Chironites

The people who make up the majority (or possibly the only entirety) of Sacred Chiron. The Chironites were an unremarkable feudal people until they were uplifted by the United Culture, but something went wrong, and they rebelled from the progressive utopian ideals of their benefactors, and installed an Emperor, called the Autarch, who led them to become an expansionist, militaristic power.
The Chironites themselves were originally a tribe called the Ximbri, or the Kimbroi, as they were known in ancient times. There were other tribes on their mainland, but theirs was the most fierce, and conquered their neighbors.
The name Chiron, which is popular in the Albisphere, comes from a mistranslation of Kimbroi to Chiroi, which later became Chiron, a reference to a centaur of myth. At the time, Chiron was known for having excellent cavalry, so the centaur-analogy was fitting.
These days the Chironites call themselves the Schimre, the country Schimland.
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