Dezevauni people in Amathia

Dezevauni people in Amathia

Total population
328,523 to 384,567 Approximately 1% of the Amathian population (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Arciluco, Zirnaria
Languages
Ziba, Amathian
Religion
Irreligion, Badi, Episemialism
Related ethnic groups
Dezevauni

The Dezevauni people in Amathia, formed by Amathian residents and citizens with Dezevauni origins, are the largest ethnically non-Euclean minority in Amathia, and the third-largest ethnic minority in the country overall (after Piraeans and Miruvians). It forms one of the most populous Dezevauni diasporic groups in the world, and significantly, it is to this date the only minority to have immigrated in modern times to be recognised by the Amathian Government.

Most of the group have their origins in the guest workers invited by the Amathian Equalist Republic, which was on good terms with the similarly socialist regime in Dezevau. As the Equalists became more authoritarian while the decentralising Cultural Revolution made Dezevauni foreign policy more ideological, relations declined, and with them, the flow of migrants. However, after the establishment of the modern liberal democratic Amathia, relations recovered, and there is a small migratory flow from Dezevau to Amathia again, influenced by historical links.

Many Dezevaunis who moved to Amathia were Episemialist (many of the Patriarchate of Noavanau), with their communities having been converted by Amathian missionaries in colonial times. Many, however, are Badist, possibly in greater proportions than in Dezevau itself where irreligion is becoming dominant. Many Dezevauni in Amathia are also irreligious.

Most Dezevaunis in Amathia moved to and live in urban areas such as Arciluco, as is the typical pattern for international migrants. They had a significant presence in West Arciluco during Narozalican rule.