You must think one distinctive trait of the vikings for the algonquins, and then traslate it. I mean, the drakkars, weapons, physical traits or the viking cuisine can identify them. Or, use a norse name and give it a quasi algonquin transliteration.
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You must think one distinctive trait of the vikings for the algonquins, and then traslate it. I mean, the drakkars, weapons, physical traits or the viking cuisine can identify them. Or, use a norse name and give it a quasi algonquin transliteration.
Lordemen/ Lordomanni/ Lordemanos/ Lorðmaðr
Ancestry: The Lordemen are an ethnic group that resulted from the synthesis of Norsemen who settled in northern Iberia, Briton refugees, and the indigenous Hispano-Romans, Subei and Goths that inhabited the medieval kingdom of Leon prior to Gunderedo's conquest in 968.
Location: Kingdom of Lordemania (Galicia + Asturias + Cantabria + Castile + Leon + northern Portugal) with diaspora in the Hesperides (Americas)
Religion: Historically Roman Catholicism and Norse paganism; mostly irreligious and "cultural Catholic" with a small minority of neo-pagans affiliated with the greater Aerós (Aryan) movement.
Population: 3.5 million in Lordemania, potentially millions of descendants in the Hesperides.
Culture: Unlike their Lusitanian and Baetican neighbors to the south, the Lordemen display little if any Arab-Berber influence. Lordemen like their Norse ancestors are proudly attached to the open sea, being the among the first Europeans to discover the Hesperides in 1291. A traditional right of passage for adolescent Lordemen is to construct their own longship. Also Lordemania, again due to Norse influence, was a bit more egalitarian in terms of gender roles. This was especially noted in inheritance where the eldest child, regardless of gender would inherit their father's lands, leading to many second sons of Lordemen regardless of social rank seeking fortune overseas.
History: The Lordemen owe their ethnogenesis to Gunderedo Araldres (also known by his famous nickname Gunderedo Marey) and one hundred longships. Legend has it that an un-named Leonese countess came to Gunderedo requesting that his forces help overthrow her brother Gonzalo Sanchez. He decided to use this as a pretext to raid the cities of Leon, defeating multiple armies commanded by Bishop Sisnando Menendez, Count Gonzalo Sanchez, the un-related Guillen Sanchez of nearby Gascony who was on pilgrimage to Compostela and the monarch Sancho I of Leon. Upon capturing Leon, Gunderedo became its king and married the countess, beginning the four century long reign of the Mareyes, or the Sea Kings. Leon legally remained Leon for several centuries but by the mid fourteenth century, Leon was officially Lordemania.
Ancestry: The Lordemen are an ethnic group that resulted from the synthesis of Norsemen who settled in northern Iberia, Briton refugees, and the indigenous Hispano-Romans, Subei and Goths that inhabited the medieval kingdom of Leon prior to Gunderedo's conquest in 968.
Location: Kingdom of Lordemania (Galicia + Asturias + Cantabria + Castile + Leon + northern Portugal) with diaspora in the Hesperides (Americas)
Religion: Historically Roman Catholicism and Norse paganism; mostly irreligious and "cultural Catholic" with a small minority of neo-pagans affiliated with the greater Aerós (Aryan) movement.
Population: 3.5 million in Lordemania, potentially millions of descendants in the Hesperides.
Culture: Unlike their Lusitanian and Baetican neighbors to the south, the Lordemen display little if any Arab-Berber influence. Lordemen like their Norse ancestors are proudly attached to the open sea, being the among the first Europeans to discover the Hesperides in 1291. A traditional right of passage for adolescent Lordemen is to construct their own longship. Also Lordemania, again due to Norse influence, was a bit more egalitarian in terms of gender roles. This was especially noted in inheritance where the eldest child, regardless of gender would inherit their father's lands, leading to many second sons of Lordemen regardless of social rank seeking fortune overseas.
History: The Lordemen owe their ethnogenesis to Gunderedo Araldres (also known by his famous nickname Gunderedo Marey) and one hundred longships. Legend has it that an un-named Leonese countess came to Gunderedo requesting that his forces help overthrow her brother Gonzalo Sanchez. He decided to use this as a pretext to raid the cities of Leon, defeating multiple armies commanded by Bishop Sisnando Menendez, Count Gonzalo Sanchez, the un-related Guillen Sanchez of nearby Gascony who was on pilgrimage to Compostela and the monarch Sancho I of Leon. Upon capturing Leon, Gunderedo became its king and married the countess, beginning the four century long reign of the Mareyes, or the Sea Kings. Leon legally remained Leon for several centuries but by the mid fourteenth century, Leon was officially Lordemania.
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Confederates
Ancestry: Most White Confederates or Euro-Confederates tend to be British descendants (i.e. English, Welsh, Scottish and Ulster-Scots) but some have Irish, German, French/Cajun, Italian, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Jewish (Ashkenazic and Sephardi) and/or Serbian descendants as well. Black Confederates or Afro-Confederates are descended from slaves taken from West Africa. Creole Confederates have mixed ancestry (European, African and/or Amerindian). Indian Confederates are descended from the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chochtaw, Creek/Muscogee and Seminole). Asian Confederates are mostly Filipino and Chinese.
Location: Confederate States of America (CSA) with some diaspora in Britain, France and a few other countries.
Religion: Protestant Christianity; Some practice Roman Catholic Christianity, Orthodox Christianity, Judaism and occasionally old Indian faiths. A small minority are atheists.
Population: 106 million (75%-80% White, 5%-15% Black, 2.1%-3.1% Creole, 1.5% Indian and 0.5% Asian)
Culture: Confederate culture is based primarily around the planters and Africans from the antebellum era.
