Who are the Null Islanders?

The modern Null Islander is the happy result of centuries of inter-mixing between our African and European ancestors. To quote President Smythe, "We are pretty much all cousins."

One unusual result of our years of close association is that almost all male Null Islanders are colourblind. In our world this does not create many difficulties, but it contributes to the unique appearance of our Flag.

We are a people who love pageants and celebration. Our calendar is a mix of holidays imported from the homelands of our forefathers. Because early Null Islanders often had no sense of the date when they washed up on our shores, some of our celebrations occur at different times of the year than they do elsewhere. Guy Fawkes Night, for example, is a Spring festival on Null Island. Tobaski (the Feast of Sacrifice) follows a week later.

Today's Null Islanders are not the simple fishermen and farmers of the past. Thanks to the recent discovery of a significant deposit of Bauxite, and its extraction by the Null Island Bauxite Extraction Company (NIBEC), most young Islanders are sent overseas for a comprehensive education. In fact, many of our talented young people attend Stanford University in the United States, where they are awarded advanced degrees in Business or the Sciences.

Thanks to the money generated by NIBEC, Null Island is transforming itself into an Information economy (see Economy).