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===Sport=== | ===Sport=== | ||
{{wp|Gridiron football}} is extremely popular in Sarolasta, and is played nigh-universally among males at every level from beachside pickup games to professional play. Sundays in Sarolasta revolve around Mass, large picnic lunches prepared by and enjoyed among extended families, and pro football. The archipelago is an enormous bench of talent, providing many players to professional leagues in Æonara, the [[Great Kirav|Kiravian Mainland]], and [[Tierrador]]. A regional professional league, the Football Championship of Sarolasta (FCS) meets the demand for high-quality ball in Sarolasta and its games are well-attended, though it is considered inferior to its counterparts in larger Kiravian regions, as the best Sarolasta-bred players tend to gravitate toward those leagues in search of better opportunities and higher salaries. Two college football leagues, the Landgrant League (made up of state universities) and the Catholic Collegiate League (made up of Catholic universities), play on Saturdays and are considered near-peers to the FCS. | {{wp|Gridiron football}} is extremely popular in Sarolasta, and is played nigh-universally among males at every level from beachside pickup games to professional play. Sundays in Sarolasta revolve around Mass, large picnic lunches prepared by and enjoyed among extended families, and pro football. The archipelago is an enormous bench of talent, providing many players to professional leagues in Æonara, the [[Great Kirav|Kiravian Mainland]], and [[Tierrador]]. A regional professional league, the Football Championship of Sarolasta (FCS) meets the demand for high-quality ball in Sarolasta and its games are well-attended, though it is considered inferior to its counterparts in larger Kiravian regions, as the best Sarolasta-bred players tend to gravitate toward those leagues in search of better opportunities and higher salaries. Two college football leagues, the Landgrant League (made up of state universities) and the Catholic Collegiate League (made up of Catholic universities), play on Saturdays and are considered near-peers to the FCS. | ||
===Kava=== | |||
{{wp|Kava culture}} is widespread in Sarolasta and is an important element of native community life, conserved even among the more thoroughly Coscivised segment of the native population. | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
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{{wp|Brain drain}} of educated Sarolastan professionals to other Kiravian regions and abroad has been a major drag on the region's economic development. This is a particularly visible phenomenon in the medical field: In [[Cascada|Cascada State]], Sarolastan-born residents account for 9.12% of registered nurses and 23.46% of licensed physician's assistants, but only 2.52% of the total population. To mitigate this, the Sarolastan provinces and members of the [[Federal Stanora]] are working toward a programme that will expand tuition subsidies in certain technical fields at Sarolastan {{wp|Higher education in Kiravia|public universities}}, contingent upon students' commitment to work only in the Sarolastan theme for 10 years or else repay the cost of their education. | {{wp|Brain drain}} of educated Sarolastan professionals to other Kiravian regions and abroad has been a major drag on the region's economic development. This is a particularly visible phenomenon in the medical field: In [[Cascada|Cascada State]], Sarolastan-born residents account for 9.12% of registered nurses and 23.46% of licensed physician's assistants, but only 2.52% of the total population. To mitigate this, the Sarolastan provinces and members of the [[Federal Stanora]] are working toward a programme that will expand tuition subsidies in certain technical fields at Sarolastan {{wp|Higher education in Kiravia|public universities}}, contingent upon students' commitment to work only in the Sarolastan theme for 10 years or else repay the cost of their education. | ||
==Agriculture== | ===Agriculture=== | ||
==Fisheries== | ===Fisheries=== | ||
Fishing has been crucial to livelihood of this island region from the arrival of the first Austronesian settlers to the rise of modern mechanised pelagic trawling. | Fishing has been crucial to livelihood of this island region from the arrival of the first Austronesian settlers to the rise of modern mechanised pelagic trawling. | ||