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===Language===
The national language of the League is the E’lixsienk, a collection of closely related dialects each spoken by a different state. Shahësien and Kèxaptusien are predominantly spoken in the south while Pahsaèksenye and Sànàksëseni are more common amongst northern communities. The native languages are notable for all being Cervine-specific and require their unique vocal biology to be able to pronounce correctly. The E’lixsienk language family is unique amongst Novaran languages for being species-specific. While there are no other official languages, Cryrian, the Älemsi languages, and Endertopian are spoken among the general populace. In 2010, 32% of citizens reported the ability to speak a second language. Education on language is a mandatory course for all centralised League schools.
== Economy ==
The economy of the League states is primarily based around foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and the service industry. Secondary industries include artisnal goods, renewables, rare earth metals, and sports equipment. The six constituent states of the League each possess an economic specialty: Answikànwèkwe is known for their shipping and fishing fleets, Kèxaptunwène'ku is known for their information technology, Pahsaèkatëmatwa'áku is known for agriculture and animal husbandry, Shahëwèkwe is known for both traditional and scientific medicines, Sànàksëkwe'iéke is known for mineral refining, and Thàpèkunkwèké is known for artisnal goods like furniture, weaponry, and clothing. The economic activity of the Leage is supported by a substantial grey market and subsistence-based way of life for more rural citizens. Most people have at least one trade they practice, even those who possess full-time jobs, as the culture of the League places high importance on being able to work with ones hands. Almost all products of League make are artisan, in the sense an individual played a hand in their creation. All exported goods are marketed as high-quality, environmentally friendly, and unique, and in many respects these claims are truth.
The major industrial and urban centers are located in what is known as "Black Zones" or ''Kolechemink''. Established in 1818 by decision from the Matriarchal Council, these plots of land are intended to preserve the natural environment of the League while still allowing for modern sciences and advanced civilization to exist within the confederation. Black Zones take their name from the color of the coal originally used to drive industrial expansion. These areas can span several thousand square kilometers and contain the entire manufacturing infrastructure of the League. Import and export infrastructure are also mainly located in the Black Zones though smaller ocean and airports do exist across the country. Power generation takes places mostly in rural areas with the use of solar and wind plants, though some geothermal plants exist in the Lèxawèkink and Salextekwim metropolitan areas.
=== Foodstuffs ===
Foodstuffs make up the largest industry in the League. An estimated 71% of rural League communities are focused on agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, or hunting. The products created by these small towns, combined with the Black Zone large-scale agricultural projects, have provided the basis for the League's development and wealth. The most profitable foodstuffs industry in the League is soft drinks, accounting for 62% of all revenue in 2020.
[[File:Leaguesoda.jpeg|thumb|A typical soda bottle used by Mountain Ice, seen here containing a grapefruit soft drink.]]
==== Soft Drinks ====
The soft drink industry in the League is regarded as what the nation is best known for internationally. Employing around three million people across the country in various fields like marketing, bottle-making, transportation, and corporate planning, the manufacture and sale of carbonated beverages has been a cash cow since the mid-1600s. The soft drink industry brings in approximately $40 billion in revenue each year selling both domestically and abroad. The mountains of the League states are dotted with naturally carbonated springs, which have been used throughout history for their medicinal and recreational qualities. The state of Thàpèkunkwèké and its constituent tribes are named after these springs. The Thàpèkunkwèké people are historically known for distilling beverages from spring water and the bark and sap of trees, usually maple and birch. In a similar vein, the Pahsaèkatëmatwa'áku people would mix sassafras roots with spring water for a medicinal drink. As the League states modernized and began more regular trade with other nations, these carbonated drinks became highly-prized for their taste, unusual physical effects, and purported remedial qualities. The introduction of honey, and from warmer climates, sugar, increased the popularity and value of the drinks, which would come to be known as ''mpe'chgeyne,'' roughly meaning "bubble water." One urban legend purports an Antoran lord paid almost a metric ton of gold for a hundred bottles of maple ''mpe'chgeyne''.
Today, the League's soft drink industry builds on the heritage of these drinks. The most popular brands are Chgei'nuaka Pop, a birch beer, sasparilla, and tonic water company, Mountain Ice, a mineral water and citrus soda company, and Thitpan, a citrus soda and root beer company. The beverage companies in the League are all owned at least in part by the government, who directly controls access to the springs necessary for bottling. All soft drinks are made with authentic mineral water with natural carbonation, harvested with minimally-invasie methods from the source. Purification processes allow no harmful minerals to remain but keep the beneficial ones for taste and nutrition. League soft drinks are generally considered more "upscale" than other brands due to the artisan manfacturing process and packaging. With distinct hand-blown glass bottles and cork-and-rubber stoppers, contemporary ''mpe-chgeyne'' are marketed as "eco-sensitive," "hand-made" and "authentic heritage" drinks from the nation that invented the soft drink as it is known today. Birch beer, mirroring the Northern Novaran Birch from which its ingredients derived, is the official national drink of the League.
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