Language: Confederate English (Basically British English with a Southern twang)
History: The Confederates owe their existence to the planter dominated society of antebellum America from the 18th century and 19th century respectively. The increasing divide between the South and the North both culturally and ideologically led to tensions boiling every now and then but largely remaining peaceful later on. However by the early to mid 1850s, intersectional tension had reached it's boiling point after the Battle of Santa Fe between the United States and Texas this of course led to the creation of the Confederate States in 1853. The Confederate States fought and won the War of Confederate Independence/War of the Southern Rebellion between 1853-1855. Since then, the Confederate States have continued to develop their culture which underwent a number of changes such as the reluctant abolition of slavery in 1877 due to the Panic of 1873, the Negro Exodus*, the Cuba War, the Banana Wars, World War I, World War II, the Cold War and the present day.
Notes:
1. Because the Confederate States won the War of Confederate Independence/War of the Southern Rebellion (the Civil War's name ITTL), there is no equivalent of sharecropping since Reconstruction never happens. Also, since slavery in the Confederate States ended due to the Panic of 1873 without war the race relations between Whites and Blacks while are not nearly as bad as OTL but still not on equal terms and with the slaves freed many are reluctant to accept them owing to competition with poor whites and fears of miscegenation this led to most emigrating to the United States in what became known as the Negro Exodus or sticking to peonage for the whites that are willing to employ them.
Ancestry: Most White Confederates or Euro-Confederates tend to be British descendants (i.e. English, Welsh, Scottish and Ulster-Scots) but some have Irish, German, French/Cajun, Italian, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Jewish (Ashkenazic and Sephardi) and/or Serbian descendants as well. Black Confederates or Afro-Confederates are descended from slaves taken from West Africa. Creole Confederates have mixed ancestry (European, African and/or Amerindian). Indian Confederates are descended from the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chochtaw, Creek/Muscogee and Seminole). Asian Confederates are mostly Filipino and Chinese.
Location: Confederate States of America (CSA) with some diaspora in Britain, France and a few other countries.
Religion: Protestant Christianity; Some practice Roman Catholic Christianity, Orthodox Christianity, Judaism and occasionally old Indian faiths. A small minority are atheists.
Population: 106 million (75%-80% White, 5%-15% Black, 2.1%-3.1% Creole, 1.5% Indian and 0.5% Asian)
Culture: Confederate culture is based primarily around the planters and Africans from the antebellum era.
Language: Confederate English (Basically British English with a Southern twang)
History: The Confederates owe their existence to the planter dominated society of antebellum America from the 18th century and 19th century respectively. The increasing divide between the South and the North both culturally and ideologically led to tensions boiling every now and then but largely remaining peaceful later on. However by the early to mid 1850s, intersectional tension had reached it's boiling point after the Battle of Santa Fe between the United States and Texas this of course led to the creation of the Confederate States in 1853. The Confederate States fought and won the War of Confederate Independence/War of the Southern Rebellion between 1853-1855. Since then, the Confederate States have continued to develop their culture which underwent a number of changes such as the reluctant abolition of slavery in 1877 due to the Panic of 1873, the Negro Exodus*, the Cuba War, the Banana Wars, World War I, World War II, the Cold War and the present day.
Notes:
1. Because the Confederate States won the War of Confederate Independence/War of the Southern Rebellion (the Civil War's name ITTL), there is no equivalent of sharecropping since Reconstruction never happens. Also, since slavery in the Confederate States ended due to the Panic of 1873 without war the race relations between Whites and Blacks while are not nearly as bad as OTL but still not on equal terms and with the slaves freed many are reluctant to accept them owing to competition with poor whites and fears of miscegenation this led to most emigrating to the United States in what became known as the Negro Exodus or sticking to peonage for the whites that are willing to employ them.
Crazy Boris
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Kongolars
Location: Mostly Maranhao, Piaui, and Ceara, with smaller populations in the rest of Brazil, and a diaspora of a few hundred split between Angola (entirely in Luanda) and Portugal (roughly 50/50 split between Ponta Delgada in the Azores and Lisbon)
Ancestry: Almost entirely BaKongo, with smaller amounts of other African ethnic groups, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language: Brazilian Portuguese (Kongolar dialect)
History: The Kongolars are the descendants of BaKongo from Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo who, as colonists, found themselves in Brazil's northeast. The early Kongolars mostly worked in fishing and logging, many Kongolar communities later became ranching communities as the forest retreated westwards. Over time, the Kongolars culture began to syncretize with that of their Portuguese neighbors, creating a unique mix of the two. The Kongolar dialect emerged as a result of this cultural exchange, featuring unique pronunciations of some words, and KiKongo loanwords. In the Brazilian Empire, they were recognized as a distinct group and Dom Pedro II supported and partially funded the Kongolar Cultural Museum in Fortaleza. After the abolition of the Brazilian Monarchy, the Kongolars lost their status as a distinct people and were officially classified as part of the larger Afro-Brazilian demographic, and began to assimilate into the larger Brazilian populace, until the 1970s, when the Kongolar Renaissance started and they began to assert their identity as seperate from other Afro-Brazilians and preserve their unique culture and dialect. The Kongolars have not yet been officially re-recognized as a distinct ethnicity, but in the 2018 Brazilian census, just over 14 million people put down their ethnicity as Kongolar.
