Nati

The Nati (IPA: naˈti) are a Wistanian people group that dwell primarily in the southeastern corner of Wistania, closely related to the Katapu.

History
The Nati were originally farmers on a different continent than Wistania, dwelling around a chain of volcanoes and isolated from the oppressive Diwa. A combination of nationalism and democracy allowed the group to expand exponentially in just a couple hundreds of years. At one point, thousands of children were born every year.

After a sudden earthquake, the chain of volcanoes that provided their rich soil suddenly and dramatically exploded, killing hundreds of thousands and forcing the survivors to flee into the ocean on their fishing boats. Joining them, the Katapu provided rudimentary navigation based on their calculations of the stars, and they eventually ran into Wistania, quite by accident.

Upon arriving, they met the Taliv, who were being defeated by the Bolotil in a war for possession of the island. The Nati quickly made friends with the Taliv and decided to fight beside them, offering their skills with the bow and arrow. During this time, they communicated using a pidgin which consisted mostly of Taliv grammar with many Nati words. After the war, and a number of revisions and records, this pidgin became the Wistanian language.

Culture
The Nati are primarily vegetarians, who occasionally eat meat - especially fish. They are fruit and vegetable farmers by trade and continue to uphold that tradition for centuries. They are also the creators of the dami and the minds behind the Wistanian government.