Salt Coast: Nationless Peoples
The nationless are any peoples who claim no land of their own, instead living within the borders of other nations.
Borders
The notion of physical border markers is not applicable here, but to give some idea where the major nationless groups might be found.
- Humans: The bulk of humanity makes its home throughout the dwarven empire.
- Half Elves: Rare in the lands, half elves may be found in similar numbers in the dwarven empire, the hartshorn, the ferrous wastes, and the inner isles.
- Gnomes: Gnomes are split fairly evenly between the Clanclave Mountains of the dwarven empire and the Hartshorn.
- Tieflings: As rare as half elves, tieflings nevertheless choose by and large to dwell within the dragonborn protectorate.
- Orcs: More often than not, orcs will be found in the high reaches of the Clanclave Mountains.
Languages
All nationless speak the dwarven trade tongue (common). Additionally, the various nationless peoples speak the following languages:
- Humans: Humans generally also speak the primary language of the nation they've chosen to live in.
- Half Elves: Being well travelled, half elves also speak elvish and one other language from the lands they have lived in.
- Gnomes: Gnomes adopt high dwarvish or elvish almost exclusively depending on whether they are Clanclave or Hartshorn folk.
- Tieflings: Tieflings are born knowing how to communicate in the outlander tongue. (In this setting, outlander encompasses both celestial and infernal).
- Orcs: Orcs also speak their racial tongue, orcish.
Government
By definition, the nationless are generally assumed to follow (or break) the laws of the people they live among. There are some notable exceptions, however.
- Humans:
- Half Elves:
- Gnomes:
- Tieflings:
- Orcs: