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*Yuri Slezkine in ''The Jewish Century'' described this as typical of what he called Mercurian people's, that is ethnic groupings that traditionally focus on maintaining artisanship, commerce, and similar services rather then territory(a characteristic of "Apollonian Peoples"). According to him Mercurians make up for their lack of geographical ties by firm family discipline.
* The Chinese have a fondness for "Clan corporations", effectively guilds run under the auspices of a given surname. These provide various services including making business investments, insuring loans by members, educating dependents, etc.
* The Rothschilds(who by the way come from the [[A Nice Jewish Index|most famous]] [[The Clan|clan]] of all), have bank branches in several countries. The Central European branch was destroyed by [[Those Wacky Nazis]] but several others survive. Aside from banking they maintain oddities like contributions to horticulture and viticulture, as well as patronizing one of the first Zionist settlements.
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