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Using a mixture of the ideas of Liamism and Urbanism, one can get an idea of how Liamists tick. Combine this with key cultural aspects, a person can get an overview of Liamist culture.

Much of this article refers to the Liamist States directly but can be accurately applied to the rest of the Empire, with only a few regional alterations.

People & Demographics

Nationality: Liamist(s)

Adjective: Liamist

• Age structure - 0-14 years: 22.0%, 15-64 years: 54.2%, 65 years and over: 23.8%
• Gender structure - Male: 51.2%, Female: 48.8%
• Population growth - 0.07%
• Life expectancy - Male: 84.5 years, Female: 88.2 years
• Birth/Death rate (per million) - 12.22/10.38
• Fertility - 1.12 children/woman
• Immigration/Emmigration (per million) - 7.42/1.03
• Background - 89% Liamist, 7% Tableleg, 4% Other*
• Primary Languages - 45% English, 34% Tablelandian, 11% Old Liamist, 7% French, 3% Other**
• Religion - 69% Atheist/Agnostic, 24% Liamist, 7% Other

Liamism

Liamism is the essential embodiment of all things Liam. Liamism can be taken in one of two ways:

Liamism Lifestyle

As a lifestyle philosophy, Liamism has shaped all of the peoples of the Liamist States. It essentially means that people are proud of all things that they are associated with but respectful of one another. The Liamists are proud of their nation, what it has achieved, its culture but also themselves, their achievements, their families and any institutions that they are a part of. They are not blinded by this pride, frequently recognising problems that are swiftly addressed and corrected, making the Liamists some of the most progressive people in NationStates.

While many strike up rivalries with people in opposing factions, it is usually friendly and restricted to verbal slinging matches. That is, of course, unless they are not officially a Liamist and still considered foreign, where they will usually be considered fairly culturally deficient and lacking the knowledge any Liamist should know. These foreigners are not excluded for their deficiency but brought in closer to social groups for Liamist training. Those who cannot be trained or are still foreign are ostracised. The Liamists as such are often perceived as arrogant people.

Liamism is also a very individualist philosophy with a strong sense of self-belief that leads to most Liamists thinking that they are the most important person who is in control of their own destiny. Despite this reality-grounded self-importanism, most will happily discomfort themselves for the gain of another needier person. Liamists recognise the individual, such as Liam himself, as the one who is often responsible for mass ripples of change through history.

Liamists tend to be hardworking. While they work thirty hour weeks, enjoying every minute they get away from work, they often achieve what most nationalities do in forty or even fifty hours of work. If work needs doing during breaks in work time, Liamists will often forgo personal needs to get their jobs done.

Liamism Religion

As a religion, Liamism embodies all the above beliefs as the word of Liam, who is considered an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing being. He is responsible for the creation of the universe and the setting up of the laws of physics, which he can change at any time. It was prophecised that he would be born in the year 1992, in australia. It was said that through his actions he would save the world from destruction and lead humanity to world peace. With two men at his right and one on his left he will help mankind overcome their weaknesses and teach them to accept eachother for who they are. Some even suspect that Liam will be the second coming of Jesus Christ, and will finish what he began to do 2000 years ago. Though some of his actions will be to the point, most will be very secretive, but this is so that humanity can work out the problems for themselves.

Many people refute this as the truth and as such, many of the Liamists are either atheistic or agnostic (unsure of whether religion is false, Liamism is the path or whether another minority religion is the way). Under a quarter of the population confirms themselves as Liamists, refusing to accept Liam’s own testimony that Liamism was actually a method of grabbing power when the Liamist States was first formed and instead pointing out his somewhat mythical (and subject to many conspiracy theories) longevity.