Simevian (culture)
The smallest of the three Canian cultures, the Simevians are the nomadic people of old Kabyar, traditionally eschewing permanent settlement for a more itinerant lifestyle. While the Ashital and even the Leviden tend to regard their wayward cousins as little better than savages, in truth the lines between settled 'civilized' farmers and wandering 'barbarian' herders tend to be blurred in the margins of rural society. When farming is no longer an option many Canian agriculturalists fall back on nomadism with their goats and sheep to survive. Thus, a surprising number of Simevian clansmen are in reality only a generation or two removed from their settled brethren.
They are a devout people, and though their settled cousins may sneer at their parochialism they are renowned for their poetry and notorious for their resourcefulness. As their identity is in large part built from their hard-bitten lifestyle as opposed to any geographical origin, adoption of outsiders and even slaves into Simevian clans is a widespread practice, and those who are so adopted can rise far if they are ambitious.