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The culture of Dalton-Arika is a Southern European culture unique to Dalton-Arika. Many cultural traits in Daltonese-Arikan culture are not found in any other culture. Daltonese-Arikan culture is known for its use of imperial symbols, unique art, cuisine and language. Orthodox Christianity is the largest religion in Dalton-Arika, and has been especially influential on the culture of the Oblast of Arika.

The Flag
The flag of Dalton-Arika was chosen to represent the state. It is a verticle tricolour of red, blue and white. It was adopted as the national flag on the 15th June 2012 where it replaced the previous "Charlie Flag". Red, blue and white are the three pan-slavic colours. The colours where chosen to represent the Slavic people and culture of Dalton-Arika. It was deisgned by Robert Garside and was not based off any existing flag. The flag of Dalton-Arika uses the same colours as the Flag of Subenia.

The Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms of Dalton-Arika features a gold double headed eagle, similar to the Coat of Arms of Montenegro and New Canada. The lack of a crown represents that Dalton-Arika is subordinate to New Canada. The rooster in the centre represents strength and curage in hardship. The colours represent no matter how much darkness is around, there is always hope of light and triumph.

Langauge
Macedonian is the most commonly spoken langauge in Dalton-Arika, it is spoken primally in Dalton Oblast. Daltonese English is a dialect of English spoekn in Dalton-Arika. English is spoken only by the government and in the Oblast of Cowenhasse. The Daltonese language is a Slavic Constructed langauge which is spoken in Dalotn-Arika, the language is a major part of Daltonese culture.

Miro-Daltonese
Miro-Daltonese is a new Slavic branch which Daltonese is part of. The Miro-Daltonese langauges originated in Dalton-Arika and Akharnes.

Use of Theban
The Theban Dalotnese Alphabet (Daltonese:Fībën Ƌa ltski Alfabet) is sometimes used in Dalton-Arika as a secondary, unofficial script when wriitng Daltonese. It is mainly used for cultural purposes.

Use of Cyrillic
Cyrilic is used in Dalton-Arika as the primary script for writing in Macedonian. Cyrillic has also been used as the primary writing system in earlier Daltonese conlangs such as Old Daltonese and Cowenhassian. Road signs in Dalton-Arika are written in both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.

Use of the Latin Alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the official writing system for the Daltonese language. The Latin letters "Ƃ" and "Ƌ" are only used in Daltonese, and do not feature in another language.

Religion
Although Dalton-Arika is a Secular State, Orthodox Christianity is the majority religion of the Daltonese-Arikan people. The Orthodox Oblast of Arika is based around Orthodox Christianity. Although all religions are accepted in Arika, it is officially Orthodox as it is the religious centre of Dalton-Arika, and is home to the Arikan Orthodox Church, which is made up by several wooden churches on Matua island.

Art
Daltonese-Arikan arts is a unique form of art. It is usually simple. There has been several Daltonese-Arikan paintings, most depict animals. Models or Staues of Horse's are popular in Dalton-Arika. Visual art is produced in Dalton-Arika, especially Grunge flags. Daltonese-Arikan art also includes simple drawings which depict historic battles, as well as black and white digital "Artists Impressions" of people who's looks are unknown.

Martial arts
It is known that a small group of Daltonese-Arikan citizens includong the President are developing an un-named martial art which employs the use of farm toos as wepaons, as well as the use of agility over strengh. The martial art is still being developed, however, the President says he will recognise it as an official Daltonese-Arikan sport when the Martial Art is is complete and named.

Video hosting
Dalton-Arika has its own video hosting site known as Pig Tube (Daltonese:Svinaš Travat). It is used for free video hosting in Dalton-Arika.

Cuisine
Daltonese cuisine is a type of cuisine unique to Dalton-Arika. Dishes such as Daltonese Salad, Parčinja and Daltonese Ḱatet are not seen in any other cultures. These dishes where developed by Bill Hamilton, a chef and Step-Grandfather of Robert Garside.

Ḱatet
Daltonese Ḱatet is similar to the Georgian dish Khinkali, but is different as it uses Tomatoes, Basil, Onion, Cheese and herbs for the filling. Ḱatet is traditionally smaller than Khinkali, and is made with wholemeal flour, giving it its "brownish" colour, where as Khinkali is usually whiter. A variant of Ḱatet uses Salsa and Cheese for the filling.

Daltonese Salad
The main ingredients of a Daltonese Salad is Spinach and Lettuce. A Daltonese Salad also contains Pasta, Parmesan, Feta, Croutons and Salad Dressing. The dressing used is usually Caesar Dressing.

Parčinja
Parčinja is are Daltonese side dish made of thick potato slices which are fried and served with a sprinkling of salt and malt vinegar.

Camping and Caravaning
Camping and Caravaning is very popular in Dalton-Arika. Caravanning is a traditional part of Daltonese-Arikanculture. There is a camping-caravan site on the Ohrid coast, in Dalton-Arika.