So I've known that the Caldari were a mix between Americans and the Japanese, but I never understood how this could be. Though, I finally figured it out.

Prepare for rambling.

Most people when they think of American culture tend to see consumerism, but they forget that efficiency is also a factor. For example, why do you think in America we(me not being one but living here) use ready to cook meals, drive short distances, wake up early yet sleep late, wear Sweat pants when not doing exercise? The answer is efficiency.

Americans do not like to waste time on impractical things, economically speaking, at least the greater culture does not. For example the French(the proto-Gallante), are meticulous on creating things, buying things and how they spend their lives and also what they do. In France people people tend to prefer jobs that give them more leisure time, require less work and would even loose a bit of their paycheck to achieve this. This is not so in America. Here people value high paying jobs. It doesn't matter if you have vacation days, holidays or an enjoyable career; the bottom line is the bottom line of your checking account.

Japanese and Chinese culture also significantly changed how the Caldari function. The influence of communism in China and the imperialistic nature of old Japan influenced the militaristic ways of the Caldari. As well as the Asian cultural motivation of achieving high education, getting a good career and making your family proudalso factored in. Also, Japan lacks most resources, it is mostly an Isand made of stone and is hard to farm and also lacks natural materials to harvest.

So in short the Caldari are influenced economically by American efficiency, American sociopolitical expectations, Asian educational pressure, and the Japanese lack of resources.

Though there is one last thing that was common in both America and in Far East Asia during WWII, and that is the war time economy. The Caldari State is more or less stuck in a permanent war economy. The State is small, the smallest of the four Empires. This means that to protect it self the State must have a conscripted military and they must also have the latest military equipment available. While the Gallante don't, the Gallante have just about always had a volunteer military and so despite the Gallante Empire being much larger than the Caldari, devotes less money and people to national defense. For the Caldari this means things are always in short demand; the Caldari don't have the surplus amount of materials to engage in creative non-efficienct projects. So in essence the reason the Caldari are so boring is because they are too busy surviving to do much else and lack the resources to.do it even if they were secure, while the Gallante are fairly protected and have the resources and money to.be silly and extravagant.


It all makes sense now!

Soooooo.......

We're boring?

Since when?


TBH, the Gallente are the most "boring" race. So stereotypical hero style. Cookie cutter from every other "Hero" Faction from COD to Assassin's Creed. Freedom will make all the things better!



Back on topic, I feel this is the thing that makes us Interesting. It breaks the mold of most faction design motifs, which is what I feel the Gallente suffer from.

They honor work and aim not for the betterment themselves, but the state, the society as a whole, at the cost of the individual.

I personally honor that idea, that people should work to make the lives of everybody easier, better.

More efficient.

Yeah, but the Gallente are "The Masters of Pleasure"...

Soooooo.......

We're boring?

Since when?


TBH, the Gallente are the most "boring" race. So stereotypical hero style. Cookie cutter from every other "Hero" Faction from COD to Assassin's Creed. Freedom will make all the things better!



Back on topic, I feel this is the thing that makes us Interesting. It breaks the mold of most faction design motifs, which is what I feel the Gallente suffer from.

They honor work and aim not for the betterment themselves, but the state, the society as a whole, at the cost of the individual.

I personally honor that idea, that people should work to make the lives of everybody easier, better.

More efficient.

Good job I agree yet the "boring" part is a big nono

I just mean that Caldari life is monotonous. You study, you work on the basis that not doing so would keep you irrelevant in the Galaxy. Compared to the other Empires the Caldari have to work the hardest to achieve. The Amarr can simply use Slaves as manual labor, which gives them free time. The Gallante use immigrants as labor and so the higher ups in society are given more leisure time. In the Minmatar Republic, they have so many natural resources they don't really have to manufacture goods, they can just sell the raw materials. The Caldari don't have slaves, a large immigrant population, or raw materials. This means that everybody has to work near full time.

Sounds rather monotonous to me.

I just mean that Caldari life is monotonous. You study, you work on the basis that not doing so would keep you irrelevant in the Galaxy. Compared to the other Empires the Caldari have to work the hardest to achieve. The Amarr can simply use Slaves as manual labor, which gives them free time. The Gallante use immigrants as labor and so the higher ups in society are given more leisure time. In the Minmatar Republic, they have so many natural resources they don't really have to manufacture goods, they can just sell the raw materials. The Caldari don't have slaves, a large immigrant population, or raw materials. This means that everybody has to work near full time.

Sounds rather monotonous to me.

You think gallente is just french,but i think they are the whole eu-area

Quick add on the Caldari culture.

There are quite few northern euro / Scandinavian components in their language and phenotypes. I believe the specific taxonomy of the Caldanese language contains Finnish tones as per some comments by EVE Devs.

Having engaged on this topic a fair amount over the last year the key point to remember is that there may be clear overtones and themes we can draw from different existing cultures but there are very few direct connections. For example, the Caldari have themes that resonate with Japanese, Germanic / Nordic, and American cultures....that doesn't mean it's a direct decedent necessarily of any of them.

You'll notice a mixture of contemporary cultural themes across the board in races.


For my subject assessment on the Caldari:

The do get a strong sense of corporate identity, collectivism, and honor structure that ties heavily back to East Asian cultures. This is also somewhat reflected in their religious practices and language.

There is a clear and distinct vein of Germanic / Nordic influence that also is reflected in the Civire bloodline. Focused, militaristic, hard workers that can function well independently and as part of a organized structure.

Finally, there are some Western (i.e. American) components in the competitive culture of success at all facets of life reflected in the everything from deeply pervasive sports and betting leagues to the near autonomous nature of the Caldari Corps to the point they essentially nation-states in the Westphalian sense on their own. Just a quick note, from a business history perspective the Japanese copied the American corporate model and built on it however in recent times the western model corporations are far surpassing their eastern counterparts in many measurable standings.

All of this is a net effect of the genesis of the Caldari culture. Start with the fact that they are all descendant from several venture capital, mining, and exploration projects from corporations in the Terran system. These corps probably were from all over the Terran culture and they reflect that fusion now.

And here I am still waiting for the creepy torture sex fictions

And here I am still waiting for the creepy torture sex fictions

You seriously dont want to know what the Gallente get up to.

Up to? More like underneath of. Seriously though, the Gallante are the masters of pleasure and a side effect is that they're also the masters of pain and discomfort. The Gallante make you regret not fighting to the death when you had the chance. Make no mistake, the Gallante always give quarter to those that surrender, but death, a quick death, is always better than the Gallante interrogators.

Caldari are Finnish to. As in Finland.