Alexandrian people

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Alexandrians

Alexandriens, Alejandrinos (Alexandrian)
Flag of the Empire of the Alexandrians
Total population
801,000,000 (1729 AN, estimated)
Regions with significant populations
Natopia	425,051,523
Nouvelle Alexandrie	175,218,455
Constancia	48,378,133
Oportia	25,188,077
Ransenar	15,615,812
Languages
Primary languages: Alexandrian Martino Common Tongue Secondary languages: Santanderian Galatian Luthorian
Religion
Major: Church of Alexandria (65%) Bovinism (20%) Melusinian Faith (10%) Minor: Others (5%)
Related ethnic groups
Hammish Caputians Natopians Constancians
Population figures based on 1729 AN census data and estimates.

The Alexandrians represent one of Micras' most widespread and influential ethnic groups, with a global population estimated between 700-800 million people (as of 1729 AN). They are the descendants of citizens, nationals, and permanent residents of the Empire of the Alexandrians, a vast multi-continental empire that flourished from 1468 AN until its dissolution and collapse in 1651 AN due to the catastrophic Alexandrian Flu pandemic. At its height, the Empire encompassed territories across Tapfer, Keltia, Cibola, Eura, and Apollonia, creating one of the most sophisticated multicultural societies in Micran history. While some groups, such as the Louisian people originating in southern Cibola, have sometimes been associated with Alexandrian heritage due to their adoption of the Alexandrian language during the imperial period, historical and genealogical evidence clearly demonstrates their distinct Germanic origins. Today, the largest Alexandrian populations are concentrated in the Bovic Empire of the Natopian Nation (approximately 425 million) and the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie (approximately 175 million), with significant diaspora communities across Oportia, Constancia, Ransenar, and other nations.

The Alexandrian identity transcends traditional ethnic and racial boundaries, being historically defined by citizenship and cultural allegiance to the Empire rather than ancestry. This civic nationalism, combined with the Empire's vast territorial extent and multicultural character, created a distinctive civilization that emphasized shared values, institutional continuity, unifying traditions, and cultural synthesis over ethnic homogeneity. The Imperial Alexandrian Civil Service played a crucial role in maintaining this unified identity across diverse territories, while the Imperial University of Alexandria standardized education and cultural practices throughout the Empire. The Empire's legacy lives on through its successor states, the House of Carrillo (the Imperial Family of Alexandria), diaspora organizations like the Alexandrian Patriots' Association, and diaspora communities, who maintain many of its cultural, linguistic, and institutional traditions.

Alexandrians predominantly speak Alexandrian and Martino, though many regional variants and dialects exist. The Académie Alexandrin, founded in 1482 AN and still active today, maintains the standards of both languages and promotes their preservation. The Istvanistani language (known as the Common Tongue) remains widely used among Alexandrians, a legacy of its role as the Empire's lingua franca and administrative language. The majority of Alexandrians adhere to either the Church of Alexandria (which maintains the Holy See of St. Natsanet in Geneva, Natopia), Bovinism, or the Melusinian Faith, though religious diversity has historically been a hallmark of Alexandrian society.

The collapse of the Empire in 1651 AN led to one of the largest diaspora events in Micran history, with millions of Alexandrians seeking refuge across the world. This catastrophic dispersal, known as the Great Scattering, fundamentally reshaped the demographics of multiple continents. The diaspora has significantly influenced the development of numerous nations, particularly Nouvelle Alexandrie, where Alexandrian culture and traditions form a cornerstone of national identity, and Natopia, where Alexandrian influence helped shape the modern Bovic Empire. Despite their geographic dispersion, Alexandrians maintain strong cultural bonds through shared institutions like the Imperial Order of St. Luis, traditions such as the annual Day of Remembrance, and collective historical memory preserved by organizations like the Alexandrian Patriots' Association and the Alexandrian Humanitarian Council.

