Demographics of Marafire

Ethnic Groups
While there are hundreds of sapient species in Marafire, only the dominant culture in any given kutu (commune) is officially recognized as a Rafi ethnicity. This policy, while extremely discriminatory (generally, the only ones who even build kutu are the Re) and politically oppressive, is one of a set of regressive laws called [?]. The [?] carried over from ancient Marafi are based on the Tefireane and were written into the Kisutune Reasa by [???]


 * 1) The Muemu clan is believed to carry the oldest extant bloodline, with documented lineage preceeding the Katikati.
 * 2) Nanae
 * 3) Mititi
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 * 1) 5; includes (future officially recognized) growing community of Nahmon Rafi in southern portion in Fu
 * 2) Nuesemu is another ancient bloodline descending from one of the founding clans of the Katikati.  This ethnic group is debated to be one of the purest, owing to their strict adherence to Tefireane, the ancient set of rules governing how mates are to be chosen.
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 * 1) The youngest of the Turatane Tifake ("old families") to be officially recognized, the Farana were historically oppressed by the [5] and [8].
 * 2) The Masamineu were once Nuesemu, but mixing with the Sisiki (a Sisikisi ethnic group at the time considered primitives by the Nuesemu) caused a group of clans to be ostrasized and eventually form the Citizenry of Fune.
 * 3) There is debate whether the Sisikisi are actually a fourth subspecies of Re, as they evolved separately from the other Re in the temperate forests south of Samasana.  They are considered Wetland Re based on physical characteristics, but unlike all other Wetland Re they are able to consistently produce non-hybrid offspring with both Eastern Mountain  and Western Mountain Re.
 * 4) The Quta of Kuaura is the newest ethnic group officially recognized by the Ministry of Society.