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Beer has been a core staple of the Kiravian diet for nutritional, ritual, and recreational reasons since time immemorial. Accordingly, hops have always been an extremely important commodity. For most of settled Coscivian history, hop production was a small-scale undertaking and most hops were grown in household or communal village hop gardens, though these are records of entire tribes or villages specialising in hop production, particularly during periods when large parts of the landmass were brought under the rule of one large empire or another, creating conditions more conducive to larger-scale, long-distance commerce. | Beer has been a core staple of the Kiravian diet for nutritional, ritual, and recreational reasons since time immemorial. Accordingly, hops have always been an extremely important commodity. For most of settled Coscivian history, hop production was a small-scale undertaking and most hops were grown in household or communal village hop gardens, though these are records of entire tribes or villages specialising in hop production, particularly during periods when large parts of the landmass were brought under the rule of one large empire or another, creating conditions more conducive to larger-scale, long-distance commerce. | ||
The Kiravian hop clans originated in the [PERIOD], mainly in South Kirav and the Transaterandic territories. The oceanic climate of these areas and a growing demand for beer in the growing cities and towns spurred the establishment of large hop plantations which required much more labour during the harvest season than they did during the rest of the year. Landless peasants, migratory Coscivian tribes, the younger sons of poorer townspeople, Celts, and | The Kiravian hop clans originated in the [PERIOD], mainly in South Kirav and the Transaterandic territories. The oceanic climate of these areas and a growing demand for beer in the growing cities and towns spurred the establishment of large hop plantations which required much more labour during the harvest season than they did during the rest of the year. Landless peasants, migratory Coscivian tribes, the younger sons of poorer townspeople, Celts, and Urom alike were recruited as harvesters. The hop clans were originally something akin to an early labour union, organised among the hoppers to negotiate with landowners, help members find housing and employment during the off-season, provide logistical oversight and security during seasonal migrations, and (often violently) maintain their control over the harvest labour supply by intimidating scabs and planters. Over time, these labour cartels became clans in proper, developing a sense of fictive kinship and their own distinctive cultures and customs. Those wishing to join a clan (usually in order to take harvest work) had to undergo ritual initiation. | ||
Hop clans also emerged in Farravonia and the Western Highlands after these areas became colonised by Coscivians and became used for intensive hop cultivation. | Hop clans also emerged in Farravonia and the Western Highlands after these areas became colonised by Coscivians and became used for intensive hop cultivation. | ||
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With post-Kirosocialist economic liberalisation and the mechanisation of agriculture, most ethnic hoppers are no longer directly involved in the traditional mode of hop harvesting, though a significant minority are, especially in inland states and parts of Kiravian Crona. Many have taken up commercial hop cultivation, either as family farmers or as members of coöperative enterprises with other hoppers. Two major Kiravian pale ales - Great Aterandic KPA and HVMVLVS - are manufactured by a hopper collective and a partially employee-owned company with a predominantly hopper workforce, respectively. Many now live in cities and towns, though urbanised hoppers tend to form {{wp|ethnic neighbourhoods}} with other hoppers and retain their clan affiliations and hopper identity. | With post-Kirosocialist economic liberalisation and the mechanisation of agriculture, most ethnic hoppers are no longer directly involved in the traditional mode of hop harvesting, though a significant minority are, especially in inland states and parts of Kiravian Crona. Many have taken up commercial hop cultivation, either as family farmers or as members of coöperative enterprises with other hoppers. Two major Kiravian pale ales - Great Aterandic KPA and HVMVLVS - are manufactured by a hopper collective and a partially employee-owned company with a predominantly hopper workforce, respectively. Many now live in cities and towns, though urbanised hoppers tend to form {{wp|ethnic neighbourhoods}} with other hoppers and retain their clan affiliations and hopper identity. | ||
[Lots of hoppers illegally grow pot. The [[Federal Police (Kiravia)|Federal Police]] estimate that Hopper crews are responsible for ~40% of the nation's illegal ganja crop. Of 424 persons arrested in connexion with large-scale clandestine reefer cultivation Ilfenóra, | [Lots of hoppers illegally grow pot. The [[Federal Police (Kiravia)|Federal Police]] estimate that Hopper crews are responsible for ~40% of the nation's illegal ganja crop. Of 424 persons arrested in connexion with large-scale clandestine reefer cultivation Ilfenóra, Cascada, and Metrea since 21195, 328 have belonged to hop clans.] | ||
==Geographic distribution== | ==Geographic distribution== | ||
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==List of Hopper Clans== | ==List of Hopper Clans== | ||
*'''Clan Ápskatśa''' - Mainly of | *'''Clan Ápskatśa''' - Mainly of Kaltan, Gaelic, and Urom descent, living in [[Kiorgia]] and [[Tanuvia]]. | ||
*'''Clan Dukláva''' - Of Tínoran, | *'''Clan Dukláva''' - Of Tínoran, Æran, and Kaltem heritage, living in Ventarya, [[Trinatria]], and parts of [[Hanoram]]. | ||
*'''Clan Lupulin''' - Of | *'''Clan Lupulin''' - Of Pelargian, Kastovan, and Antaric Coscivian descent, living in [[Metrea]]. | ||
*'''Clan Perrin''' - Mainly of | *'''Clan Perrin''' - Mainly of Kyrnan Coscivian and Pretannic Celtic heritage, living in North Ateranda, Etivéra, and Íarthakelva. | ||
*'''Clan Hōrstom''' - Of Antaric Coscivian descent, living in [[ | *'''Clan Hōrstom''' - Of Antaric Coscivian descent, living in [[Cascada]]. | ||
*'''Clan Peronin''' - Of Peninsular Coscivian descent, claim to have been hop cultivators since the First Coscivian Empire. | *'''Clan Peronin''' - Of Peninsular Coscivian descent, claim to have been hop cultivators since the First Coscivian Empire. | ||
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[[Category:KRV]] | [[Category:KRV]] | ||
[[Category:Coscivian | [[Category:Coscivian peoples]] | ||
[[Category:Ethnic groups]] | |||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||
[[Category:Alcohol]] | |||