Aliciones

Liquor and drinking dominate life in Aliciones to the point where the country's very name is synonymous with booze within other Beynid countries, especially its neighbors Aunjal and Derrindo. Transportation such as cars is rare except for public transit, and close friends and family will usually have alcohol present at virtually any type of social gathering. The stereotype is that the people of Aliciones are never sober, which is hardly true -- however, there is an immense social pressure to drink socially and to be able to hold one's weight in liquor. Alcoholism is rampant in both the highest and lowest echelons of the country where those with the most stressful lives will justify "just one drink" to take the edge off having to go to work.
Alcohol tends to be brewed by individuals with every family having their own recipes passed down through generations and with sometimes extremely specific instructions for consumption. Some beers may be fiercely regarded as "only to be drunk on special holidays," and some wines might be seen as worthless unless paired with a particular food. Especially popular alcohol that spreads by word-of-mouth for how good it is might make a family rich, and Alicionian celebrities are often from prestigious brewing families whose usually-drunken antics become the subject of national television.
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