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The wide spread of cultures and biomes across Hendalarsk has given rise to a similarly diverse array of food and drink. | The wide spread of cultures and biomes across Hendalarsk has given rise to a similarly diverse array of food and drink. | ||
====Food==== | ====Food==== | ||
Counterintuitively, the strongly environmentalist traditions of the Hendalarskara Catholic Church (and, by extension, most Hendalarskaren) have not actually led to a wide vegetarian movement in Hendalarsk. Instead, the vast majority of Hendalarskaren eat meat and fish ''sparingly'', a custom bolstered by the still-popular tradition of fasting days, with the cultural emphasis instead being on sustainability rather than total abstinence. Hunting of animals like deer and wild boar is a common pastime among rural Hendalarskaren, and the abundance of both species has led to their meat - whether wild-caught or free range - becoming a popular delicacy in urban areas too. | |||
Hendalarsk's abundance of rivers, lakes and coastline have also made fishing a popular pastime across the country, although commercial fishing is even more tightly regulated than hunting, and fish-farming is the preferred approach to mass production. Different fish are popular in different regions of Hendalarsk; the amed [[Vandarch pike]], for example, is an esteemed delicacy in the communities of the Vandarch littoral, and especially in the Pentapolis, but was almost unheard-of even among royalty in the Hendalarskara heartlands prior to the invention of refrigerated transport; it therefore has little cultural cachet to the average Khunyer or Frémenwerder. | |||
The climate of Hendalarsk, which is for the most part temperate but wet, is ideal for growing crops such as barley, oats and rye, all of which are integral to the diet of northern Hendalarskaren. (Wheat is more prevalent in the somewhat hotter and drier south.) Potatoes are Hendalarsk's other staple crop, enjoying broad popularity across all cultures and social strata of Hendalarskara society. Since their introduction into the Vandarch from Kiravia by Burgundian traders in the sixteenth century, potatoes have proven perfectly suited to Hendalarskara conditions, and their high and reliable yields - with the conspicuous exception of the [[Blight of 1773]] - played a significant role in ending famine in the country from the early nineteenth century onwards. | |||
====Drink==== | ====Drink==== | ||
The nation's most renowned alcoholic export is [[jenwer]], a beverage made from the infusion of various botanicals including juniper into a base of neutral grain spirit. Distilleries specialising in the production of jenwer can be found across the length and breath of Hendalarsk, with more than 300 logged by the Federal Duties Bureau in 2018; as of 2004 it is also the nation's largest alcoholic export by value, although it remains surpassed in volume by the arrayed beers of [[Heferau-Jung-Brauerei]]. While jenwer-drinkers nearer the equator tend to mix the spirit with various tonic waters, the fashion in Hendalarsk is to mix it with ginger ale, ginger beer or fruitades. | The nation's most renowned alcoholic export is [[jenwer]], a beverage made from the infusion of various botanicals including juniper into a base of neutral grain spirit. Distilleries specialising in the production of jenwer can be found across the length and breath of Hendalarsk, with more than 300 logged by the Federal Duties Bureau in 2018; as of 2004 it is also the nation's largest alcoholic export by value, although it remains surpassed in volume by the arrayed beers of [[Heferau-Jung-Brauerei]]. While jenwer-drinkers nearer the equator tend to mix the spirit with various tonic waters, the fashion in Hendalarsk is to mix it with ginger ale, ginger beer or fruitades. | ||
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Baseball, although nowhere near as popular in Hendalarsk as in eastern Levantine nations, enjoys a small but devoted (and gradually growing) fanbase, although the sport is treated notably coolly by the Hendalarskara authorities due to a perceived risk of cultural penetration from major powers such as Urcea. | Baseball, although nowhere near as popular in Hendalarsk as in eastern Levantine nations, enjoys a small but devoted (and gradually growing) fanbase, although the sport is treated notably coolly by the Hendalarskara authorities due to a perceived risk of cultural penetration from major powers such as Urcea. | ||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
As with most developed economies, the Hendalarskara economy is dominated in the present day by the service sector, although the country's relative abundance of mineral resources have also ensured the continuity of a substantial extraction and manufacturing base, protected by government trading policy. The country also has a strong and highly mechanised agricultural sector, aided by its low population density, which has ensured low domestic food prices and a large-scale export economy. The economy is mixed, although most "private" business is organised along coöperative lines rather than private ownership in the traditional sense. | |||
