Demographics of Kanjor
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| Demographics of Kanjor | |
|---|---|
| Population | 312,671,399 |
| Density | 230.13 people/km² |
| Literacy Rate | 98% |
| Poverty Rate | 8.35% |
| Unemployment | 4.04 |
| Life Expectancy | Male: 77.5 years Female: 84.4 years |
| Infant Mortality | 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Ethnicity (Census of 2680) | |
| Française-Kanjorien (also Française-Rildanorien and/or Française-Aldurien) | 87% |
| Semitic | 7% |
| Indralan | 4% |
| Other | 1% |
| Religion | |
| Orthodox Catholic of Kanjor (Voluntary State Religion) | 77% (Practicing: 63%) |
| Kanjorien Catholic Church (ER) | 9% (Practicing 7%) |
| Jewish | 5% (Practicing: 1.5%) |
| Atheism and Other | 12% (Practicing: 10%) |
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[edit] Ethnicity
The primary ethnicity of Kanjor is Française-Kanjorien (French-Kanjorien), which has retained its strong majority position through centuries of turmoil and anti-immigration policies. It shares the French language, which links the descendants of much of southern Seleya. The French Kanjorien majority are descended from the migrants of the French speaking nations to the north the who modern Kanjor through the Zanyal Valley into the Kanjorien region of Zanyal.
The other significant population is Kanjorien-Semitic (often simply Semitic), which date their presence back to the Semitic Migrations of the 16th century BCE. A number of these Semitic migrants settled in Yewao and have long since integrated into Kanjorien society despite experiencing periodic anti-semitism through the centuries. The Semitic population is mainly concentrated in Yewao and the Isle of Tondola.
There is also relatively large population of ethnic Indralans, estimated at around 9 million, due to the close relations between the two nations.
[edit] Cultural Characteristics
Louis Vascoin, the eminent social historian of Kanjor, described in his book "The Kanjorien People" various cultural characteristics associated with the people of Kanjor. He outlined 5 key traits commonly associated with Kanjoriens, including:
- A greater sense of regional independence and cultural pride compared to other French peoples, particularly typified by their long history of anti-immigration legislation and promotion of Kanjorien culture. Many Kanjoriens refer to Kanjor as the 'Cultural Capital of the French world'.
- A bolshy and brash demeanour, and dislike of autocracy. Kanjor has been the most resistant nation of the Union Francais to a Monarchy, and are known for their willingness to protest openly against the government.
- A perceived sense of condescencion towards other French peoples and feelings of cultural and historic superiority culminating in a proud but slightly arrogant disponsition.
- An underlying rivalry with Rildanoriennes, due to their status as the 'true French'. Vascoin suggests the superiority complex many Kanjoriens appear to suffer from actually masks feelings of inferiority, stemming from Rildanor's primacy in the Union Francais and reputation as the major French power in world affairs.
- A distrust of outside ideas and ideals, yet a strong sense of pride in the Kanjorien notions of justice, independence and creativity.
[edit] Language
While many Kanjoriennes are bilingual, French is the primary, and official, language of Kanjor. A basic ability to speak and understand the language is required in all Régions of Kanjor. In consequence, roughly 98% of the population are literate in French.
The two main dialectical differences in the language are found between the régions of the mainland, often termed "le français de la vallée" (French of the Valley - meaning the Zanyal Valley) by linguists and Isle-anders (as a form of derision) and those of the Isle of Tondola, often termed "le français tondocois". Because of centuries of isolation in Tondola the French found there is closer to the Formal French spoken by the King's court during the Zenyal Exodus from the mainland in the 10th century BC. It is perceived to be very elegant and formal in everyday speech compared with that of the mainland.
The dialect of the mainland, however, is a mixture of this "reimposed" French brought from Tondola after the "Reconquering" in the 8th century BC, the mainland French of the other Francophone nations of Seleya, and a regional differences.
English is an important lingua franca found in the major urban and commercial centers of Kanjor. Most foreign business is done using English and so the language shares a somewhat unofficial status as a second primary language.
A localised Semitic language is also spoken in small areas of Yewao deriving from the Semitic settlers of the Région. It is thought to be the closest relative of Proto-Semitic, despite its "contamination" with French words and phrases.
[edit] French or Kanjun?
Kanjun is the phrase for the umbrella dialect of French spoken throughout Kanjor. While Régional differences and the two main dialects are present within the nation, other French speakers throughout Terra recognize them all as Kanjun.
However, only foreigners refer to the French spoken in Kanjor as Kanjun; with many nations classifying it as the de facto language of Kanjor. Kanjoriennes are often insulted by such a distinction between their French and true French. Most Kanjoriennes, while accepting the differences of their main two dilaects, are absolutely devoted to notion that they speak a proper form of French, not a bastardized form, and certainly not a separate language that the phrase implies.
[edit] Religion
The Reestablishment Act of May 2677, proposed by the Parti démocrate-chrétien de Kanjor, was unanimously passed by the Sénat and put into effect in February of 2680. The Act (re)established Christianity as the official and mandatory religion of Kanjor.
[edit] L'Ordre Catholique National
The Reestablishment Act created L'Ordre Catholique National (National Catholic Order) as an umbrella organization with expressed purpose of unifying all the separate Christian and Catholic churches of Kanjor under the control of one State mandated body. While the NCO was State mandated and (initially) funded it was declared an autonomous entity with the ability to govern and regulated its own operations and practice its own oversight. In order to fulfill these operations, the NCO created several of its own internal organizations with separate powers and often conflicting constituencies.
[edit] Internal Organizations of the NCO
The Act also mandated that all citizens of Kanjor belong to the new Order and that they register as a member of it for the purpose of collection of a national and mandatory 2% tithe from every family based upon their taxable income. The regulation, collection and distribution of the mandatory tithe was placed under the jurisdiction of La Religion de l'État Comité Régulateur (State Religion Regulatory Committee). The membership of this Committee was divided between selections by Le Ministère Catholique National (National Catholic Ministry) abd delegates elected by the L'Organisation Nationale de Paroissiens (National Organization of Parishioners).
The National Catholic Ministry was initially chosen and appointed with the recommendation and cooperation of His Holiness the Orthodox Catholic Pope Francis IV as well as the Grand Council of the Catholic Church (Eastern Rite). This ministry oversaw the education and position nominations of NCO clergy, but not their official appointment as this was left to the National Organization of Parishioners.
The National Organization of Parishioners is the collective body of Catholic laypeople and are to be the go-between of the citizens of Kanjor and their State religious organizations. It deals with issues ranging from appointment of clergy, institution of dress codes, and church abuses to the everyday needs to parishioners.
[edit] Ascendency of the Orthodox Catholic Church
In 2682, within two years of the Reestablishment Act, the Orthodox Catholic Church of Kanjor took power in an internal struggled within the National Catholic Order. As the largest and most powerful member of the NCO, the Church easily outmanuvered the other members and officially outlawed or banished them from Kanjor.
Orthodox Catholicism was not unopposed by the State initially but any opposition was soon quieted when the Church was given support by the Royal family of Rildanor who were negotiating the election of their Prince Léopold of Rildanor and the House of Orléans-Vasser as the new monarch of Kanjor.
With the new King's support, the Orthodox Catholic coup within the NCO was given the final blessing by His Holiness Pope Francis IV; and the Orthodox Catholic Church of Kanjor officially replaced the NCO as the sole established church of the nation.
