Baliscans

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Baliscans
Baliscanos
Total population
c. 144 million
Regions with significant populations
 Balisca        141,315,521 (2023)
 Mexico3,112,532
 Spain256,071
 United States89,029
 Brazil72,963
California California49,724
 Philippines48,312
 Soviet Union22,743
 Chile20,680
 France17,999
 Australia14,190
 Siculia13,696
 Italy11,239
 Uruguay10,200
 Cuba9,740
 Sanyan3,762
 Sweden3,842
 Takamaiku2,189
 Nakama1,046
Languages
Predominantly Baliscano
(Mozarabic, Ladino, Aranese, Aragonese, Catalan)
Religion
Atheism (majority)
Catharism, Roman Catholicism, Sephardic Judaism, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Siculians, Argentine people, Brazilians

Baliscans, in Baliscano baliscanos (masculine) or baliscanas (feminine), and colloquially known as Montanyeros / Montañeros ("mountaineers") or Islaños ("islanders") are people identified with the country of Balisca. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Baliscans, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Baliscan. Although citizens make up the majority of Balisca, non-citizen residents, dual citizens, and expatriates may also claim an Baliscan identity

Balisca is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Baliscans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Balisca. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Baliscans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Balisca, with 23.6 million immigrants in 2022, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigrant destinations such as Argentina, Brazil and Australia.