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==Demographics==
According to an April 2020 estimate, the population of the Second Fortunan Empire is calculated to be 47,038045,449328. Due to the difficult geography of the Aspirian Isles, a majority of the population is concentrated along the coast and centered within densely populated urban areas. Fortuna has a population density of 344345.3734 per square kilometer (885894.84 mi/2) with over 25 million residing within the five most populated cities. The population has an estimated growth rate of 1.4% and a fertility rate of just over 2 children born per woman.
Beginning in the 1980s and into the early 2000s, Fortuna introduced policies and programs to encourage large families to replace the population lost during the Toscanan-Emilian War and the Purification Period. As concerns around overpopulation arose in the early years of the current regime, family planning policies were introduced as an attempt to slow the nation’s growth such as promoting a limit of two children per family and providing contraceptives to urban areas. The high population density of the Fortunan Archipelago has also been used by the regime as a justification for their recent expansion into the rest of the Aspirian Isles. Many of these family planning policies were later removed as Fortuna ramped up land reclamation and later with the annexation of the less densely populated island of Eridani Theta. Over 100,000 Fortunans have been settled in Eridani Theta by 2020, mostly consisting of ailurines and vulpines.
Officially, Fortuna only has three sapient species with humans making up the majority of the population, consisting of around 38,795802,784663 individuals, or 82.48% of the population. Vulpines and ailurines are the only other sapient species with vulpines making up 10.29% of the population, or around 4,840,329 individuals, and ailurines, making up 7.23% of the population, or around 3,402,334336 individuals. A notable amountnumber of felines and nekomimi once resided within the Fortunan Archipelago by the early 20th century, however, there are no records of either species on the isles after 1980. There does still consist of a rather diverse number of ethnic groups among the three species groups. Ethnic Fortunan humans make up the majority with just over 65% of the population while around 18% consist of remaining human ethnic minorities. Ambravians are the largest vulpine ethnic group, making up 8% of Fortuna’s population, while Eridanese are the largest ailurine ethnic group, roughly 5% of the population.
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The only official and recognized language of the Empire is [[wikipedia:italian language|Fortunan]] which first saw wide adoption throughout the archipelago starting in the early 1900s. Fortunan is a Norvian language and derives from Old Fortunan, the prominent language of the Fortunan Empire between the 11th and 16th centuries. The Fortunan language itself is based on Anconan as it was already widely spoken among the upper class and major urban centers. There is estimated to be around 40 million native speakers around the world and 10 million who use it as a secondary language. Fortunan would be officially established as the official language of the archipelago with the establishment of the Fortunan Confederation in the 1970s. Standardization, the establishment of a national education system, use in mass media, and support by unitists such as the UNP would increase the language's use into the 21st century.
There existsexist dozens of languages native to the Aspirian Isles. However, many minority and regional languages are considered endangered or entirely extinct in part due to the regime's push for the use of a singular, unifying language. On the Fortunan Archipelago, reportedly the only remaining languages in use besides Fortunan is Emilian and Toscanan. Secluded communities still see use of variations of the language, although this is expected to quickly change as the Empire continues further integration of the archipelago. Within the Medium Isles, lesser used languages include: Helenan, Miran, Linaronese, Grenatian, Opalian, and Telganese. These languages are endangered as Fortuna continues to integrate the islands into the Empire while many other MediumMediumese languages have already gone extinct. On Eridani Theta, the Fortunan language is still considered a secondary language. The main languages still in use is Eridanese, Thetan, and Ambravian.
In order to be able to participate in the international community, the government has allowed for the learning of aan internationally- used language. The most commonly learned languages are Codexian, Unonian, and Asendavian. As of 2020, it is estimated that over 25% of Fortunans under the age of 25 are able to use a foreign language. The use of a secondary language in public is prohibited unless it is for educational, political, or business purposes.
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