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==Society & Culture== | ==Society & Culture== | ||
Due to its large, extremely diverse population and central economic position in the federation, Kiygrava has come to be regarded as a fountainhead of Kiravian and Coscivian culture. The southern and eastern portions of the state are the heartland of the Northeastern cultural region of great Kirav, which extends into neighbouring [[Niyaska]] | Due to its large, extremely diverse population and central economic position in the federation, Kiygrava has come to be regarded as a fountainhead of Kiravian and Coscivian culture. The southern and eastern portions of the state are the heartland of the Northeastern cultural region of great Kirav, which extends into neighbouring [[Niyaska]] and [[Etivéra]]. Centred on the [[Valēka|Valēka Metropolitan Area]], this region is home to its own distinctive [[Kiravic Coscivian#Dialects|Kiravic dialect]], customs, cuisine, and cultural ethos influenced by the numerous Coscivian ethnic cultures that have settled there over the centuries. This region often acts as the cultural "face" of Kiravia abroad, from which foreign perceptions of Kiravia and Kiravians tend to be generalised. | ||
More inland and upland regions of the state preserve a more traditional, rural culture dominated by the [[Sedhan Coscivians|Sedhan Coscivian]] ethnic group, while some communities in the Aterandic Mountains are better placed in the Eastern Highlands cultural region. | More inland and upland regions of the state preserve a more traditional, rural culture dominated by the [[Sedhan Coscivians|Sedhan Coscivian]] ethnic group, while some communities in the Aterandic Mountains are better placed in the Eastern Highlands cultural region. | ||