Vedil

An example vedil. Note that "vedlant" is the collective form, analogous to "mankind".

Vedil are an ethnicity native to Panavis and common in Liruzon. Physically, they are very large and wide compared to standard humans (such as wilo) and have a distinctive yellowish skin tone. Culturally, the Vedila culture is called the Panavic culture, and the people of Panavic culture are also called the Panavana (leaving "Panavana" roughly synonymous with "Vedil".

Culture

Culturally, one key point of cultural philosophy is the concept of bicameralism (a philosophical separation of the mind into "speaking" and "listening" parts, where the "speaking" part derives from an extradimensional force personalized to each agent, called an urbax).

It is from this that the natural variances in mental structure and behavior are explained. The other key cultural concept relating to mentality is the idea of "mindforms", culturally-defined categories of neurotype patterns which correspond to expected roles in society. For example, people with delusional or hallucinatory disorders might be placed in positions of religious significance, sociopaths in positions where their detached attitude is necessary (such as in military planning), and people with anxiety might be partnered up with highly empathic people in cases where excessive worry and consideration is warranted. Panavic culture attributes a huge amount to the inherent nature of a person, following on from this.

More generally, the idea of a generic "position of authority" is foreign to Panavic culture - instead, things like rulers, social leaders, etc often have particular roles they are expected to serve. In particular, rulers are considered public servants as much as police workers are, just with much greater responsibility. They are analogized as caretakers or parents.

A discussion of Panavic culture surrounding "work" can be found at Labor#Panavic.

In Panavic thought, "truth" is judged based on what is applicable and sensible, not a sense of absolute truth as a goal. "Scientific theory" implies the process of revising, expanding, or reworking models to fit observations, and it is rather similar models that form the basis of religion not only in Panavis itself but also as a general areal feature of Iltezon.

In Panavic culture, marriage is associated with sex and reproduction, but not with romantic relationships, which are defined along the same lines as close family-like friendships.

Panavic culture considers higher-level reasoning inseparable from the nature of humanity, due to the high degree of interaction with yarov in the natural world.