Culture of Urcea: Difference between revisions

Urcea is a relatively class-mobile country without rigid social distinction, though the most common observation is that there are three "soft" classes; a lower or working class, a middle class, and an upper class. Historically, Urcea employed a distinct class system based on property requirements, inheritance, and heredity, and, during the high medieval period, serfdom. Much of the social structure was disrupted during the Saint's War and Great Confessional War, leading to a weakening of the class system and end of serfdom following the latter conflict. Formal class distinctions remained on the books until the end of the [[Red Interregnum]], when they were functionally abolished by King [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick III]] during the restoration. Urcea has largely abolished its system of {{wp|peerage}}, although it still exists in the form of non-inheritable courtesy titles.