Location: Mostly Maranhao, Piaui, and Ceara, with smaller populations in the rest of Brazil, and a diaspora of a few hundred split between Angola (entirely in Luanda) and Portugal (roughly 50/50 split between Ponta Delgada in the Azores and Lisbon)
Ancestry: Almost entirely BaKongo, with smaller amounts of other African ethnic groups, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language: Brazilian Portuguese (Kongolar dialect)
History: The Kongolars are the descendants of BaKongo from Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo who, as colonists, found themselves in Brazil's northeast. The early Kongolars mostly worked in fishing and logging, many Kongolar communities later became ranching communities as the forest retreated westwards. Over time, the Kongolars culture began to syncretize with that of their Portuguese neighbors, creating a unique mix of the two. The Kongolar dialect emerged as a result of this cultural exchange, featuring unique pronunciations of some words, and KiKongo loanwords. In the Brazilian Empire, they were recognized as a distinct group and Dom Pedro II supported and partially funded the Kongolar Cultural Museum in Fortaleza. After the abolition of the Brazilian Monarchy, the Kongolars lost their status as a distinct people and were officially classified as part of the larger Afro-Brazilian demographic, and began to assimilate into the larger Brazilian populace, until the 1970s, when the Kongolar Renaissance started and they began to assert their identity as seperate from other Afro-Brazilians and preserve their unique culture and dialect. The Kongolars have not yet been officially re-recognized as a distinct ethnicity, but in the 2018 Brazilian census, just over 14 million people put down their ethnicity as Kongolar.
Ijaw
Location: Ijostan (OTL: Equatorial Guinea's Río Muni region, whole Gabon and southwestern Republic of the Congo)
Ancestry: Predominantly West African origin, with a minority who were descended from the assimilated western Pygmies, also known as Mbenga.
Religion: Predominantly Christian, mostly syncretized with traditional Ijaw religion.
Languages: Ijaw languages
History:
Confirming the legends concerning their origins, the present-day Ijaws hailed from the Niger Delta region in present-day Nigeria, which was confirmed by the recent archaeological findings in the said area, plurality of whom were given to the Ijaw authorities in Okoloama (OTL Libreville), the national capital. Because of their original locations, the ancestors of the present-day Ijaws became well-known as able fishermen who can able to travel beyond their original homeland. Eventually, these humble men would eventually settled in a relatively empty land situated between the present-day Cameroon and Ubangi (OTL Democratic Republic of Congo), particularly in the coastal area; this would trigger the successive waves of migration of Ijaw people to their new homeland, which was the result of overpopulation in the Niger Delta, as well as conflicts with neighboring ethnic groups, as their territory had expanded inland, which eventually led to the linguistic assmilation of the Mbengas, a collection of hunter-gatherers who originally lived in the interior. Curiously, the patterns of settlement of the Ijaws reflected the origins of the prominent clans when they were in the Niger Delta: the northern (originally western Delta) and southern (originally eastern Delta) Ijaws. In the waves of Ijaw migrations, they obviously brought their own culture, including a written language, which was actually a variant of the North African Tifinagh abjad. Originally a confederation of the most prominent and powerful clans, the Ijaw country became unified as a kingdom under the leadership of the Ibani clan/tribe in the 15th century.
Location: Ijostan (OTL: Equatorial Guinea's Río Muni region, whole Gabon and southwestern Republic of the Congo)
Ancestry: Predominantly West African origin, with a minority who were descended from the assimilated western Pygmies, also known as Mbenga.
Religion: Predominantly Christian, mostly syncretized with traditional Ijaw religion.
Languages: Ijaw languages
History:
Confirming the legends concerning their origins, the present-day Ijaws hailed from the Niger Delta region in present-day Nigeria, which was confirmed by the recent archaeological findings in the said area, plurality of whom were given to the Ijaw authorities in Okoloama (OTL Libreville), the national capital. Because of their original locations, the ancestors of the present-day Ijaws became well-known as able fishermen who can able to travel beyond their original homeland. Eventually, these humble men would eventually settled in a relatively empty land situated between the present-day Cameroon and Ubangi (OTL Democratic Republic of Congo), particularly in the coastal area; this would trigger the successive waves of migration of Ijaw people to their new homeland, which was the result of overpopulation in the Niger Delta, as well as conflicts with neighboring ethnic groups, as their territory had expanded inland, which eventually led to the linguistic assmilation of the Mbengas, a collection of hunter-gatherers who originally lived in the interior. Curiously, the patterns of settlement of the Ijaws reflected the origins of the prominent clans when they were in the Niger Delta: the northern (originally western Delta) and southern (originally eastern Delta) Ijaws. In the waves of Ijaw migrations, they obviously brought their own culture, including a written language, which was actually a variant of the North African Tifinagh abjad. Originally a confederation of the most prominent and powerful clans, the Ijaw country became unified as a kingdom under the leadership of the Ibani clan/tribe in the 15th century.
