#An early prototype of Lexical as a narrative followed a trucker

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Happy STS!

What are the dietary staples of one culture/region in your word and how do they affect the geography, politics, culture, religion and/or economy?

Happy WBW STS uhh STT?

Sadly I don't think I have much of an answer here, as Lexical Earth is effectively just our Earth with a few apocalyptical circumstances. That said it is something I should think about so, let me give it a try:

The First Wave and War Against Heaven would very easily upset the economy/supply lines of Earth near permanently. I had this very early idea that Lexical Earth truckers were these hardened adventurer types that traveled coast to coast through Fae infected landscapes, no-man's land of occult traps, and whatever other Wyrd stuff that was out there. Spiritually that still exists through Gearshift, one of my TTRPG players, who was a truck driver before he Inscribed and uses it as an excuse to have slight esoteric knowledge on lots of things.

My first inclination is to say that most societies became fairly enclosed after the masquerade broke due to usual world travel becoming harder and more dangerous; but then I remember things like the realm of Umbra exists. So this implies the existence of magic based shipping companies capable of express shipping anything across the whole world and (with extra fees and legal wavers) directly into your house. As has been the joke in my current TTRPG game, most actual companies and properties exist in Lexical with a slight name change: therefor magic amazon would be called something like "Valdivian" and is run by a cabal of shadow wizards.

Earlier on I came up with the concept of with first Inscribed being someone who called herself "Mother" or potentially "Babushka" as she was based in a Slavic nation. Her powers are fairly simple, initially all she did was make food out of nothing for her family and village.

I realize I've mostly talked about logistics and how people eat, rather than what they eat. Easy to see that it's a gap in my knowledge; which I think I should start to research more. Thanks for starting/pushing me down this path!