Terran culture

The culture of the Terran Federal Republic is known as Terran culture. It comprises a number of traditions, social norms, institutions and forms of art, technology, religion and language.
Terran culture has evolved from the thousands of cultures present on Old Earth across the ages. As such, its roots do not originate from one single region or people. However, Terran culture broadly is more Western-centric due to the beginnings of the First Commonwealth largely revolving around Europe. Despite it serving as a melting pot, it would be wrong to depict Terran culture as a homogenous bloc. Ancestral identities have been preserved, particularly on Earth, and broad cultural trends vary across socio-economic, ethnic and religious boundaries. Additionally, many colonised worlds have developed their own local identities, dialects, culture and arts. Additionally, alien immigrants have over the past decades have had a substantial impact on Terran culture, of which they've become a part of. 
The political culture of the Terran Federal Republic revolves around Terran civic religion. It places an emphasis on the good of the largest possible collective - all of humankind - before everything else. Loyalty, individualism and patriotism are important values of this system. The Terran mixed-law system is another important facet of political culture. The acknowledgement of the necessity of the technocratic class as a part of governance is considered an important aspect of Terran identity, as is parliamentary multi-party democracy. Terrans see themselves as the ultimate successors of the Roman Empire, which is ingrained in Terran culture at almost every level.