Nubian American
Language : Neo-Nobin (modernised and standardised version of Nobin) though most of the new generations only speak it at home
Origin : Refugees fleeing to America in the face of a wave of increased repression in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Religion: syncretised sect of Islam
Culture : Nubian with accumulated mainstream African American influences
Region : Have settled mainly in urban centers along the eastern coast
Language : Neo-Nobin (modernised and standardised version of Nobin) though most of the new generations only speak it at home
Origin : Refugees fleeing to America in the face of a wave of increased repression in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Religion: syncretised sect of Islam
Culture : Nubian with accumulated mainstream African American influences
Region : Have settled mainly in urban centers along the eastern coast
New Netherlanders/Nieuwnederlanders
Ancestry: Descendants of original existing Dutch settlers who had been settled in vast swathes of former Dutch North America through added by German, Flemish, and French immigrants alongside with the English and the Native Americans who had been intermarried with the Dutch settlers traced back to 17th to the early 19th century; Newcomers of the 19th century immigration and the American territorial expansion and the California Gold Rush allowed the existing New Netherlander population to disperse to vast least populated areas and also the Afro-New Netherlanders that includes the African populace in the former Dutch colony has been already integrated into mainstream Afro-American society
Location: State of New Netherland, Pennsylvania, Adirondack, and relatively small populations within the Western New England; California and other states where the New Netherlanders had long been migrated during the territorial expansion; Major cities like New Amsterdam, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, Beverwijk, New Orleans, Atlanta, and other U.S. cities; also the New Netherlanders shared small population in Anglophone countries (United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand), and medium-sized population in the Netherlands; large minority in the Philippines including the Cordillera Mindanao, and the hills of Calabarzon
Religion: Predominantely Lutheran and Roman Catholic religion; various Protestant sects and vast majority are nonreligious
Origin: Former Dutch North America
Culture: Predominantly and historically Dutch culture now assimilated into mainstream American culture but retained the language and its cultural practices but however, this group plays role in reshaping the mainstream American culture including musical instruments and cultural ways as well as bringing the New Netherlander culture into global-scale
Language: American Dutch (New Netherland standard) and Standard Dutch but divided into varieties of dialects based on how many states does the New Netherlander have settled or populated
Status: Official language in the states of New Netherlands, Pennsylvania, and Adirondack but also in other states like California, Louisiana, or Kansas have shared large portions of ethnic New Netherlander/Dutch Americans and officially recognized as the language of the federal government of the United States alongside with Spanish due to passage of Minority Languages Act
Media: Dutch American language play a key role in reshaping the media industry of New Netherland to which due to its language being official based on status, several media companies like New Netherlands Radio and Television Authority (NNRT) have been established as a source of main media for Dutch Americans.
Ancestry: Descendants of original existing Dutch settlers who had been settled in vast swathes of former Dutch North America through added by German, Flemish, and French immigrants alongside with the English and the Native Americans who had been intermarried with the Dutch settlers traced back to 17th to the early 19th century; Newcomers of the 19th century immigration and the American territorial expansion and the California Gold Rush allowed the existing New Netherlander population to disperse to vast least populated areas and also the Afro-New Netherlanders that includes the African populace in the former Dutch colony has been already integrated into mainstream Afro-American society
Location: State of New Netherland, Pennsylvania, Adirondack, and relatively small populations within the Western New England; California and other states where the New Netherlanders had long been migrated during the territorial expansion; Major cities like New Amsterdam, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, Beverwijk, New Orleans, Atlanta, and other U.S. cities; also the New Netherlanders shared small population in Anglophone countries (United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand), and medium-sized population in the Netherlands; large minority in the Philippines including the Cordillera Mindanao, and the hills of Calabarzon
Religion: Predominantely Lutheran and Roman Catholic religion; various Protestant sects and vast majority are nonreligious
Origin: Former Dutch North America
Culture: Predominantly and historically Dutch culture now assimilated into mainstream American culture but retained the language and its cultural practices but however, this group plays role in reshaping the mainstream American culture including musical instruments and cultural ways as well as bringing the New Netherlander culture into global-scale
Language: American Dutch (New Netherland standard) and Standard Dutch but divided into varieties of dialects based on how many states does the New Netherlander have settled or populated
Status: Official language in the states of New Netherlands, Pennsylvania, and Adirondack but also in other states like California, Louisiana, or Kansas have shared large portions of ethnic New Netherlander/Dutch Americans and officially recognized as the language of the federal government of the United States alongside with Spanish due to passage of Minority Languages Act
Media: Dutch American language play a key role in reshaping the media industry of New Netherland to which due to its language being official based on status, several media companies like New Netherlands Radio and Television Authority (NNRT) have been established as a source of main media for Dutch Americans.
Sagallese
Language : Sagallese is practically Russian with few Ethiopian, Somalian and Afar loanwords - including a distinctive Afar accent. Curiously, Sagallese is more intelligible with Ukranian than Russian. Also, sagallese speak the regional languages.
Origin : The expedition of Achinov in 1889 to the Gulf of Tadjoura (OTL Djibouti) founded the settlement of Sagallo. ITTL Achinov has a stronger support from the Russian empire and populates quickly the settlement, finishing the port in record time, allowing to increase trade and transport. The Sagallo Cossack Host was created in 1896, providing the security against the constantly increasing french expeditions against Sagallo, and the ever increased majority of Cossacks that emigrated to new lands. In future conflicts, Sagallo secured the entire gulf and strenghted ethiopian defenses.
Religion: Sagallese are mostly orthodox. A mosque was built in 1894, besides the Church of Saint Philip. Near the port, an hinduist temple was built, due to the traffic between India and Sagallo and the continued presence of indian traders. Some synagogues can be found, due to the also incipient community of ethiopian jews.
Culture : Cossack culture is strongly entrenched but due to the increased interactions with Afar, many new features were adopted, like cuisine (injera is a common food among the Sagallo Cossacks), cloth and songs. Currently, the Ethiopian president appoints cossack generals, as Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and many other countries with Cossack Hosts.
Region : In the Autonomus Region of Sagallo, Ethiopia (OTL Djibouti), there are 3M sagallese. Other communities can be found in Yemen, Egypt, Kenia, Pakistan and India.
Language : Sagallese is practically Russian with few Ethiopian, Somalian and Afar loanwords - including a distinctive Afar accent. Curiously, Sagallese is more intelligible with Ukranian than Russian. Also, sagallese speak the regional languages.
