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Arcer citizens also regularly participate in winter sports, with ice hockey and alpine skiing being amongst the national favourites. [[Ashden]], a small town in the northern part of Northlea Governorate, in the [[Northumbraeland Mountains]], is one of the most popular ski destinations in Ixnay. | Arcer citizens also regularly participate in winter sports, with ice hockey and alpine skiing being amongst the national favourites. [[Ashden]], a small town in the northern part of Northlea Governorate, in the [[Northumbraeland Mountains]], is one of the most popular ski destinations in Ixnay. | ||
=== Cuisine === | === Cuisine === | ||
Arcer cuisine is largely based on its Ængle roots and Ardmori cooking styles, with traditions and recipes associated with the Ardmori Isles as well as with influences from Gaelic peoples. It has evolved after centuries of different societal and political change and is considered to be a blend amongst different cultures, with a specific focus and basis in foodstuffs found native to Arcerion. The cuisine consists mainly of foods and crops farmed in the Arcer Heartland, fished from the Songun and Malentine Seas, and grown on the Moorden coastline. In Foxhey for example, chowder and seafood stews are extremely popular dishes evolved from maritime and fishing traditions. | Arcer cuisine is largely based on its Ængle roots and Ardmori cooking styles, with traditions and recipes associated with the Ardmori Isles as well as with influences from Gaelic peoples. It has evolved after centuries of different societal and political change and is considered to be a blend amongst different cultures, with a specific focus and basis in foodstuffs found native to Arcerion. The cuisine consists mainly of foods and crops farmed in the Arcer Heartland, fished from the Songun and Malentine Seas, and grown on the Moorden coastline. In Foxhey for example, chowder and seafood stews are extremely popular dishes evolved from maritime and fishing traditions. | ||
The greatest impact to cuisine has been the influence of Indigenous cultures and native dishes to Arcer cuisine. While Occidental methods of subsistence farming as well as modern agricultural practices helped grow the amount of available foods to the Arcer population, frontier settlers often had to eat similar diets and dishes to the Indigenous peoples they were settling amongst, as their farms had not yet begun to yield. Baked corn and maize, wild rice, turkey, and syrup taffy were all staples of the frontier diet. Many of these dishes became popular and in modern Arcerion are served as "Early Arcer" dishes. At histroical fairs, it is also common to find Indigenous reenactors making these pre-settlement foods. | The greatest impact to cuisine has been the influence of Indigenous cultures and native dishes to Arcer cuisine. While Occidental methods of subsistence farming as well as modern agricultural practices helped grow the amount of available foods to the Arcer population, frontier settlers often had to eat similar diets and dishes to the Indigenous peoples they were settling amongst, as their farms had not yet begun to yield. Baked corn and maize, wild rice, turkey, and syrup taffy were all staples of the frontier diet. Many of these dishes became popular and in modern Arcerion are served as "Early Arcer" dishes. At histroical fairs, it is also common to find Indigenous reenactors making these pre-settlement foods. | ||
[[File:Cowboy Grilling Arco.jpg|thumb|A traditional cowboy-style grill in Northlea Governorate during a local cultural festival, 2019. ]] | [[File:Cowboy Grilling Arco.jpg|thumb|A traditional cowboy-style grill in Northlea Governorate during a local cultural festival, 2019. ]] | ||
Arcer peoples in the Heartland also have made barbecue, or grilled and smoked meats, a significant part of their diet due to the large cattle ranches and sheep farming. Barbecue ribs, pulled pork, and other 'cowboy' style dishes are cooked over an open coal fire or smoked in special smokehouses and sold. Barbecue and jerky continue to be one of the main aspects of Arcer cuisine that tourists enjoy the most, with barbecue products sold at major national holidays, carnivals, festivals, and sporting events. Barbecue dishes are often accompanied by potatoes and cabbage sides grown in Moorden or Norham, the two main crops grown there. | Arcer peoples in the Heartland also have made barbecue, or grilled and smoked meats, a significant part of their diet due to the large cattle ranches and sheep farming. Barbecue ribs, pulled pork, and other 'cowboy' style dishes are cooked over an open coal fire or smoked in special smokehouses and sold. Barbecue and jerky continue to be one of the main aspects of Arcer cuisine that tourists enjoy the most, with barbecue products sold at major national holidays, carnivals, festivals, and sporting events. Barbecue dishes are often accompanied by potatoes and cabbage sides grown in Moorden or Norham, the two main crops grown there. | ||
