Kinta Facts 8: Society

The world has been getting smaller as of late, as technology has generated increased movement and diversity. For kintas, it's getting smaller in another way too - interfacing with other species is increasingly common in all the roles they play worldwide, whether they like it or not.

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Today, the global kinta population is around a couple million and increasing very slowly. The vast majority of us reside in the homeland, the traditional, conservative center of kinta society. Here, we enjoy first-class-citizen status, but a historically poor (and still not great today) “non-kinta rights” record has left a stain on our aging civilization.

In former kinta colonies, tensions remain high and we continue to be perceived as cold and heartless. Some are slowly integrating into other cultures, but most remaining colonists are trying to hold on to their former dominance with varying success.

Only in the most cosmopolitan cities, like Yotakra, are we a generally accepted part of mixed-species society. While these often-progressive regions are full of ideals and optimism, they are struggling to define  equity in the face of size-based inequality.

You'll find kintas scattered around the globe due to our utility in heavy industries and construction worldwide. It pays well, but feelings are mixed on living among folks of very unequal stature. Some become fellow workers; others, sentient machines.


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