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Urcea has served as the origin point for many popular genres of music that have spread around the world. Much of Urcean musical tradition originated in {{wp|Gregorian chant}} and peasants who received rudimentary musical training as part of small parish choir roles and the subsequent practice of wandering minstrels and songs passed on by oral tradition. Many of these songs continued past the decline of minstrelsy and formed the nucleus of Urcean folk music as well as what is known as "{{wp|Irish music|traditional music}}", a genre of folk music emphasizing the use of the fiddle and other instruments to tell historical tales and myths. The {{wp|Renaissance}} brought court and theatrical music to the fore which emphasized improvisation and technical skill. The rise of the tradition of precise instrumentation eventually blended with traditional music, creating a kind of proto-{{wp|folk music}}. This genre continued to develop, implementing foreign instruments and styles to develop into both {{wp|country music}} and, subsequently, modern popular and rock music. Much of this came about following a renewed interest in "old" music and "old" songs dating back to the medieval period in the beginning of the 20th century, fueling an industry and style developments that would create modern genres.

==Economy and Infrastructure==

The Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea has market mixed economy, owing to the origins of the country and the modern philosophical constitution of the country on semi-{{wp|distributist}} and {{wp|Catholic social teaching|Catholic social}} principles. The country is generally appraised a strong economy, with a GDP per capita of roughly $48,000 as of 2018 and a total national GDP of $70 trillion, which makes it the world's largest economy. Industrial manufacturing, agriculture, and natural resource gathering (yielding uranium overseas, among other resources) constitute some of the largest segments of the economy, though most economic analysts have classified the country as partly post-industrial due to a shift to some service economy sectors. The Urcean economy experienced rapid growth in the late 20th century due to increasing economic modernization and technological innovations, allowing an average 3.1% growth rate between 1972 and 1999, after which point the economy began to slow down and "normalize" relative to potential growth in productivity. The economy has additionally seen a major growth period since the end of the [[War of the Northern Confederation]], as the "nuclear revolution" in energy has fueled a major boom due to plentiful and cheap energy.

{{Main|History of computing in Urcea}}

Urcea is considered one of the world's most advanced countries in terms of technology. The country is considered about on par with [[Caphiria]] in terms of the development and adoption of microprocessor-based devices, though some industrial sectors lag behind in automation due to concerted political and social resistance, especially from the [[Guilds (Urcea)|nation's guilds]]. Urcea was a world pioneer in the development of personal computers. In 1972, the Urcean company [[Selectro]] released the Selectro 1000PC, which historians consider to be the first commercially available personal computer in [[Levantia]] and possibly globally, although several other products have made claims to being the first.

==Military and National Defense==

{{Main|Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea}}