The hewiixi are a small nation living in small matriarchal groups in coastal mountain regions. Their lives focus on farming and herding, and they rarely engage with other nations. Children are raised communally and brought up to take any role within the community. Every tribe is led by a small council of elders who are no longer able to be warriors, farmers, or herders. Women, men, and other genders are all equal. Adulthood is reached at the final growth spurt at around the age of 18, and those who do not naturally reach this growth spurt trigger it through use of peyote. As adults, hewiixi are encouraged to try many different roles in the tribe until they find the one that pleases them. There is no marriage and parentage is limited to motherhood; few know and fewer care who their fathers are.

Everything is a reason to celebrate in hewiixi tribes. Births, deaths, harvests, hunts, victories, defeats, new discoveries, anniversaries of old discoveries... the whole tribe celebrates something every day with a daily feast. The time of day of the feast is determined by the celebration. Many days have multiple celebrations, but only one feast. As such, the tribe always eats together, even in hard times. In times of famine or scarcity, elders will sacrifice themselves so the tribe may eat; this cannibalism is rare.