Overview

From top to bottom, left to right: (1) LouLou Santini, singer and activist; (2) Sylvia Marais, actress and singer; (3) Edgard III, Emperor of all Alexandrians; (4) George Blakeslee, statesman and film executive; (5) General Claude Jospin, New Alexandrian military leader; (6) Daniel Perth, CEO of Javelin Industries; (7) Marie Mendez, scientist; (8) Josephine Calston, Mayor of Dos Gardenias; (9) Sebastian Lugo, actor and singer.

The Alexandrians trace their origins to the union of two ancient kingdoms through the marriage of Francis Joseph I of Baudrix and Queen Isolde of Franciscania in 1468 AN. This marriage created the Kingdom of Madland (from the Old Baudrestian "mæd-land", meaning "meadowlands" or "fertile plains", referring to the rich agricultural territory that formed the kingdom's heartland). Under the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph II in 1498 AN, the kingdom was renamed Alexandria, reflecting both the empire's growing territory, sophistication, and emergence as a center of learning and culture. The incorporation of San Martin into the Empire in 1549 AN marked another pivotal moment, as Martino cultural and linguistic traditions merged with Alexandrian customs, creating the distinctive dual heritage that characterizes much of Alexandrian society today.

Alexandrians today represent one of the most demographically balanced ethnic groups in Micras, with roughly equal populations of light-skinned and dark-skinned peoples, along with a substantial mixed-heritage population. This diversity stems from the Empire's vast territorial extent and its historical role as a cultural crossroads. The Alexandrian nobility, merchant class, and common people alike display this range of appearances, reflecting centuries of social integration and intermarriage. Most Alexandrians display mixed ancestry combining various Alexandrian, Martino, and regional heritage, though they typically maintain strong cultural connections to Alexandrian or Martino traditions. This diversity emerged from centuries of cultural exchange and intermarriage across the Empire's territories in Tapfer, Keltia, Cibola, Eura, and Apollonia.

Alexandrian family structure is notably matriarchal in character, with grandmothers and mothers traditionally wielding significant influence over family decisions and resource allocation. Extended families, known as "casas" in Martino regions and "maisons" in Alexandrian areas, typically center around the maternal lineage, with multiple generations sharing close bonds and maintaining regular contact even when geographically dispersed. The matriarch of an Alexandrian family often serves as both the family's historian and primary decision-maker, maintaining genealogical records and organizing major family gatherings. This family structure proved particularly resilient during the Great Scattering, as matriarchs helped maintain family cohesion across national borders.

The physical and genetic diversity of Alexandrians reflects historical migration patterns and the Empire's inclusive citizenship policies. Northern Alexandrians often display lighter complexions, while those from southern regions tend to have darker skin tones. However, centuries of internal migration and cultural mixing have created a continuous spectrum of appearances throughout the former Empire's territories. This diversity is particularly evident in major urban centers like Geneva, Punta Santiago, and Dos Gardenias, where Alexandrian communities historically demonstrated high rates of intermarriage.

Cultural Characteristics

Despite their physical diversity, Alexandrians share several distinct cultural traits that transcend appearance. The Alexandrian cultural identity is deeply rooted in education and civil service, with most families traditionally emphasizing academic achievement and public service. This stems from the Empire's meritocratic traditions and the high value placed on learning and administrative competence. Reverence for Imperial institutions and traditions remains strong among modern Alexandrians, who often maintain careful records of family histories and connections to Imperial service.

Multilingualism stands as another defining characteristic of Alexandrian culture, with most Alexandrians speaking some combination of Alexandrian, Martino, and the Common Tongue, usually in addition to other regional languages. This linguistic flexibility reflects both the Empire's multicultural nature and the practical demands of commerce and administration across its vast territories. Traditional Alexandrian social customs and etiquette continue to play an important role in daily life, particularly in formal settings and family gatherings.

Social Structure

Alexandrian social structure reflects both historical Imperial traditions and modern adaptations across diaspora communities. At its foundation lies the extended family unit, which typically maintains strong intergenerational bonds and often includes both blood relatives and those connected through traditional Alexandrian adoption practices. These family networks frequently span multiple nations, with branches in major Alexandrian population centers across Natopia, Nouvelle Alexandrie, Oportia, and other diaspora communities.

