Entertainment in the Virasana Empire is a varied as the people within. Sports, movies, literature, music, TV series and theatre make the bulk of the countless genres enjoyed by over 200 billion people. Most entertainment is produced and diseminanted via the TCG, the Town Criers Guild, with various factions financing different programs.
Sports[]
Hoverball and Gladiator Fights are the most common popular sports, with Rugby, Racing and Athletics not far behind. Countless other sports are locally popular, too, like the incomparable Swine Swinging of Malicorn.
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Some noteworthy Athletes include[]
Movies[]
On the worlds with higher tech-levels, movies are the foremost entertainment. On other worlds, the same stories are licensed as theatre or even puppet plays.
Some noteworthy Movies include[]
Some noteworthy Movie Actors include[]
Music[]
Music is an all-pervasive part of Imperial life, its styles varying as wildly as the people and races of the Empire.
Some noteworthy Music Genres include[]
Some noteworthy Bands include[]
Suicide Ants
Some noteworthy Musicians include[]
Some noteworthy Songs include[]
Literature[]
With literacy virtually restricted to the commoners and nobility, written entertainment isn't as widely spread as other media, but nevertheless it carries a lot of weight still.
Some noteworthy Books include[]
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Some noteworthy Poets include[]
TV series[]
TV series are more or less limited to worlds with a sufficient tech-level, but there they command an astonishing share of the public imagination.
Some noteworthy TV Series include[]
Also: MaliCops, Boardroom Cavenieau, Grinny Pig Adventures (Cartoon), Saint Cornelius (Cartoon)
Some noteworthy TV Actors include[]
Theatre[]
Theatre plays pick up where movies cannot reach the population - most popular movies are licensed as theatre plays, as puppet or gola plays, and spread throughout the farthest corners of the Empire.
Some noteworthy Theatre Plays include[]
Some noteworthy Theatre Actors include[]
Opera[]
While rare, Opera by many is still considered a pinnacle of human culture, and holds a particularly high place in many cities.