The Minmatar society is a tribal one, although the widely different status of the race today has blurred this in the minds of some. Yet the tribal culture is very strong with most of them and they have managed to retain their customs remarkably well. So much, in fact, that a Minmatar of any given tribe can travel the width of the world, visiting fellow tribesmen and always feel at home, whether he visits a wealthy merchant within the Gallente Federation, an unscrupulous pirate in the outer regions or even a slave within the Amarr Empire. The Minmatars are the most populous of the races, but also the most politically fragmented. Only a quarter of them reside in their official empire, the Minmatar Republic.