Origin : The expedition of Achinov in 1889 to the Gulf of Tadjoura (OTL Djibouti) founded the settlement of Sagallo. ITTL Achinov has a stronger support from the Russian empire and populates quickly the settlement, finishing the port in record time, allowing to increase trade and transport. The Sagallo Cossack Host was created in 1896, providing the security against the constantly increasing french expeditions against Sagallo, and the ever increased majority of Cossacks that emigrated to new lands. In future conflicts, Sagallo secured the entire gulf and strenghted ethiopian defenses.
Religion: Sagallese are mostly orthodox. A mosque was built in 1894, besides the Church of Saint Philip. Near the port, an hinduist temple was built, due to the traffic between India and Sagallo and the continued presence of indian traders. Some synagogues can be found, due to the also incipient community of ethiopian jews.
Culture : Cossack culture is strongly entrenched but due to the increased interactions with Afar, many new features were adopted, like cuisine (injera is a common food among the Sagallo Cossacks), cloth and songs. Currently, the Ethiopian president appoints cossack generals, as Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and many other countries with Cossack Hosts.
Region : In the Autonomus Region of Sagallo, Ethiopia (OTL Djibouti), there are 3M sagallese. Other communities can be found in Yemen, Egypt, Kenia, Pakistan and India.
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All About the Nihonése People
By National Geographic Kids
Where Did They Come From? - After the 1598 eruption of Mount Fuji, Japan would suffer from harsh winters and massive crop failures as the warring states of the Sengoku period were unable to establish order. The Great Asian Famine forced thousands of starving Japanese citizens to flee their home islands in search of greener pastures in the south. While several attempted to migrate to Formosa, around 400,000 Japanese migrants settled on the Philippine archipelago, which was under the control of the Spanish East Indies. As more migrants learned how to speak Spanish and converted to Catholicism, the Spanish Empire referred to the naturalized immigrants as Nihonés to distinguish them from the Japonés who still lived on the Japanese archipelago.
What Did They Do? - Many Nihonése migrants were experienced soldiers and samurai of the Sengoku period when the Japanese archipelago was in a constant state of civil war. Thanks to their experience in firearms and combat, a large number of Nihonése troops fought in the Spanish conquest of Maluku and the Wars of Supremacy. Other immigrants became merchants and plantation owners, trading spices across distant Spanish colonies. Examples of Nihonése influence on modern cuisine can be seen with popular dishes such as shogado (gingered pork), sushi (fresh fermented fish), and zaru (chilled spicy noodles). Nihonése traditions such as woodblock prints, silk textiles, and porcelain ceramics have also found their way all across the world.
Where Are They Now? - Most Nihonése peoples are found in the Philippines, Formosa, and Maluku but diasporic populations exist all across Mainland Asia, the Americas, Europe, and even parts of North Africa. It is estimated around seven million people worldwide identify as Nihonése while their cultural influence has made itself known to this day. However, anti-Nihonése pogroms have also become common in several countries as governments have begun to associate Nihonése influence with corruption and inequality. As of now, it is important that we stand against intolerance by recognizing the rights to life and liberty for all individuals, regardless of their race or ethnicity.
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Russo-Koreans
Language: Russian with 16% korean loanwords
Origin: Russia wins russo japanese war and russian settlers move into korea and inter mix with korea
Religion: Russian Orthodox
Culture: Mix of Russian and Korean Culture
Region: OTL North Korea
Language: Russian with 16% korean loanwords
Origin: Russia wins russo japanese war and russian settlers move into korea and inter mix with korea
Religion: Russian Orthodox
Culture: Mix of Russian and Korean Culture
Region: OTL North Korea
Fo-Eez Ku'Kuhk: President of the Aahk Autonomous Oblast.
Aahk
Language: Aahkaar
Ancestry: Neanderthal (75%), North Eurasian Sapiens (25%)
Religion: Uarz Mlaahk (Mother Bear)
Culture: Arctic Hunter-Gatherers.
Region: Yuzhny Island
Population: 142
Brief History:
The Aahk have lived in the reigon since the ice-sheets subsided thousands of years ago. Their culture revolves around hunting, fishing, and during the brief summers, some foraging. Traditionally they've lived in skin and bone tents during the sunny season and a deep cave network during the winters.
The Aahk have been interacting with anatomically modern humans for most of their history. They call Sapiens 'Kree-Aahk' or just 'Kree', meaning 'Wicked' in the Aahk language. Their first recorded interactions with Europeans was through the Novgorodians in the 11th century.
The Aahk are notable for their extraordinarily close relationship to the polar bears of Novaya Zemlaya. Somehow, the Aahk have managed to create a kind of 'truce' with the bears, whereby they manage separate territories. The Aahk feed the bears and the bears attack intruders fiercely.
This strategy worked in fending off Siberian peoples for thousands of years, however Russian surveyors in the late 19th century killed the majority of the 'Zemlyan Bears' with whom the Aahk had fostered a relationship.
Aahk people became a curioisity in the 19th century and were deemed the 'missing link' by many. Dozens of Aahk people lived out their days in zoos well into the 20th century. Aahk people have significantly different vocal chords than humans and thus, while they have a language, human languages are incredibly difficult for the Aahk people to learn and vice versa.
During the soviet era, many more Aahk were allegedly kidnapped and experiments were performed on them.
The Aahk are the only 'Non-Human Hominids' in the world. However the U.N. specifically extends full human rights to them.
In Post-Soviet Russia the Aahk Autonomous Oblast was created for the remaining Aahk people.
The current President of the Aahk Autonomous Oblast is Fo-eez Ku'Kuhk. This is considered a revolutionary step for the matriarchal Aahk people, who'd traditionally been led by their 'Mother of Mothers'.
First Known Photograph of Aahk People; Fyodor Malchinsky's 1893 'Funeral For a Man-Beast'.
