Themiclesian nationalisms
Themiclesian nationalisms, in scholarly discourse, are a set of ideas that past and present Themiclesians have used to define Themiclesia. Native conceptions of Themiclesian identity, first originating within the Hexarchy and developed as a consequence of the Restoration of the Meng Dynasty, were fluid and pluralistic. On an essentialist level, language and culture were main discriminants, and on a constructivist level, groups of individuals acquired various "Themiclesian" identities according to their political, military, and financial relationships with the royal court and each other. Some of these concepts are readily comparable to Menghean notions of nationality, while others are better explained as native innovations. In the 18th century, Camian and Casaterran notions of nationhood challenged traditional ones, and in the 19th national identity was combined with romanticism of Themiclesia's past imperial projects in Columbia and Meridia, and consequently given political importance.