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Halfway generally leans strongly towards Urcea's [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]]. Three of its four seats in the [[Concilium Daoni]] are considered to be "safe" National Pact seats, with only the district encompassing [[Koureiros]] usually being held by the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]] and its predecessors. Accordingly, Halfway is considered to have "solidly leaned" towards the National Pact in every [[Procurator]]ial election of the 21st century, and the Province hasn't elected a non-Pact Governor since the [[1970]]s. In the [[2030 Urcean elections]], National Pact Procuratorial candidate [[List_of_Urcean_officials#Salderio,_Conner_Scipio|Conner Scipio Salderio]] won 58% of the vote to incumbent Solidarity Procurator [[Livio Iarnán]]'s 40%. Similarly, both houses of the Great Court have long-running Pact majorities; after the 2030 election, the Pact held 54 of 82 Principal Assembly and 12 of 18 High Magistrate seats. Nearly all non-Pact support on the island comes from Koureiros and its environs, including the vast majority of all non-Pact provincial legislators.

== Sports ==

== Culture ==

Halfway has one of the longest and most storied histories of any of Urcea's [[Government_of_Urcea#Province|provinces]], being more similar to a [[Government_of_Urcea#State|state]] with respect to its long history as an independent or semi-independent polity. In almost every respect, civilization in Halfway is far older than that of anywhere else in Urcea, and accordingly its general cultural flare and some traditions far predate the [[Golden Bull of 1098]]. Long before the advent of jogging in the Occident, the people of Halfway were observed to regularly have morning jogs, a long tradition dating back to the athletic emphasis of [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]].

In addition to its supreme antiquity, Halfway's society is heavily influenced by the societies and traditions of [[Sarpedon]] more than those of [[Levantia]]. Halfway is the only part of Urcea unambiguously part of Sarpedon; though it has become integrated within Urcea and it depends by age, class, and other factors, much of Halfway remains in [[Venceia]]'s cultural orbit rather than [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]]. Caphiric cultural influence has seen a major resurgence since the end of the [[Occidental Cold War]] in the 1980s. [[Julian Ænglish|Ænglish]] translations of Caphiric media, such as ''[[Bastrare (franchise)|Bastrare]]'' are extremely common and popular in Halfway alongside Levantine media.

Halfway's society is divided into a number of ''fraternetas''. These fraternetas are functionally similar to the [[Guilds (Caphiria)|guilds]] as exist in [[Caphiria]], but have been given a different distinction to avoid confusing with the [[Guilds (Urcea)|Urcean guilds]]. These are social and fraternal organizations of different tradesmen, and membership in them is hereditary but optional. In many cases, only half of the members of the fraternetas are engaged in the nominal trade of their fraterneta, though a strong sense of social obligation and peer pressure exists among hereditary members to continue the trade of their ancestor. The [[Guilds_(Urcea)#Structure|Provincial Investiture Boards of the Urcean guild system]] often have a kind of official sponsorship of the fraternetas while not directly integrating them into their economic and regulatory role, instead building up the fraternetas as a kind of social arm of their institution.

The [[Estates of Urcea|Urcean Estate system]] is present on the island to a limited degree. About a third of all island residents are members of an Estate, almost all of whom are either direct immigrants from the Urcean mainland, their descendants, or are descended from a single mainland-born ancestor who is a member of an Estate. In some parts of Halfway society, membership in an Estate, and participating in Estate gatherings or Estate business, is looked down upon as {{wp|elitist}}. Prior to the 17th century, the people of Halfway had an unofficial estate-type system called the ''urbo''. As the name would suggest, one's ''urbo'' was based on the closest major city of the island's six cities that a person was either from or was close to. These distinctions served as dividing lines between people, ensuring that intra-urbo relations were kept relatively low. Urbo-based discrimination was common, making it more and more likely for travelers to not disclose their city of origin nor their ancestors' homes. With the reorganization of the island in the 17th century, the power of the urbo identity waned significantly. However, through the 21st century it is considered rude to ask what city a person (or their ancestors) is from, and social etiquette requires a person to disclose it on their own.

===Sports===

Halfway does not have a team from any of the Urcean major leagues, but teams from the major leagues as well as college sports are very popular in the province. The University of Koureiros is the most popular sporting institution on the island. UK, as it is known, is generally competitive at the highest levels of Urcean college basketball on a perennial basis. The primary inter-island competition is at the {{wp|high school}} sports level. Indoor ice hockey at the school level is very popular among both students and spectators due to the island's hot climate. Matches in the Halfway Hockey Varsity Association - HHVA - are well attended and feature the largest on-island sporting arenas; attendance of 2,000 or more for a weekly varsity hockey match is not uncommon.