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Saharians (los Saharaúis)
Location: Sahara (OTL Western Sahara).
Origins:
Of mixed North African and Iberian origin through a series of migrations as a result of Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.
Religion: Predominantly Mozarabic Christians (Ebionite-influenced), with a sizeable Christians of other denominations.
Language: Saharaui Spanish
Culture: "Mozarabic" (mixed Berber and Iberian)
Related Groups: Canarians, Spaniards, Berbers, current population of Hispanic American countries.
History:
The ethnogenesis of the Saharaui people was the result of a series of migrations from the Iberian Peninsula as a result of the Reconquista by the Roman Catholic kingdoms, whose objective was to get rid of the "heretics" from their territories; they were composed of Romanized Arabo-Berbers (the elite and warrior class) and the loyal Iberian population who professed their Mozarabic (Christian denomination influenced by Ebionitism) faith (the bulk of the population); they were accompanied by the Sacalibas (military clans of Eastern European origin) and some Cathar followers; they were augmented by the arrival of a portion of population from the former kingdom of Granada as the later fell to the combined Castilian-Aragonese troops (under the Catholic Monarchs) in 1492. On their arrival to their new homeland, they found a relative barren land, with little population. Thus, the Saharauis had toiled blood and sweat to make the said region more inhabitable by applying the methods they already used back home, particularly the irrigation of barren lands for agriculture. Curiously, the Saharauis, especially the females, had significantly contributed to the current genetic make-up (Saharaui mtDNA: 35%-70%, depending on the country of origin) of the Hispanic American populations as the result of a series of migrations in the course of 16th century as the result of an agreement between King Miguel de la Paz and his Saharaui counterpart Ashiā IV in exchange of giving the latter a status of protectorate/tributary state and giving up its claim on the Canary Islands; it was perceived that the Saharaui women were desired because of their "exotic" beauty. Just like its Iberian counterparts (huérfanas reales), most of these migrants were either orphans, daughters of serfs and slaves or prostitutes, and they were instructed to intermarry with the surviving male descendants of the native peoples, mostly sons of those who were killed in either the initial confrontation with the Spaniards or through the diseases that were introduced earlier, thus, most of them ended in the villages, small towns and provincial cities.
Location: Sahara (OTL Western Sahara).
Origins:
Of mixed North African and Iberian origin through a series of migrations as a result of Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.
Religion: Predominantly Mozarabic Christians (Ebionite-influenced), with a sizeable Christians of other denominations.
Language: Saharaui Spanish
Culture: "Mozarabic" (mixed Berber and Iberian)
Related Groups: Canarians, Spaniards, Berbers, current population of Hispanic American countries.
History:
The ethnogenesis of the Saharaui people was the result of a series of migrations from the Iberian Peninsula as a result of the Reconquista by the Roman Catholic kingdoms, whose objective was to get rid of the "heretics" from their territories; they were composed of Romanized Arabo-Berbers (the elite and warrior class) and the loyal Iberian population who professed their Mozarabic (Christian denomination influenced by Ebionitism) faith (the bulk of the population); they were accompanied by the Sacalibas (military clans of Eastern European origin) and some Cathar followers; they were augmented by the arrival of a portion of population from the former kingdom of Granada as the later fell to the combined Castilian-Aragonese troops (under the Catholic Monarchs) in 1492. On their arrival to their new homeland, they found a relative barren land, with little population. Thus, the Saharauis had toiled blood and sweat to make the said region more inhabitable by applying the methods they already used back home, particularly the irrigation of barren lands for agriculture. Curiously, the Saharauis, especially the females, had significantly contributed to the current genetic make-up (Saharaui mtDNA: 35%-70%, depending on the country of origin) of the Hispanic American populations as the result of a series of migrations in the course of 16th century as the result of an agreement between King Miguel de la Paz and his Saharaui counterpart Ashiā IV in exchange of giving the latter a status of protectorate/tributary state and giving up its claim on the Canary Islands; it was perceived that the Saharaui women were desired because of their "exotic" beauty. Just like its Iberian counterparts (huérfanas reales), most of these migrants were either orphans, daughters of serfs and slaves or prostitutes, and they were instructed to intermarry with the surviving male descendants of the native peoples, mostly sons of those who were killed in either the initial confrontation with the Spaniards or through the diseases that were introduced earlier, thus, most of them ended in the villages, small towns and provincial cities.
