Their curt refusals often make them seem prudish or unsociable, while in fact they simply don't have a strong cultural pragmatism for engaging in such activities. Andorians are also reluctant to enter into strong personal relationships, another left over trait from their troubled past. This lack of a social skill so common in almost all other Federation races simply reinforces the sense of isolation and distance that others perceive between an Andorian and themselves. Andorian culture is predicated on the Cooperative. A Cooperative these days is a group of 60 to 100 families who have banded together to pool their resources and abilities to provide for the whole of their number.
Cooperatives tend to grow around single lines of endeavor or related centers.
As a young Andorian reaches his age of majority, he can either choose to remain with his own cooperative or seek to join another cooperative and establish a family line there. Some Andorians spend their early years alone, wandering from one city cluster to another, unable to decide on a Cooperative venture. The inland plains are home to semi-nomadic inland Cooperatives, who even today remain devoted to their ancient heritage. These cultural groups have minimal contact at this point,with increasing disdain on both sides. Politics Andorian society is still balkanized into a large number of governments.