and later British, Irish and Jewish settlers, whose differences have now faded away to form one English-speaking culture that is the main cultural group in most of the country’s territory, and the German-descended settlers of Neuhannover, who make up nearly 30% of the population and predominate in the area around the city of Neuhannover, with German remaining the primary language in this area.

[Shalotte]

Shalotte has experienced negligible (likely zero) migration for centuries.

Human habitation of the archipelago of Shalotte is believed to have begun with an initial wave of prehistoric settlers, presumably of indeterminate Celtic origins, who began arriving on the isles during the period between 1000 - 800 B.C. Since 800 B.C. there is no evidence of any further influxes of people. Historians are uncertain as to whether these waves of settlers arrived by accident, or by choice, nor are they certain precisely how they arrived, considering Shalotte's extreme geographical isolation in the midst of the largely-stormy Debruné Sea. It is a considerable distance to the next-nearest landmass, which makes some reluctant to support the idea of a land bridge to the isles, but sailing across that distance using the technology of the time would have been a difficult proposition to say the least.

In any event, this geographical isolation, lack of migration for such a prolonged period of time, coupled with the Shalotte archipelago itself being quite small - with an area of only around 4,160 square miles in total, and its constituent islands all being within visual range of each other - has led to a significantly homogenous society in all respects, which was aided by the isles having achieved relative political unity in the early first century. Though no census has been conducted, with no recorded instance of migration for millennia it is simply assumed that 100% of Shalottes are also of the native Shalotte ethnicity.

All Shalottes speak the same language, Hebréden. There are few regional variations; only on the northernmost islands of Paen and Duená are there any noticeable accents or regional dialects. Those islands are more difficult and dangerous to reach due to the particularly stormy seas, and they are the furthest away from the capital, Alauna, and so have developed in (comparative) isolation. Only in recent years has any kind of foreign influence on the language been felt; the language had developed in complete isolation for almost three millennia until regular contact with the wider world was established in the 20th century. There is only one religion in the archipelago too, and this has been so for so long that Shalottes themselves don't even have a specific, formal name for it.

There are tales of foreigners having washed up in shipwrecks on Shalotte's shores in the distant past and having been nursed back to health by locals, though it is unclear how true they are - they could be folklore, and historians are unable to match any details of these stories (nor the boats they describe, which are suspiciously similar to traditional Shalotte designs of the era) with any known, contemporaneous foreign cultures. Until contact with the outside world was truly established, these tales were the closest things to 'cultural exchanges' in recorded Shalotte history - and if they did indeed occur at all, there is no apparent trace of them anywhere in the cultural record besides the stories themselves.

Since the 20th century Shalotte has been made aware of the outside world, however, and increasing communications have taken place. The discovery that Shalottes were not alone in the world led to something of a 'renaissance', as foreign inventions and ideas slowly seeped into the islands. Their language, Hebréden, has since adopted the Latin letter 'p' into its alphabet, for instance, for which there was no equivalent previously. The capital, Alauna, switched on its first electric grid in 1985 and is now the first city to have a telephone network, as a direct result of contact with the outside world.

No migrations - either inwards or outwards - are known to have taken place even today, however. Foreign visitors have been just that - visitors - and tended to deal with the Gaeltyn and other influential people exclusively, rather than interact with the populace to any significant degree. There is little about Shalotte that is thought to be particularly enticing to foreign migrants; few Shalottes speak a foreign language, infrastructure is extremely under-developed, the islands themselves are subject to an unpleasant, year-round frigid, oceanic climate, there are minimal natural resources of note, and the sorts of comforts and luxuries that some foreign cultures might be accustomed to simply don't exist.

And while some Shalottes have gleefully borrowed from foreign sciences and languages, few cultural ideas have made their way across to the archipelago, and most Shalottes outside of the three largest settlements have continued their traditional ways of life unchanged, with little interest in the outside world or what it could do for them. As such, it remains a largely insular, homogenous culture on the whole, despite the best efforts of some in the Gaeltyn to change that.