- Culture
Culture
Sancratosian culture is diversified and aims to represent the sum of its citizens. It is based around a shared official language, the Lingua Franca Nova, even though it recognizes the use of French and English. It has also been heavily influenced by the founder of the nation, Princess Cloe.
Lingua Franca Nova
Lingua Franca Nova, also known colloquially as Elefen, is the official language of the Principality of Sancratosia. Created by C. George Boeree, this language is an auxiliary language aimed at romance-languages speakers and incorporates elements from creoles of these languages to create a language that can be understood by any romance-speaking individual.
Learn more about Lingua Franca Nova on its official website.
Even though it is not the native language of any of the citizens, it is one of the unifying elements of Sancratosian culture. To help bridge the gap, French and English are recognized as national languages. Citizens have the right to receive communications and documentation in any of these two languages.
Gestuno, Italian and Portuguese are recognized as “promoted languages” which grants them a special legal status.
Cuisine
Sancratosians take pride in the culinary arts. Easy to make comfort food is a staple of Sancratosia. Inspired by cuisine of Quebec, the Sucre à la crème is the official dessert of Sancratosia. With its limited number of ingredients and the ability to recreate the famous dessert in a microwave makes it an ideal recipe to try at home. Watch the recipe on YouTube.
Sucre à la crème recipe
Ingredients
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of yellow sugar[1]
1 cup of 35% cream
1 tablespoon of butter
Preparation
Mix all ingredients in a microwaveable bowl.
Cook for 11 minutes, stopping twice to stir. (3:40 each run does the trick)
Add the butter
Stir with a fork or whip until the mixture starts to become caramel-like.
Put in a recipient greased with butter or in a silicon recipient.
Cut the mixture into squares. (You can also do that after letting the mixture sit for 1 hour)
Let the mixture sit for 1 hour.
Enjoy!
[1] Yellow sugar or golden sugar is a sugar that has a small mixture of molasses incorporated in it.
Museums
Sancratosia has a network of public national museums, maintained and operated by National Museums of Sancratosia. The Principality is also home to some private museums, notably two dedicated to personal collections of the House of Sancratosia.
National museums
Duchess Jana I National Museum and Archives
Dedicated to the history and heritage of Sancratosia.
Duchess Maria II National Museum of Visual Arts
Dedicated to visual and digital arts.
Princely Museums
Rhys T. Eyton Princely Museum
Dedicated to the history of Canadian Airlines, former airliner giant of Canada, that operated from 1987 until 2001.
Nadia Comaneci Princely Museum
Dedicated to the 1976 Summer Olympic Games held in Montréal, Canada.
Private museums
John Z. DeLorean Museum
Dedicated to the history of the DeLorean Motor Company and the production of the DMC-12 car.
Arthur Stanley Eddington Museum
Dedicated to the topic of worldbuilding.
Johannes Gutenberg Museum
Dedicated to the topic of typography.