===Infrastructure=== | ===Infrastructure=== | ||
Hendalarsk has extremely low rates of car ownership by the standards of a developed nation, and its infrastructure reflects this. The country has a substantial motorway network, the legacy of the influence of mid-twentieth-century modernism, but in the present day this is predominantly used for freight and commercial transport rather than by private drivers. Most private transport is undertaken by rail, and Hendalarsk consequently has one of the largest railway networks relative to its size in the world. Unusually, the country operates on two different [[Track gauges around the world|railway gauges]] - the [[Hendalarskische Urspurweite]], the country's original gauge, which is predominantly found on local routes, and the Occidental Standard gauge, which was applied to mainline and international-facing routes from the 1970s onward in order to integrate Hendalarsk more fully into regional trade networks. The country's high-speed rail network runs entirely on Occidental Standard tracks. Hendalarsk is in the process of eliminating fossil fuels from its domestic transport infrastructure, with total electrification of the country's railways expected by | Hendalarsk has extremely low rates of car ownership by the standards of a developed nation, and its infrastructure reflects this. The country has a substantial motorway network, the legacy of the influence of mid-twentieth-century modernism, but in the present day this is predominantly used for freight and commercial transport rather than by private drivers. Most private transport is undertaken by rail, and Hendalarsk consequently has one of the largest railway networks relative to its size in the world. Unusually, the country operates on two different [[Track gauges around the world|railway gauges]] - the [[Hendalarskische Urspurweite]], the country's original gauge, which is predominantly found on local routes, and the Occidental Standard gauge, which was applied to mainline and international-facing routes from the 1970s onward in order to integrate Hendalarsk more fully into regional trade networks. The country's high-speed rail network runs entirely on Occidental Standard tracks. Hendalarsk is in the process of eliminating fossil fuels from its domestic transport infrastructure, with total electrification of the country's railways expected by 2035. | ||
Due to [[Air travel in Hendalarsk|strong taboos]] surrounding air travel in Hendalarsk, there | Due to [[Air travel in Hendalarsk|strong taboos]] surrounding air travel in Hendalarsk, there are only two civilian airports in Hendalarsk proper, namely [[Frehmenwerth International Airport]] and [[Zalgisbeck International Airport]]. [[Hukenen International Airport]], located in the Pentapolis, is the country's main freight hub. Most private air travel in Hendalarsk is conducted by airship, with a network of mooring stations - these are ''not'' designated by the term "airport" - located in every major city and many smaller settlements. Civilian helicopters are completely banned and consequently the country's only helipads are under the jurisdiction of the military and emergency services. | ||
This largely electrified transport network is predominantly powered by a mix of nuclear and renewable energy. Hendalarsk's last coal-fired power plant was closed in 1992, although small quantities of coal are still used for blast furnaces. Hendalarsk has no proven oil reserves and minimal reserves of natural gas, and so combined with historical suspicion towards the private car these fuels have played relatively little role in Hendalarskara history. The country imports small quantities of these fuels as required, principally for military uses and shipping, and some synthetic oil is manufactured for use in the production of polymers. The country's nuclear power stations are principally fuelled by uranium sourced from [[New Harren]], and a consequent desire to avoid unduly antagonising Urcea is a key factor in modern Hendalarsk's pursuit of a neutral foreign policy. | This largely electrified transport network is predominantly powered by a mix of nuclear and renewable energy. Hendalarsk's last coal-fired power plant was closed in 1992, although small quantities of coal are still used for blast furnaces. Hendalarsk has no proven oil reserves and minimal reserves of natural gas, and so combined with historical suspicion towards the private car these fuels have played relatively little role in Hendalarskara history. The country imports small quantities of these fuels as required, principally for military uses and shipping, and some synthetic oil is manufactured for use in the production of polymers. The country's nuclear power stations are principally fuelled by uranium sourced from [[New Harren]], and a consequent desire to avoid unduly antagonising Urcea is a key factor in modern Hendalarsk's pursuit of a neutral foreign policy. | ||
==Defense== | ==Defense== | ||
===Overview=== | ===Overview=== | ||