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 Halfway generally leans strongly towards Urcea's [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]]. Three of its four seats in the [[Concilium Daoni]] are considered to be "safe" National Pact seats, with only the district encompassing [[Koureiros]] usually being held by the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]] and its predecessors. Accordingly, Halfway is considered to have "solidly leaned" towards the National Pact in every [[Procurator]]ial election of the 21st century, and the Province hasn't elected a non-Pact Governor since the [[1970]]s. In the [[2030 Urcean elections]], National Pact Procuratorial candidate [[List_of_Urcean_officials#Salderio,_Conner_Scipio|Conner Scipio Salderio]] won 58% of the vote to incumbent Solidarity Procurator [[Livio Iarnán]]'s 40%. Similarly, both houses of the Great Court have long-running Pact majorities; after the 2030 election, the Pact held 54 of 82 Principal Assembly and 12 of 18 High Magistrate seats. Nearly all non-Pact support on the island comes from Koureiros and its environs, including the vast majority of all non-Pact provincial legislators.
-== Sports ==
+== Culture ==
+Halfway has one of the longest and most storied histories of any of Urcea's [[Government_of_Urcea#Province|provinces]], being more similar to a [[Government_of_Urcea#State|state]] with respect to its long history as an independent or semi-independent polity. In almost every respect, civilization in Halfway is far older than that of anywhere else in Urcea, and accordingly its general cultural flare and some traditions far predate the [[Golden Bull of 1098]]. Long before the advent of jogging in the Occident, the people of Halfway were observed to regularly have morning jogs, a long tradition dating back to the athletic emphasis of [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]].
+In addition to its supreme antiquity, Halfway's society is heavily influenced by the societies and traditions of [[Sarpedon]] more than those of [[Levantia]]. Halfway is the only part of Urcea unambiguously part of Sarpedon; though it has become integrated within Urcea and it depends by age, class, and other factors, much of Halfway remains in [[Venceia]]'s cultural orbit rather than [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]]. Caphiric cultural influence has seen a major resurgence since the end of the [[Occidental Cold War]] in the 1980s. [[Julian Ænglish|Ænglish]] translations of Caphiric media, such as ''[[Bastrare (franchise)|Bastrare]]'' are extremely common and popular in Halfway alongside Levantine media.
+Halfway's society is divided into a number of ''fraternetas''. These fraternetas are functionally similar to the [[Guilds (Caphiria)|guilds]] as exist in [[Caphiria]], but have been given a different distinction to avoid confusing with the [[Guilds (Urcea)|Urcean guilds]]. These are social and fraternal organizations of different tradesmen, and membership in them is hereditary but optional. In many cases, only half of the members of the fraternetas are engaged in the nominal trade of their fraterneta, though a strong sense of social obligation and peer pressure exists among hereditary members to continue the trade of their ancestor. The [[Guilds_(Urcea)#Structure|Provincial Investiture Boards of the Urcean guild system]] often have a kind of official sponsorship of the fraternetas while not directly integrating them into their economic and regulatory role, instead building up the fraternetas as a kind of social arm of their institution.
+The [[Estates of Urcea|Urcean Estate system]] is present on the island to a limited degree. About a third of all island residents are members of an Estate, almost all of whom are either direct immigrants from the Urcean mainland, their descendants, or are descended from a single mainland-born ancestor who is a member of an Estate. In some parts of Halfway society, membership in an Estate, and participating in Estate gatherings or Estate business, is looked down upon as {{wp|elitist}}. Prior to the 17th century, the people of Halfway had an unofficial estate-type system called the ''urbo''. As the name would suggest, one's ''urbo'' was based on the closest major city of the island's six cities that a person was either from or was close to. These distinctions served as dividing lines between people, ensuring that intra-urbo relations were kept relatively low. Urbo-based discrimination was common, making it more and more likely for travelers to not disclose their city of origin nor their ancestors' homes. With the reorganization of the island in the 17th century, the power of the urbo identity waned significantly. However, through the 21st century it is considered rude to ask what city a person (or their ancestors) is from, and social etiquette requires a person to disclose it on their own.
+===Sports===
 Halfway does not have a team from any of the Urcean major leagues, but teams from the major leagues as well as college sports are very popular in the province. The University of Koureiros is the most popular sporting institution on the island. UK, as it is known, is generally competitive at the highest levels of Urcean college basketball on a perennial basis. The primary inter-island competition is at the {{wp|high school}} sports level. Indoor ice hockey at the school level is very popular among both students and spectators due to the island's hot climate. Matches in the Halfway Hockey Varsity Association - HHVA - are well attended and feature the largest on-island sporting arenas; attendance of 2,000 or more for a weekly varsity hockey match is not uncommon.

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