Culture

Ill Bethisad isn't just about Wars and discussions on measurement standards and constructed languages. Presumably, the people that inhabit IB like to get out of the house and take in a picture or see a play. Here you can read about various aspects of IB's culture.

This is for cultural items like popular literature, moving pictures and the like - especially when it departs from or plays on *here*'s pop culture.

• Alcohol is as much the social lubricant *there* as *here*.

• Corporations and Economics - not normally thought of as "culture", perhaps, but these are certainly important parts of everyday life.

• Moving Pictures provide a great escape from the drudgeries of airshipping over to the Holy Roman Empire for a serious business meeting with top Baltic League and European Federation chiefs; or taking the TGV out of Embro headed for a holiday in sunny Costa del Sol, hobnobbing with Spanish, Sicilian and Tawantinsuyan royalty.

• Books of excellent caliber are also a popular escape and allow one to draw the pictures in one's own mind.

• Plays ...

• Eurovidere Song Contest is a European song and artistic contest...

• Music ...

• Shows ...

• Television does exist in IB, though is not a dominant a world-culture force.

• News Agencies come in both the responsible and irresponsible types.

• Cultural Mentalities

• Culture Tests Every culture has its own assumptions and shared background. These are a few of them.

• Minority cultures, interesting little concultures that have yet to achieve self-determination

• Religions Though not often thought of as 'Culture' in the sense of High-Society, the world's religious systems have greatly affected the cultures of all societies, the world over.

• Sports ...

• Games

• Playing Cards

• Calendar Systems

• Folklore