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Much of Urcean culture can be traced back to the early contact between [[Latinic people|Latinic]] and [[Gaelic people|Gaelic]] peoples during the [[Age of XXX]], with the interaction between both cultures forming many of the cultural lineages present in southern [[Levantia]] today, including the [[Urcean people]] and many others such as the [[Derian people]] and [[Garán people]]. Imported Latinic traditions were often adopted and adapted by conquered Gaelic peoples, including many culinary and musical staples of modern Urcean society. Following the initial formation of what could be distinctly identified as the [[Urcean people]] in the latter days of [[Great Levantia]], additional cultural influences - from both [[Gothic people]] and [[Gassavelian people]] - created modern Urcean society through centuries of interaction and intermarriage.

===Social class===

Urcean society features a relatively mobile class system without solidified boundaries, although there is typically a distinction between the poor and working class, the middle class, and the upper class. The classes in Urcea are typically, but not always, defined by wealth and income levels. There are cases of so called "legacy optimates" who are not especially wealthy but nonetheless are members of the upper class due to their historical descent from Urcean nobility.

Although Urcea made extensive use of {{wp|peerage}} throughout its early and Medieval history, the practice gradually fell out of use during the Renaissance and Early Modern Period. Today, all peerages are considered lifetime grants from the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] and are typically reserved either for Custóirs of the [[Estates of Urcea]] or of close relatives of the King in [[House de Weluta]].

===Education===

''Main Article: [[Education in Urcea]]''