Monsilvans
山国人 Shānguórén | |
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| Total population | |
| c. 76 million Monsilva: 44,010,824 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Monsilva | 44,010,824 |
 Baltanla | 14,000,000 |
| 23x15px Fujikuni | 4,860,741 |
 Karimun | 2,400,000 |
| Other | 10,449,631 |
| Languages | |
| Primarily Monsilvan, but also Luhainese and Shaoyunese | |
| Religion | |
| Monsilvan folk religion or Buddhism, with a recent growth in Unaffiliated (ie. atheism or agnosticism) | |
Monsilvans are people or ethnic groups identified with Monsilva, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.
Monsilvan people are commonly known as Shānguórén (山国人) in Monsilvan. Monsilvan people are primarily descendants of the Shan people from the same area as the current nation of Monsilva. The majority of Monsilvan people speak Monsilvan, whether it is the standard variant or a dialect of it. 60% of people who were born with Monsilvan parents or grandparents live in Monsilva; while 19% live in Baltanla; 6.6% live in Fujikuni; and the other 14.4% can be found all across the rest of Terraconserva.
The Monsilvan people are the largest ethnic group in Monsilva and the second largest ethnic group in Fujikuni and Baltanla. Almost 50% of Monsilvans living outside of Monsilva live in Baltanla where there are approximately 14 million people with Monsilvan heritage. Second is Fujikuni, with around 4.8 million people. There are a total of approximately 73 million people living in Terraconserva with Monsilvan ethnic heritage, however only around 56 million of those people have Monsilvan parents or grandparents, the others' closest heritage is great-grandparents or older. This is thanks to large amounts of emigration from Monsilva in the 1970s. Monsilvan's living in Monsilva tend to follow Monsilvan folk religion or Buddhism, however Monsilvans outside of Monsilva tend to adopt the native religion, or become unaffiliated.
Monsilvans have many customs that range depending on dialect and region of Monsilva, as well as different customs for Monsilvans living outside Monsilva. Fujikunian Monsilvans and Baltanian Monsilvans are occasionally considered a separate culture from original Monsilvans due to their diverging customs over several decades of separation.