Arcer culture also makes use of its wheat, barley, and rye crops in addition to other grain produce to distill multiple kinds of alcohol, the two most popular being gin and beer. [[Arcer Wine|Arcer wines]] also have played an outsized role in the Cronan alcohol market. Arcer gin has been a staple throughout its history, including usage in the [[Royal Arcerion Infantry Corps|Arcer military]]. | Arcer culture also makes use of its wheat, barley, and rye crops in addition to other grain produce to distill multiple kinds of alcohol, the two most popular being gin and beer. [[Arcer Wine|Arcer wines]] also have played an outsized role in the Cronan alcohol market. Arcer gin has been a staple throughout its history, including usage in the [[Royal Arcerion Infantry Corps|Arcer military]]. | ||
=== Arts and Literature === | === Arts and Literature === | ||
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Arcer frontier painting and art has also gained a cult following in both Crona and parts of Levantia, with the painter Hugo Davidson portraying different scenes of frontier life, such as wagon trains, cattle ranching, and defense of the Arco colony. Modern paintings of Davidson's are highly sought after by Ixnay's elite, as the limited amount, niche topic, and high quality make them exceptionally rare to find outside of the Southeastern Cronan peninsula. Arcerion also has an affinity for Urcean and Southern Levantine Classical art, with it being a consistently requested item during diplomatic and cultural exchanges. Arcerion keeps many of the donated pieces of literature in the Arco National Archives, located in Kurst, and concurrently the artwork at the National Gallery of Arcerion, in Kinnaird. | Arcer frontier painting and art has also gained a cult following in both Crona and parts of Levantia, with the painter Hugo Davidson portraying different scenes of frontier life, such as wagon trains, cattle ranching, and defense of the Arco colony. Modern paintings of Davidson's are highly sought after by Ixnay's elite, as the limited amount, niche topic, and high quality make them exceptionally rare to find outside of the Southeastern Cronan peninsula. Arcerion also has an affinity for Urcean and Southern Levantine Classical art, with it being a consistently requested item during diplomatic and cultural exchanges. Arcerion keeps many of the donated pieces of literature in the Arco National Archives, located in Kurst, and concurrently the artwork at the National Gallery of Arcerion, in Kinnaird. | ||
=== Music === | === Music === | ||
[[File:Army Promo Photo 1.png|thumb|Infantry Officer Candidates from the Royal Arcer Military College take part in summer training during their qualification training, 2021. ]] | Arcer culture has evolved as has its music over two centuries of nationhood. In its early years, during the early colonial period and up to the landmark 1890 Royal granting of semi-sovereignty and partial independence, Arcer culture largely followed Occidental trends for classical music and orchestras, with the pattern largely remaining under the influence of Ardmori high society and the upper echelons of Ardmori societal classes that had emigrated to Acerion. However with the late 19th-century settlement of the Arcer Heartland, folk music and country music began to evolve into its own distinct genre. Country music would continue to evolve with the introduction of modern instruments such as guitars and the harmonica, a free reed wind instrument developed from Alshari and Audonian influences in Dalfearn in the early 1900s. | ||
The usage of guitars, folk music, and harmonicas, along with traditional drum instruments gave birth two a pair of distinctly Arco genres of music that by 1930 dominated concert halls and radio stations in the nation, those being Cronan Blues and Arcer Folk/Country (historical terminology varies). [[File:Army Promo Photo 1.png|thumb|Infantry Officer Candidates from the Royal Arcer Military College take part in summer training during their qualification training, 2021. ]] | |||
== Military and National Defense == | == Military and National Defense == | ||
The [[Armed Forces of Arcerion]] are one of the key pillars of the nation. The nation's reverence for the role that the military and security forces plays is noted in the numerous holidays, cultural events, and monuments throughout Arcerion. The Armed Forces are structured as a conventional, modern professional force built upon a basis of volunteers serving both full and part time obligations. The Armed Forces have approximately 1.4 million personnel, with the majority of those being in the Reserve Component on a part-time call-up basis. It has four main branches, those being the Arcer Army, Arcer Air Force, Royal Arcerion Naval Service, and the Arcerion Special Operations Command. | The [[Armed Forces of Arcerion]] are one of the key pillars of the nation. The nation's reverence for the role that the military and security forces plays is noted in the numerous holidays, cultural events, and monuments throughout Arcerion. The Armed Forces are structured as a conventional, modern professional force built upon a basis of volunteers serving both full and part time obligations. The Armed Forces have approximately 1.4 million personnel, with the majority of those being in the Reserve Component on a part-time call-up basis. It has four main branches, those being the Arcer Army, Arcer Air Force, Royal Arcerion Naval Service, and the Arcerion Special Operations Command. | ||