Assigning ZZZ Characters Nationalities and Ethnicities

14 Apr, 2025

note:

for the sake of consistency “New Eridu” as a nation is considered to be natively ‘American’ despite it largely being a combination of traits from cities like Shanghai, New York City, Chicago, etc., as I feel it encompasses the true "cultural hub" status that it has in-game. It is true however, that for the most part it takes most of its cultural influence from Shanghai (down to the extravagant city-wide celebrations of events like Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival).
theoretically all of them would be various flavours of 'naturalized' if they all lived and worked in the same city like in-game, but this list is under the pretense that "New Eridu" as it's portrayed doesn't exist.

ZZZ Mid-Autumn Festival

"No no no, it's fine. I just didn't think it'd be Chinese, that's all."

Belle/Wise¹ - Chinese-American (Half-Chinese Wasian)

Cunning Hares

Nicole Demara - Filipino
Anby Demara - Filipino (adopted by Nicole)
Billy Kid - American
Nekomiya Mana - Japanese (Okinawa)

Belobog Heavy Industries

Koleda Belobog - Russian-American (2nd-gen²)
Grace Howard - American
Anton Ivanov - Russian-American (2nd-gen)
Ben Bigger - American

Criminal Investigation Special Response Team

Zhu Yuan - Chinese-American (2nd-gen)
Qingyi - Chinese
Seth Lowell - British
Jane Doe - American (w/ East-Asian ethnicity)

Section 6

Hoshimi Miyabi - Japanese
Tsukishiro Yanagi - Japanese
Asaba Harumasa - Japanese
Soukaku - Japanese

Sons of Calydon

Burnice White - American
Caesar King - Italian-American (w/ possible Greek ancestry)
Luciana de Montefio - Italian-American (2nd-gen)
Piper Wheel - American
Lighter - American
Pulchra Fellini - Italian-American (naturalized³)

Victoria Housekeeping

Alexandrina Sebastiane - Romanian
Von Lycaon - German
Ellen Joe - Chinese-American (2nd-gen, real name Ellen Zhou)
Corin Wickes - British (Scottish?)

Stars of Lyra

Astra Yao - Chinese-American (1st-gen⁴)
Evelyn Chevalier - French (legally, true origins unknown)

Obol Squad

Soldier 11 - ??? (Chinese if Yi Xuan turns out to be related)
Trigger - American

I spent a bit too much time coming up with a few of these, but at the end of the day it's just pure headcanon and definitely not worth arguing about.

as their real parents are unknown, generational status can't be inferred↩
refers to children of families who have already had established roots, but nonetheless have foreign heritage↩
refers to individual immigrants who've recently gained citizenship↩
refers to children of foreign-born immigrant parents↩