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Egyptian Britons
Location: Egypt
Origin: British Settlers in Egypt Following British Victory in the Suez War (OTL Suez Crisis)
Religion: Protestant, Sunni Muslim
Language: British English or Anglo-Arabic
History: After the British and French Victory in Egypt Britain Created a settlement program and Incentivised Britons from the uk to settle in egypt so the natives cant rebel overtime more settlers came and Britons Became A Plurality in Upper Egypt thus keeping lower Egypt in check and also keeping Egypt as a colony in the British Empire
Location: Egypt
Origin: British Settlers in Egypt Following British Victory in the Suez War (OTL Suez Crisis)
Religion: Protestant, Sunni Muslim
Language: British English or Anglo-Arabic
History: After the British and French Victory in Egypt Britain Created a settlement program and Incentivised Britons from the uk to settle in egypt so the natives cant rebel overtime more settlers came and Britons Became A Plurality in Upper Egypt thus keeping lower Egypt in check and also keeping Egypt as a colony in the British Empire
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Afrikanim
Location: Nazi Mittel Afrika
Origin: Remaining Jews In Nazi Germany Deported to Nazi Mittel Afrika
Religion: Judaism
Language: Yiddish, Africanised Hebrew, Congolese Patois
History: After German victories in stalingrad and the caucasus and a narrow loss at moscow germany won world war 2 and got african colonies and the belgian congo Nazi Germany deported all surviving jews to work camps in Mittel Afrika after 5 years of work they were released and after a while the surviving jews settled all over mittel afrika and slowly a community of jews in mittel afrika was developed they now call themselves the Afrikanim and speak Yiddish and Africanised Hebrew Some also Interbred with the local africans causing the Afrikanim to have 20% sub saharan dna
Location: Nazi Mittel Afrika
Origin: Remaining Jews In Nazi Germany Deported to Nazi Mittel Afrika
Religion: Judaism
Language: Yiddish, Africanised Hebrew, Congolese Patois
History: After German victories in stalingrad and the caucasus and a narrow loss at moscow germany won world war 2 and got african colonies and the belgian congo Nazi Germany deported all surviving jews to work camps in Mittel Afrika after 5 years of work they were released and after a while the surviving jews settled all over mittel afrika and slowly a community of jews in mittel afrika was developed they now call themselves the Afrikanim and speak Yiddish and Africanised Hebrew Some also Interbred with the local africans causing the Afrikanim to have 20% sub saharan dna
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Huiateren (怀特人) refer to the population living in the island of Huiate, in a broad sense. The term Huiateren is controversial to some; labelled as a distinct ethnic group by Huiate autonomists and some hyper-nationalist elements in the Chinese government. Officially, there is no such thing as the Huiateren recognized by either governments. The Huiateren are simply permanent residents of Huiate, a condominium shared between the Chinese Empire and the Serene Commonwealth of Angland.
Language: Huiateyu (怀特語) is a Chinese-based pidgin influenced by a Anglish substrate and written in Huiatezi (怀特字), or Wight characters. The Huiate language arose after the island was occupied by the Chinese mariner and diplomat Ma Iskander (馬伊斯坎德尔) in the mid-16th century on behalf of the Tianshang Emperor. The island of Wight, redubbed Huiate, became a major hub of Chinese naval, commericial and imperialist interests in Europe. The language was developed among the mixed-race descendants of Chinese settlers and the local women from Wight though on occasion the Chinese often imported women from mainland Europe. Later on it was influenced by the influx of immigrants from other Chinese colonies in Europe, especially from Zhibulto, Maerta and Saipulusi that had been displaced by the Louman Sultanate (羅馬蘇丹國). The language plays an important role amongst the Huiateren, distinguishing them from the Anglanders.
Ancestry: The Huiateren are commonly known as the mixed race descendants between the Chinese settlers and the Anglish inhabitants of Huiate but Chinese admixture is actually low, ranging from 15-25%. It is more accurate to say that the Huiateren were culturally influenced by sixteenth century Chinese cultural norms. This does not stop many Huiateren particularly amongst the upper middle class and above to assume forged Chinese genealogies. In the almost five centuries since the Chinese conquest of Huiate, immigrants from mainland Europe have made Huiate their home.
Traditionally, the basis for Huiate ethnic affiliation has been the use of the Huiate language. Due to their role as intermediaries between the Chinese and Europe, the Huiateren especially those advocating for a return to direct imperial rule identify with Chinese nationals as opposed to the Anglish or a broader European identity. Since the Lengjing Emperor has negotiated ending Huiate's condominium status and re-integrating to Angland in 50 years, some Huiateren are embracing their European roots.
Religion: A syncretic form of Christianity, Buddhism and Chinese animism. The changing of Huiate's status from Chinese overseas concession to condominium is leading to an increasing influence of mainstream Christianity.
Population: 1,250,000.
Culture: A unique combination of sixteenth century Chinese culture trapped in time mixed in contemporary Anglish and European influences.
Region: The Special Administrative Zone of Huiate.
Language: Huiateyu (怀特語) is a Chinese-based pidgin influenced by a Anglish substrate and written in Huiatezi (怀特字), or Wight characters. The Huiate language arose after the island was occupied by the Chinese mariner and diplomat Ma Iskander (馬伊斯坎德尔) in the mid-16th century on behalf of the Tianshang Emperor. The island of Wight, redubbed Huiate, became a major hub of Chinese naval, commericial and imperialist interests in Europe. The language was developed among the mixed-race descendants of Chinese settlers and the local women from Wight though on occasion the Chinese often imported women from mainland Europe. Later on it was influenced by the influx of immigrants from other Chinese colonies in Europe, especially from Zhibulto, Maerta and Saipulusi that had been displaced by the Louman Sultanate (羅馬蘇丹國). The language plays an important role amongst the Huiateren, distinguishing them from the Anglanders.
Ancestry: The Huiateren are commonly known as the mixed race descendants between the Chinese settlers and the Anglish inhabitants of Huiate but Chinese admixture is actually low, ranging from 15-25%. It is more accurate to say that the Huiateren were culturally influenced by sixteenth century Chinese cultural norms. This does not stop many Huiateren particularly amongst the upper middle class and above to assume forged Chinese genealogies. In the almost five centuries since the Chinese conquest of Huiate, immigrants from mainland Europe have made Huiate their home.
Traditionally, the basis for Huiate ethnic affiliation has been the use of the Huiate language. Due to their role as intermediaries between the Chinese and Europe, the Huiateren especially those advocating for a return to direct imperial rule identify with Chinese nationals as opposed to the Anglish or a broader European identity. Since the Lengjing Emperor has negotiated ending Huiate's condominium status and re-integrating to Angland in 50 years, some Huiateren are embracing their European roots.
Religion: A syncretic form of Christianity, Buddhism and Chinese animism. The changing of Huiate's status from Chinese overseas concession to condominium is leading to an increasing influence of mainstream Christianity.
