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The province is also home to retail especially high end shopping for luxury goods, tourism especially to the natural vistas, bustling cities and historic buildings and ruins, and telecommunications. The province is a net energy importer from the other neighbouring provinces and despite holding deposits of fuels and metals, imports most of its mineral resource requirements from other provinces. Nevertheless, the province also has some of the largest solar power, wind power and hydroelectric power projects in the world and is a major user of the extreme voltage pylons that carry electric power across incredible distances.
== Culture ==
The culture of Mekedesh is very archetypal of Packilvanian culture more broadly. Mekedesh had been under the control of the Ashurian kingdom of Bakil, then its own native Kingdom of Tashkar expanded and exported its culture to other province and reinstated the successor kingdom to the first Packilvania founded by [[Iktan the Devout]]. Many of its scholars, prophets and priests attended the Council of Bingol summoned by High King [[Melkezedek the Great]] in the 10th century whereby the Bas Magdamar was made the scripture of [[Melkezedekism]] (practically the only permissible denomination of [[Paxism]] in Packilvania). It was also one of the first to fall to the rule of the Fidakarian [[Demirite dynasty]]. Along with [[Ashura]] and [[Iganar]], it is considered part of the civilisational core of Packilvania. Before [[Bingol]] was made into its own self governing entity, Mekedesh was by some distance the richest and most culturally influential province of Packilvania. Nevertheless, its cuisine, food, customs, laws, fashion, language and religion have been exported to all the other provinces including surrounding nations in [[Pax-Draconica]], with remnants of its influence still visible in nations such as [[Free Pax States]]. Especially before Mekedesh gained autonomy from the Central Government, it was functionally indistinguishable from it, with previous regimes exerting direct control over Mekedesh.
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| caption1 = Spices produced and consumed in Mekedesh from left to right, sold at the Princess Nakhmida Street Market in Pishtwan
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| caption2 = A vegetarian meal called Makhnamud consumed for dinner and made famous by the holiday of the End of the Fast on 31 January
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Mekedesh cuisine is characterised by the use of rice and Pax Fruites as the core staple, with abundant use of spices, fruits and vegetables, and meat. Pork and alcohol consumption is heavily restricted in Mekedesh. Many Mekedesh dishes tend to be dominated by plants with philosophers of the Pacifist Movement in the 17th century having discouraged people from consuming meat. Mekedesh is home to highly acclaimed Packilvanian restaurants and the abundance and freshness of ingredients typifies the apex of Packilvanian food. Couples with the fact that the north and south have vastly different geographies, the cuisine within Mekedesh varies with more meat, eggs and dairy dominant meals in the north and vegetable oriented meals in the south.
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