Uyami People

Uyamis ( Uyami pronunciation [uˈjamy]) or Uyami people are members of an ethnoreligious group and a nation originating from the Valresh people and Gayans of historical Klanima and Southern Valresh. Uyami ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Serwìsm is the ethnic religion of the Uyami people, although its observance varies from strict to none.

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Uyamis originated as an ethnic and religious group in Southern Valresh during the third millennium BJC, in the region of Valresh known by the natives as the Land of Winds. Some early Nido scriptures appear to confirm the existence of "Dangerous Nomads" somewhere in Southern Valresh as far back as the 22nd century BCE (Late Renovation Age). The Gayans, as immigrants from the collapsed Klanima, consolidated their hold with the emergence of the tribal unions of Shirwe and Nimau. Some consider that these Khanite immigrant Gayans melded with local nomadic groups known as 'Werkèns'.

In the millennia following, the Uyami expanded into multiple tribes and clans who coalesced into four, major rivaling factions according their lineage: Nus (thought to be descendants of the noble Klaminan family of Nyojh), Gemna (the dominant family in the South, thought to also be descendants from a noble Klaminan family), Hira (derived from the name of the native Valreshian tribe of Huirró), and Mì'dya (also derived from a native Valreshian tribe). Prior to the migrations of the III century BJC, the eldhamwide Jyamj population reached a peak of 2753, representing around 5 percent of the world population at that time. Afterwards, foreign diseases brought the population to a rapid decline. As of 42 AJC, the population was reduced to less than 30 people.

The modern State of Hvítrland is the only country where Uyamis form a majority of the population. It defines itself as an Uyami and righteous state in the Constitution. Hvítrland's Law of Return grants the right of citizenship to dispersed Uyamis who have expressed their desire to settle in Hvítrland.