Alcohol

Alcohol is a drug that is produced through the process of fermentation and acts as a depressant. It has had great cultural significance (both positive and negative) in most cultures throughout history, ranging from semi-religious devotion to prohibition.

Limee
Limee was an ancient semi-mythical drink that played an important role in ancient Gasifiit society, and was the most common form of alcohol throughout Afbarkeean before the invention of wine in the 6th century. According to legend, the limigraa plant grew on the banks of the Vusak River and secreted a concentrated alcoholic substance into the ground, which was then absorbed by the river and carried to the coastal cities of Vuksum.

Mav-Jenf-Darsetuk famously organised an international trading system for limee in the early 3rd century that was hugely successful and transformed Muubrin into one of the strongest economies in Afbarkeean for many centuries. The identity of the limigraa plant was shrouded in mystery to preserve the country's monopoly on alcohol.

Wine
Wine was first produced in the Kuuluu region in the 3rd century. Because revealing the identity of the grapevine to foreigners was not a cultural taboo as it was with limigraa, grape cultivation gradually spread to the north over the course of the 4th century, particularly to the Kadeean state of Kuugbal-Hasiipo.

Zomsalornas sets up its own wine industry to compete with the wine of Muubrin and Kuugbal-Hasiipo. By the time alcohol was banned in the Lantoo in 789, Mispit wine is very popular among Kadeeans. Many vineyards are licensed by the government to continue production and supply customers who are licensed to purchase alcohol. A tradition starts where vineyards host outdoor festivals for their employees (and anyone they invite) where the vineyard provides free alcohol. People often compensate these employees for inviting them to festivals, which makes up for the fact that they are often paid poorly. There is a region of Salornas that becomes associated with sparkling wine.