The traditional Alexandrian social hierarchy emphasizes merit and public service over inherited privilege, a legacy of Imperial civil service traditions. While noble families like the House of Carrillo maintain significant cultural influence, in the aftermath of the Great Scattering, social status in Alexandrian communities now chiefly comes from educational achievement, professional success, and contributions to community institutions, especially the support of the diaspora's most disadvantaged. This meritocratic emphasis has helped Alexandrian communities maintain social cohesion and adaptability across diverse national contexts. This has also helped many Alexandrians find safe haven in nations like Natopia, Constancia, Ransenar, and others.

Modern Alexandrian society places particular value on roles that preserve and transmit cultural heritage. Teachers, religious leaders, and cultural administrators often hold positions of high respect within their communities. The Alexandrian Patriots' Association and similar organizations maintain formal registries of community leaders and notable families, helping preserve traditional social networks despite geographic dispersion.

Cultural Identity

Alexandrian cultural identity persists through a complex interplay of institutional, familial, and personal practices. Central to this identity is the concept of "Alexandrian consciousness", a shared historical memory and cultural outlook that transcends national borders. This consciousness manifests through participation in diaspora institutions, observance of traditional ceremonies, and maintenance of distinctly Alexandrian artistic and literary traditions.

Education plays a vital role in transmitting Alexandrian identity across generations. Many Alexandrian families maintain private libraries of Imperial texts and historical documents, while community schools often supplement local education with traditional Alexandrian curriculum. The Académie Alexandrin works to standardize these educational efforts across diaspora communities, ensuring consistency in language instruction and cultural preservation.

Annual observances like the Day of Remembrance serve to reinforce collective identity, bringing together Alexandrian communities worldwide to commemorate their shared heritage. These events often feature traditional music, poetry readings, and historical reenactments, helping younger generations connect with their cultural inheritance. The Imperial Order of St. Luis and other traditional institutions provide formal frameworks for these observances, ensuring their continuity across diverse national contexts.

Modern Alexandrian identity has proven remarkably resilient, adapting to new circumstances while maintaining core cultural elements. In nations like Natopia and Nouvelle Alexandrie, where Alexandrians constitute significant populations, this identity often interweaves with local culture to create distinctive regional variations while preserving essential Alexandrian characteristics. Even in smaller diaspora communities, Alexandrians typically maintain strong cultural distinctions while fully participating in their adopted nations' civic life.

The rise of global communications has facilitated new forms of cultural connection, with Alexandrian communities worldwide using modern technology to maintain traditional networks and create new forms of cultural expression. Organizations like the Alexandrian Humanitarian Council and the Alexandrian Patriots' Association leverage these connections to coordinate cultural preservation efforts and provide mutual support across the diaspora, ensuring the continued vitality of Alexandrian identity in an evolving global context.

Language

The predominant language is Alexandrian, which evolved as the primary language of administration, commerce, and high culture throughout the Empire's territories. Martino, historically the language of San Martin before its incorporation into the Empire in 1549 AN, became the Empire's second major language, particularly prevalent in Cibola, Tapfer, and Keltian territories. The Common Tongue (Istvanistani) served as a practical lingua franca, facilitating communication across the Empire's diverse regions and maintaining its role as an important administrative language.

The Académie Alexandrin, founded in 1482 AN under Emperor Francis Joseph II, plays a crucial role in preserving and standardizing both Alexandrian and Martino languages. The Académie now maintains its headquarters in Geneva, Natopia, with major branches in Punta Santiago and Aqaba. The institution sets linguistic standards, publishes authoritative dictionaries and grammar guides, and coordinates language education across diaspora communities. Its quarterly journal, Les Lettres Alexandrines, serves as the premier publication for Alexandrian linguistic and literary scholarship.

Several secondary languages maintain significance within specific Alexandrian communities. Santanderian, which emerged in the Keltian territories, remains important in certain regions of Nouvelle Alexandrie. Galatian, primarily used in the historical Pacary islands, preserves unique elements of northern Imperial culture. Luthorian, developed in coastal trading communities, continues to influence maritime and commercial terminology. The preservation of these secondary languages, alongside the primary tongues, demonstrates the enduring multicultural character of Alexandrian society.