Population: 1,250,000.
Culture: A unique combination of sixteenth century Chinese culture trapped in time mixed in contemporary Anglish and European influences.
Region: The Special Administrative Zone of Huiate.
CARTANS.......carthriginians fleeing last Punic War hopscotch down African coast in galleys,eventually to otl Cape Verde.Decades later the descendants go on voyages of acquisition to coastal Britain,Ireland,Europe, for loot,wives,slaves,becomes a rite of passage for young Cartan men.Disastrous expeditions around 1000 lead to a halt on the Viking raids,the CARTANS develop commercial maritime Empire.15TH century,they fight off Spanish and Portugese trying to grab their expanded holdings at top Canary isles,Cape town,WalvisBay,Luanda,eventually allying selves with British as counterweight.Protestantism and English language are predominant,like Gurkhas in British Army,the Cartans are a historic recruiting pool for the Royal Navy. Ethnically they largely caucasian.
Hispanic Samaritans (Hispanosamaritanos)
Location:
Spain with constant presence in Latin American countries
Origins:
Levantine, admixed with Western European
Language:
Ibero-Romance languages and Basque (mother tongue), Samaritan Hebrew (ceremonial)
Religion: Samaritanism
Culture:
Levantine, incorporating local cultural traditions as they settled in the principal cities of the country.
Related groups:
Luso-Samaritans, Portuguese, Spaniards, Samaritans, Lebanese, Galileans, Jewish ethnic groups (principally Sephardic and Ashkenazi)
History:
The history of the Samaritans in Spain started in the year 1492, at the end of the Reconquista: Realizing the economic effects of expelling the Jews and "heretics" (OOC: or Muslims) from the country, the Catholic Monarchs had immediately realized that they need to substitute the former without provoking the emerging sectors of the Spanish economy, most notably the Catholic bankers. Fortunately, as they already knew any information from the Levant through the private royal documents that they read during their childhood, both Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand V decided to import Levantine people, most notably the Galileans (some of whom were actually descendants of liaisons between Crusader soldiers and local women) and Samaritans. Thus, the 800 Samaritan men who arrived in the port of Valencia in 1493 were considered as founders of their community in Spain, both as an opportunity to demonstrate their talents and to escape the harsh reality of their homeland, notorious for constant rivalries among principal clans; the Roman Catholic hierarchy, particularly the Inquisition, were relatively tolerant of their presence because of their good reputation in the New Testament (the Parable of the Good Samaritan), although they prohibited the Samaritan community to practice their religion openly. The former Jewish quarters of the principal Spanish cities became their new home, more often with the Galileans, both of whom had continued the professions traditionally associated to the Jews of the country. It was also noted that the Hispano-Samaritan community grew because of the intermarriage, although their Catholic counterparts/rivals were rarely considered as potential brides; instead, they chose conversos (crypto-Jews) and even Jews from other countries (both Ashkenazim and Sephardim, the latter were the same Jews that were expelled from both Crowns of Castile and Aragón) as their preferred marrying partners, provided that the latter had at least hide their true identity (if not to convert to Samaritanism); such types of marriages were the rule in the Hispano-Samaritan communities until the 18th century, although Samaritan women immigrated in Spain during the reign of Juan de la Paz, mostly as prospect brides for the notable Samaritan clans.
Location:
Spain with constant presence in Latin American countries
Origins:
Levantine, admixed with Western European
Language:
Ibero-Romance languages and Basque (mother tongue), Samaritan Hebrew (ceremonial)
Religion: Samaritanism
Culture:
Levantine, incorporating local cultural traditions as they settled in the principal cities of the country.
Related groups:
Luso-Samaritans, Portuguese, Spaniards, Samaritans, Lebanese, Galileans, Jewish ethnic groups (principally Sephardic and Ashkenazi)
History:
The history of the Samaritans in Spain started in the year 1492, at the end of the Reconquista: Realizing the economic effects of expelling the Jews and "heretics" (OOC: or Muslims) from the country, the Catholic Monarchs had immediately realized that they need to substitute the former without provoking the emerging sectors of the Spanish economy, most notably the Catholic bankers. Fortunately, as they already knew any information from the Levant through the private royal documents that they read during their childhood, both Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand V decided to import Levantine people, most notably the Galileans (some of whom were actually descendants of liaisons between Crusader soldiers and local women) and Samaritans. Thus, the 800 Samaritan men who arrived in the port of Valencia in 1493 were considered as founders of their community in Spain, both as an opportunity to demonstrate their talents and to escape the harsh reality of their homeland, notorious for constant rivalries among principal clans; the Roman Catholic hierarchy, particularly the Inquisition, were relatively tolerant of their presence because of their good reputation in the New Testament (the Parable of the Good Samaritan), although they prohibited the Samaritan community to practice their religion openly. The former Jewish quarters of the principal Spanish cities became their new home, more often with the Galileans, both of whom had continued the professions traditionally associated to the Jews of the country. It was also noted that the Hispano-Samaritan community grew because of the intermarriage, although their Catholic counterparts/rivals were rarely considered as potential brides; instead, they chose conversos (crypto-Jews) and even Jews from other countries (both Ashkenazim and Sephardim, the latter were the same Jews that were expelled from both Crowns of Castile and Aragón) as their preferred marrying partners, provided that the latter had at least hide their true identity (if not to convert to Samaritanism); such types of marriages were the rule in the Hispano-Samaritan communities until the 18th century, although Samaritan women immigrated in Spain during the reign of Juan de la Paz, mostly as prospect brides for the notable Samaritan clans.
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