Not to be confused with "Findelani" which is a citizen of Findle of any race, Findelites, or sometimes Findelians, or Netics, were the human people of Findle. They were a unique admixture of many human cultures. Findle was a place where the Thessan, Rassin and Quisiri cultures blended into one people. Findelites are masters of trade and shipping, and spread their language, Netic, into ports around the world, eventually being used as the standard international trade language. Findle was built on the ruins of the ancient goblin empire and served as a pirates den between Morat Ras and Olgun Quisir. The country soon swelled as farmers flooded to the temperate climate and mithral was discovered in the Meles area, eventually becoming the kingdom known in later ages.
Findle is officially a monarchy ruled by the Holt royal family, although in practice, the country operates more like a theocracy ruled by the Empyrean Church with the king as head of the church. Conflicts between church factions and heretical cults have been a major disruptive force for centuries even leading to the loss of the king and the four-century-long rule of Arundel Shay as steward. As a result, the people of Findle have little distinction between church and government authorities.
During the rule of the steward Arundel Shay, the country was opened to monstrous races like orcs, goblins, and drow, and alchemical weapons were developed. The world owes the introduction of dragon-powder weapons in part to the Findle Alchemeria. Subsequent wars with Danasia and the hobgoblin empire took their toll on the people of Findle as well as the monarchy, regularly teetering on the edge of economic ruin in the 5th Age. These repeated hardships forged the citizens of Findle into daring explorers and shrewd businessmen, always looking to improve their station.
The average Findleite is between 5'8" and 6'2" and displays the widest variation of skin, eye, and hair colors in the world. Many Findleites have non-human ancestors thanks to the large number of exotic peoples in the region and as a result, there is no standard Findelite phenotype.