The Amish

The Amish are a religious sect of Christianity. They take upon themselves the highest standards of moral and metaphysical purity one could set, forgoing most modern technologies including most electric circuits and machines. The Amish are primarily the reason Camp doesn’t have great cell phone reception; Verizon gave up on the Amish long ago.

 

Quick history of the Amish, courtesy of crappy non-wikipedia secondary sources:

 

The Amish community in Camp is barely unique; The largest Amish communities usually reside in Pennsylvania. The Amish were originally a branch of people called the “Mennonites”, who also don’t use modern technology, but broke off to follow a Bishop named “Amman”, and they called his followers the “Amish”.

The Amish are a very humble people, and value family over all else. Don’t treat the Amish like they’re ancient beings; While they do value being cut off from the rest of society, they’ve got families and lives and frankly, they have traditional values that Camp admires deeply.