•  Alexandria
  • Alexandrian (Keltia, Tapfer, Cibola)
    • Genevan (Cibola, Keltia, Tapfer, Benacia)
    • Valencian (Keltia)
    • Baudrestian (Tapfer, Cibola)
    • Creole Alexandrin (Tapfer, Cibola)
    • Creole d'Eura (Eura, also Creole Eurienne)
    • Dialecte Batave (Apollonia)
  • Martino (Cibola, Tapfer, Keltia, Apollonia)
    • Martino de San Luis (Keltia)
    • North Martino (Cibola, Tapfer)
    • South Martino (Cibola)
    • Criollo (Tapfer, Cibola)
    • Martino de Rio Grande (Tapfer, Cibola)
  • Santanderian (Keltia)
  • Galatian (Pacary)
  • Luthorian

Germanic Influences and Cultural Exchange

The complex linguistic landscape of the Empire led to several interesting phenomena, particularly in southern Cibola during the late Alexandrian period (1590 AN-1651 AN). Many Germanic, Saxon, and Treisenberger settlements notably adopted Alexandrian as a prestige language while maintaining their distinct cultural and ethnic heritage. This cultural exchange would later influence the development of unique communities like the Louisian people, who emerged in the post-Imperial period as a distinctive Germanic people who had absorbed significant Alexandrian cultural and linguistic influences while maintaining their own identity.

Imperial Alexandrian Archives provide extensive documentation of these communities' origins in the Germanic kingdoms of southern Cibola, with records dating from 1520 AN-1540 AN. While these populations adopted Alexandrian for commerce and administration, their cultural practices remained distinctly Germanic. Architectural records from the period show Germanic building techniques merely adorned with Alexandrian decorative elements, while census data from 1612 AN specifically identified these communities as "Germanic speakers of Alexandrian." Marriage records from the period demonstrate continued endogamy with other Germanic communities, while religious practices displayed a distinctive blend of Germanic traditions with Alexandrian forms.

The linguistic heritage of these communities is particularly revealing. Their variant of Alexandrian displayed significant Germanic substrate influence, most notably in phonological features such as the pronunciation of typically silent letters (for example, the 'h' in words like "Havre"). These linguistic features would later characterize the Louisian dialect, demonstrating the enduring nature of this Germanic-Alexandrian cultural synthesis. Historical records and genealogical studies consistently demonstrate the primarily Germanic ancestry of these communities, though their adoption of Alexandrian cultural elements created distinctive new identities.

The complex relationship between linguistic and ethnic identity emerged most clearly during the post-Imperial period, when some groups emphasized their acquired Alexandrian linguistic heritage while maintaining distinct cultural traditions. This pattern of selective cultural adoption was common in the Empire's border regions, where local populations often adopted Alexandrian as a prestige language while maintaining their own ethnic identities. The Germanic communities of southern Cibola, and their later evolution into distinctive groups like the Louisians, stand as well-documented examples of how Imperial Alexandrian influence shaped but did not subsume local identities.

Religion

The religious composition of the Alexandrian people reflects their complex imperial history and continued evolution in diaspora. The Church of Alexandria remains the predominant faith among Alexandrians, claiming approximately 65% of the population. The Church maintains its spiritual center at the Holy See of St. Natsanet in Geneva, Natopia, where the Archbishop of Geneva resides. Throughout the diaspora, Alexandrian Nazarene churches serve as important community centers, preserving both religious traditions and cultural heritage.

Bovinism, the second-largest faith among Alexandrians at roughly 20% of the population, gained significant following during the later imperial period and particularly after The Great Scattering. The strong presence of Bovinist traditions in Natopia facilitated this growth, as many Alexandrian refugees found natural cultural alignment with Bovic practices. The synthesis between Alexandrian cultural traditions and Bovic theology has produced distinctive forms of worship unique to Alexandrian Bovinists.

The Melusinian Faith claims approximately 10% of Alexandrians, primarily concentrated in communities with strong historical ties to Caputia. Melusinian Alexandrians maintain particularly strong presences in Nouvelle Alexandrie, Natopia, and Constancia, where their religious traditions have become interwoven with local cultural practices.

