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Besides the Larianic majority, large ethnic and cultural minorities are also present in Lariana. [[Urcean people|Urceans]], [[Caphiric people|Caphirians]], and [[Veltorine people|Veltorines]] are present in the country in significant numbers. | Besides the Larianic majority, large ethnic and cultural minorities are also present in Lariana. [[Urcean people|Urceans]], [[Caphiric people|Caphirians]], and [[Veltorine people|Veltorines]] are present in the country in significant numbers. | ||
The [[Catholic Church]] is a critical part of Larianan society and culture, as is the case in the [[Culture of Urcea|Urcean]] and [[Veltorine people|Veltorine]] influences on the country. Though not as strongly resistant to the [[Great Schism of 1615]] as the Veltorines, Larianans nonetheless held a century-and-a-half tradition of underground Catholicism, aided greatly by its close proximity to [[Levantia]] and easy availability of priests smuggled into the country. After it was conquered from Caphiria, the importance of the Catholic religion became a central focus of early state-building efforts, emphasizing that the country's Catholicity separated it from Caphiria. Accordingly, bishops received an outsized social presence within Lariana as major celebrities and social tastemakers, a position they still enjoy today. This phenomenon is similar to, but to a lesser extent, the [[New_Veltorina#Culture_and_society|bishopcentric society of New Veltorina]]. | |||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
Larianic culture enjoys many of the same sports as [[Culture of Urcea|Urcean culture]] due to its long participation in the Urcean cultural sphere. Accordingly, {{Wp|baseball}}, {{wp|gridiron football}}, and [[Horse racing in Levantia|horse racing]] are extremely popular. Most people in Lariana root for professional teams or athletes in these sports in Urcea's professional leagues, such as the [[Continental Baseball Conference]], and Lariana does not host any teams in these leagues. Smaller semi-professional leagues of baseball and football do exist in Lariana but only receive local popularity. In horse racing, Lariana does host several major track meets per year, and it is often viewed with a higher level of prestige and affinity in Lariana than the other sports due to the country's ability to participate. In baseball, the ten-team minor league of the [[Tarrin]] Thunder - the Lariana National League - is based entirely in Lariana, and is the most popular in-Kingdom spectator sport league beyond horse racing. | Larianic culture enjoys many of the same sports as [[Culture of Urcea|Urcean culture]] due to its long participation in the Urcean cultural sphere. Accordingly, {{Wp|baseball}}, {{wp|gridiron football}}, and [[Horse racing in Levantia|horse racing]] are extremely popular. Most people in Lariana root for professional teams or athletes in these sports in Urcea's professional leagues, such as the [[Continental Baseball Conference]], and Lariana does not host any teams in these leagues. Smaller semi-professional leagues of baseball and football do exist in Lariana but only receive local popularity. In horse racing, Lariana does host several major track meets per year, and it is often viewed with a higher level of prestige and affinity in Lariana than the other sports due to the country's ability to participate. In baseball, the ten-team minor league of the [[Tarrin]] Thunder - the Lariana National League - is based entirely in Lariana, and is the most popular in-Kingdom spectator sport league beyond horse racing. | ||