Ethnicity in Tagmatium
The Tagmatine government does not officially recognise any ethnicities within Tagmatium and considers drawing such lines as devisive and contrary to the unity of the state. Several attempts in the past have either been dismissed or have seen individuals arrested on charges that have included treason. The official censuses do not record figures of any ethnic groups within Tagmatium and no questions are asked about those filling out the census. This does mean that all numbers associated with ethnic groups in Tagmatium are to an extent unreliable, as they are compiled unofficially. Despite the government's standpoint that there are no ethnic groups within Tagmatium, this is not truly the case. In reality, Tagmatium could be considered multi-ethnic. Much of the population descends from broadly three types of groups or a mixture of them. These three groups are the ancient populations of the lands under Aroman rule, groups that either voluntarily or were forcibly moved from one internal location to another, or groups that either voluntarily or were forcibly moved from outside the empire and then settled internally.
Unofficially, there are several main ethnic groups, which are closely related to the languages spoken within Tagmatium and these in turn often reflect the ancient, pre-Aroman Empire populations of the nation. In a wide-ranging survey undertaken by the sociology departments of the Universities of Heiropolis and Petrion to investigate the self-identified ethnic make up of Tagmatium, some 36 percent identified as Laimiaic, another 31 percent as Fragran, as 12 percent Specto, 7 percent as Vrygeian, 6 percent as Tzankheian and 5 percent Degunian. However, as these are self-reported and not official figures, there is significant debate as to how accurate these numbers might be considered. Many also responded as either Aroman and gave no further information or as Aroman first and then as an ethnic group second. Other ethnic groups, such as the Gharopouloi who are thought to make up less than 1 percent of the population, and who descended from captured Haru forces transplanted to the south of Tagmatium, have previously faced discrimination and rarely willingly admit to membership of any such group.
There are also immigrants to Tagmatium, whether permanent residents, individuals pursuing citizenship, students or others that make up other ethnic groups. Some of these include Adapton populations in the west of Tagmatium, Suverinian groups in the south and those from Euandria and Sporsia in the east. Many of these groups, whilst large in absolute terms, are relatively small when compared to the overall size of the population of Tagmatium. Most of these are Occidental, Amutian or Buranian populations, especially from Great Anglia, Lysia or Qubdi. There has been some fluctuation in these numbers in recent months due to the ongoing Anglian Crisis.
