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The Gishotoi are an Ethnic group in the nation of Gishoto.

History
Native Inhabitants of Northern Dovani, the exact history of the Gishotoi is unclear though some believe they are descendants of people who travelled west across the sea from Majatara and Artania. They eventually settled around the North West Dovani Coast and the Sea of Carina around the year 800. The frist contact bewteen them and the rest of the world was Sir Christopher Dove's arrival on the new content. However by the time large scale Colonisation by Luthori took place many had migrated east to the other side of the Brelag Barrier Range and numbers were decimated by disease. Some settlements remained, notably the ancient Imperial seat at Kien which was almost abandoned and was taken over as the new Capital of the Luthori Colony of Gishoto. By around 2100 there was a reasonable population spread across the Great North Dovani Plain but in the year 2123 there was a terrible drought which led to a mass migration into what was soon to become the new Republic of Gishoto. The Gishotoi were represented in the new Parliament by the Imperial Apparatus which wished to re-install the ancient position of the Meiji Emperor, but they were overidden by the majority Gishoton population which installed an Emperor from the Luthori descended noble families of Hulstria. The Gishotoi were greatly repressed the Holy Gishoton Empire, epsecially due to their animist Shinto beliefs which were in conflict with the Lutheran state religion. The Communist Revolution of 2247-48 did not offer much respite as all religion was outlawed and then Lutheranism was re-enforced. It is only since the early 2280s when religion law was relaxed that the Gishotoi have been able to worhsip according to their traditional beliefs freely. However since this time many have converted to Christianity and stopped speaking Gishotoi as a first language.