The remaining 5% of Alexandrians follow various other faiths or maintain secular traditions. This religious diversity reflects both the Empire's historical tolerance and the adaptability of Alexandrian communities in diaspora. Notably, many Alexandrian families maintain traditions from multiple faith traditions, particularly in cases of intermarriage, though they typically identify primarily with one faith for official purposes.

Interfaith Relations

Religious coexistence has historically been a hallmark of Alexandrian society, dating back to imperial policies of religious tolerance. Modern Alexandrian communities maintain this tradition, with different faith communities often collaborating on cultural preservation efforts and social services. The Alexandrian Humanitarian Council and the Alexandrian Patriots' Association notably include representatives from all major faith traditions significantly present in the diaspora, coordinating charitable work across religious lines.

Religious Institutions

Religious institutions play crucial roles in maintaining Alexandrian cultural identity. Beyond their spiritual functions, they often operate schools, maintain historical records, and organize community events. The Church of Alexandria in particular maintains extensive archives documenting Alexandrian genealogy and history, while Bovinist and Melusinian institutions often provide important links between Alexandrian communities and their host nations.

Cultural Impact

Religious traditions significantly influence Alexandrian social life, with religious festivals and observances marking important points in the community calendar. Major celebrations often incorporate elements from multiple faith traditions, reflecting the integrated nature of Alexandrian society. The Day of Remembrance, while primarily secular, often includes religious elements from all major Alexandrian faiths.

Diaspora

Data

Nation	Population	Census Year	% of Global	Notes
Natopia	425,051,523	1729 AN	53.1%	Largest Alexandrian population globally. Mainly in Neridia, Dos Gardenias, Tapfer Aeterna, and Baudrix.
Nouvelle Alexandrie	175,218,455	1728 AN	21.9%	Second largest population. Concentrated in Alduria, Valencia, Santander, and South Lyrica.
Constancia	48,378,133	1727 AN	6.0%	Significant communities in Aqaba and New Edgardia.
Oportia	25,188,077	1726 AN	3.1%	Primarily urban population in major cities.
Ransenar	15,615,812	1725 AN	2.0%	Concentrated in coastal regions and the city of Goldfield.
XXXXXXXX	12,515,233	1729 AN	1.6%	XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX	8,892,144	1728 AN	1.1%	XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX	5,234,566	1727 AN	0.7%	XXXXXXXX
Other nations	84,906,057	Various	10.5%	Dispersed across various nations.
Total	801,000,000	1729 AN	100%	Combined global population

Constancia

The Alexandrian diaspora resident in the Free and Associative Kingdom of Constancia were incorporated into the Alexandrian Patriots' Association (Constancia) by virtue of an Autokratorial Decree bearing date at Nirytos House, 16th day of Kraneios in the 46th year of the reign of Basileus Petros III, with this body corporated made subject to the decisions and authority of the Alexandrian Patriots' Association, registered and headquartered in Triegon. Then-Autokrator of Constancia Jaime Augusto Joaquin Primo de Aguilar, a prominent Alexandrian in his own right, served as Honorary Chairman. A settlement west of Gravenbosch in the Thema Oranjesion was erected and named New Edgardia, and to be exclusively settled by Constancian-Alexandrians.

Within the Constancian Foreign Legion, a 1st Alexandrian Guards Brigade was created, composed of Alexandrian exiles who had previously served honorably in the Imperial Alexandrian military, as well as a 2nd New Alexandrian Brigade, composed of Alexandrian exiles who wished to serve in a military capacity, alongside a 3rd Santander Brigade, composed of Alexandrian exiles with dynastic or emotional ties to the former Alexandrian Santander.

The grounds and building of the Imperial Alexandrian Embassy were conveyed in perpetual trust to the Alexandrian Patriots' Association (Constancia), to preserve and conserve Alexandrian heritage, culture and memory. With the destruction of Vey, a suitable building was erected in Aqaba.

See also

• The Great Scattering
• Alexandria
• Alexandrian language
• Martino language