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There are many varieties of beer, wine and liquor throughout the world

== Alcohol consumption by country ==

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=== Burgundie ===

Main article: Culture in Burgundie § Alcohol

=== Kiravia ===

Alcoholic beverages play a central role in Kiravian culture, being used for nutritional, recreational, medicinal, and ritual purposes, among others. Kiravia is both a leading consumer and a leading producer of alcoholic beverages, with Kiravian beer, whiskey, cider, and other products marketed throughout Ixnay.

Wine has traditionally had a more marginal place in the (Great) Kiravian diet compared to whiskey and beer, though its popularity has been steadily growing for decades, especially among the affluent and those in coastal cities. Few parts of the Kiravian Federacy are well-suited to the cultivation of grapes, although a cold-hardy variety introduced by Burgundine immigrants is used to produce table wine in parts of central and southern Great Kirav. Wine is much more popular in Sydona, which alone accounts for over 90% of Kiravian wine production and 45% of Kiravian wine consumption.

=== United Kingdom ===

In the United Kingdom, two drinking ages are used. Beer and wine can be bought from the age of 16, while spirits and liqueurs can only be consumed from the age of 20.

Beer remains popular in the United Kingdom, especially Light Ale is most often drunk. Liqueurs are the second most commonly drunk alcoholic beverage, especially fruit liqueurs are popular. Wine is in third place, but is slowly gaining popularity.

=== Urcea ===

In Urcea, the legal drinking age is 20, lowered from 24 in 1974 by the Alcoholic Commercial and Public Safety Act.

Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Urcea by a significant margin, and the most popular kind of beers are goldwheats and pilsners, and many of the best-selling beers are domestics, with hops and wheat grown in the province of Goldvale and brewed elsewhere. Wine, especially wines from southern Urcea and particularly from Canaery, is growing in popularity.

=== Corumm ===

Corumm has a history of alcohol consumption dating back hundreds of years. The predominant drink is 'Mijiu' which is liquor distilled from grains such as rice or wheat, crops that are a staple of the populations diet and readily available. The production of distilled spirits is heavily subsidized by the state and geared mostly for internal consumption although there have been recent efforts to ratchet up exports. Beer and wine are derided as foreigner drinks and consumption is quite low in comparison.

=== Ralvithja ===

The people in the near arctic lands of Ralvithja have had a long history of alcoholic consumption for the purpose of showing you are an adult as well as many other important parts of the culture of the Vithjan people.

Vithjans mostly prefer local liquor, as it is to a large degree cultural to drink the most local liquor available, but the younger generation has started to enjoy some great imported products, mostly from Kiravia and Diamavya.

=== Mellifera ===

The history of alcohol in Mellifera dates back to the arrival of the Jesuits in the 1600s. In the colonial period, the Jesuits imposed strict restrictions on the importation and production of alcoholic beverages into Mellifera, due to low tolerance among the native peoples. Members of the Society were strictly forbid drinking, with an exception for the sacramental wine during Communion. In the 19th century, with the beginning of large-scale immigration to Mellifera from Sarpedon and Levantia, Temperance gradually broke down and was eventually abolished by an act of the Temporal Courts in 1878. The long period of illegality strongly influenced Melliferan alcohol culture. To avoid detection and increase profits, and due to geographic and labor constraints, illegal alcohol was generally distilled as poteen via practices brought to Mellifera by Gaelic immigrants. It was primarily individually distributed by farmers, who made the alcohol with excess crop, but in urban areas a number of Gaelic-Melliferan crime syndicates rose to prominence through bootlegging. Poteen continues to be the spirit of choice for Melliferans, making up about half of all alcohol consumed by volume, but the popularity of wine and beer has grown in recent years, the former benefiting especially from Mellifera's rich soils and relatively warm climate. When compared to the states of Levantia and Sarpedon, Mellifera has elevated rates of alcohol consumption, alcohol related injuries and deaths, and public intoxication. Public consumption of alcohol is legal, and while laws against public intoxication exist in most regions, they are rarely enforced. The drinking age is 16, though this can be waived by parental permission. Home distillation is popular, legal, and largely unregulated, and has been responsible for a number of deaths in recent years.

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