NationStates Jolt Archive

I've noticed that a few nations specify that they have different ethnic groups residing in their country. What ethnic groups, (not by the U.S. White/Black/Asian/Hispanic system, those are races.), live in your country?

The major ethnic groups are Vedi-peoples (not related to the indian group), Selan-peoples, Radja-peoples, unaffiliaated tribal groups and Progressi.

Except for the progressi, these groups are Melanesian peoples.

Cookesland doesn't have a native ethnic group so mainly they're are from surrounding countries and it's kinda like the RL USA in terms of different ethnic groups.

Auranians, Shifreans, Soxians, Cookboroughers, Kennyians, Yokarians and then a quite a few ethnicities from around the world.

today many people in Cookesland have multiple ethnicities due to intermarriage and such.

Nord-Brutlandese through and through. Though there are about ~75 million Nord-Brutlandese claim English ancestry, including the royal family.

Social Science Museum Director, Markinur Bolse

Most of the ethnic races include the Dregners (Northern mountain Villagers), the Craigonors (Southern Plains People), the Consulbles (New urban race), and what takes up most of the population the Queblos (All around the nation Cunfucous ideology beleiving towns people).

Yes, you do have quite a strong America theme going on. Good for you, the US needs online patriots to stand up to America-bashing. Where do you stand on Corporal Punishment?

Pirates of all races, colors and creeds. We accept leftists, rightists, centrists, Buddhists, nihilists, black people, white people, purple people, people with more or less appendages/body parts than normal humans, whatever. We're accepting of everyone.
Except for the pacifistic pirates. Like they'll ever get anything done. :rolleyes:

In Qazox, 98% of the population have some Qazian blood in them to a degree.
The Qazian are the native inhabitants of Qazox. Most of the rest of the ethnic background in Qazox is English, French, Welsh, Scots, Irish, with a small bit of German, Spanish and somehow Kazakistani.

A recent sampling of ethinic backgrounds in Qazox:
(Note percentages are over 100% due to being able to claim more than one ethnic background)

English-Qazian: 55.3%
French-Qazian: 15.8%
Spanish-Qazian: 14.2%
Scots-Qazian: 13.9%
Irish-Qazian: 10.2%
Qazian: 5.8%
German-Qazian: 3.02%
Welsh-Qazian: 3.00%
Kazakistani-Qazian: 1.73%
English-Scots: 1.53%
English-Irish-Scots: 1.09%
Kazakistani-Spanish: 0.92%
French: 0.56%
Welsh: 0.23%
Scots-Irish: 0.12%
English-Kazakistani-German: 0.03%

Kneel before my charts and graphs...mark II!

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z259/pertinax201/ethnicitychart.jpg

It might cross over a bit with nationality, but, whatever.

New Morrisia was a former British colony, so there is much English, Scottish, and Irish blood in the people.

The South Parliamentary Republic of Uiri has many ethnic groups. It is a former french colony so most are a mix of french and native Uir. Some have some british thrown in too.

Native-French: 74%
Native-British: 15%
Native-British-French: 6%
Native (100%): 2.25%
French (100%): 2.1%
British (100%): 0.3%
French-British: 0.2%
Other (Immigrants): 0.15%

(not by the U.S. White/Black/Asian/Hispanic system, those are races.)

um... nope, they're not even that :confused: White and Black are skin colours, not races. Asian is a geographic description, not a race. And Hispanic is a cultural trait (speaks Spanish), not a race.

There's only two considerable ethnic groups in Kulikovia. There are; however, several other minorities such as Arabs in the country but are not large enough to be on the charts.

Russo-Slavic: 72%
Germanic: 28%

Chulios is made up of Irish Catholics, renegade Afrikaners and Nederlanders, the odd German and many other minorities the government considers unclean.

I'm actually confused about the definition of ethnology. Wouldn't that be the study of different ethnicities or ethnic traits?
Also, I'm confused about what ethnicity is, too. What's the difference between ethnicity and other stuff, like race and nationality?

French: 61%
English: 18%
Limbrogidlian: 10%
Irish: 6%
Russian: 2%
Spanish: 2%
German: 1%

N.B.: Limbrogidlians are native Oliverrians. Think of them as natives who would be developped enough to not depend from Europeans, to drive their own economy and to even want to separate from the nation as a distinct culture.

I'm actually confused about the definition of ethnology. Wouldn't that be the study of different ethnicities or ethnic traits?
Also, I'm confused about what ethnicity is, too. What's the difference between ethnicity and other stuff, like race and nationality?

OOC: These questions are better suited for General, however, the answers are as follows:

Yes, ethnology is the study of various ethnic divisions of humanity.

Ethnicity is pretty easy, but nationality and race are a bit more vauge and have multiple meanings.

Ethnicity is a grouping or population of human beings who have a
number of commonalities, particularly a common ancestry, culture, and language, as well as possible othe commonalities such as religion or territory.

Nationality is commonly either synonomous with ethnicity, but with an overlay of political connotations, or, more narrowly, citizenship of a particular nation-state.

Race is a concept of a way of dividing people into biological groups. Mainstream biology essentially tells us that race among humans does not exist.

If you want to continue this, let us retire to the General forum.

um... nope, they're not even that :confused: White and Black are skin colours, not races. Asian is a geographic description, not a race. And Hispanic is a cultural trait (speaks Spanish), not a race.

Yes, you're right. I was just trying to get across that "African" "Caucasian" etc. aren't ethnic groups. I don't consider Asians to be a unified group anyways.

Here in the United Socialist States of Uwukaka (USSU) we have a near equal mix of Reemans and Hamens (c.80% of the population), Uwukakan peoples, whom are born of mixed relations between the two main ethnic groups (c.17%) and a mixture of welcome immigrants and refugees from less friendly nations.

All are welcome in The USSU and all shall be able to see such toruist hotspots as the steaming mound, the Knights of Neee Temple and the one-eyed clown.

Come all to The USSU.

People's lord Murray
People's High Representative, Officer of Tourism & Immigration and High Priest.

Ethnic groups of Altanar:

Altanari 60%
Akamian 16%
Argali 9%
all others 15%

(note: “all others” is the official terminology used by the government to describe all people residing in Altanar who are not of one of the three original ethnic groups of the Altan steppes listed above. While there are people from all over in Altanar now as a result of generous and open immigration policies, no other ethnic group has yet to break more than 1% of the population.)