History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / Food

* Pepsi Max, a low-calorie, sugar-free alternative to Pepsi, is more popular in the UK than regular Pepsi, thanks to extensive marketing throughout its lifespan that mainly appealed to more active customers. Meanwhile, 9% of [=PepsiCo=]'s total worldwide production of Pepsi Max is purchased in Norway ''alone'' (the country has a population of about 5.3 million--more people live in ''Minnesota'' than live in Norway), where it easily outsells regular Pepsi and is a fierce competitor to Coca-Cola.

* A number of French wines, although popular in present-day France, owe their entire existence to the British export market; Bordeaux wine was originally made for export in English-held areas of France. This is where we get the term "claret" for a certain type of red Bordeaux: ''clairet'' was a type of darkish transparent rosé from Bordeaux the English liked and bought in vast quantities in the Middle Ages. Eventually tastes changed to red wine, but the name of the wine remained the same.[[note]]For the curious, you can still get good clear dark-rosé ''clairet'' from Bordeaux, but it's more of a specialty wine today.[[/note]] Even after England lost those regions, the nobles saw no reason to change [[UsefulNotes/NationalDrinks their well-established habits]] and kept buying French wine--when they could.

* Ramune, which is an iconic carbonated soft drink in Japan sold in many festivals known for its glass bottle with a marble you push down to open. Like Hi-Chew and Pocky, it saw mainstream success in the United States sold in many grocery stores outside the Asian-American and otaku demographic.

* [=McDonald's=] and KFC in general in China, where there the stores are run as medium class restaurants rather than just a fast food chain (probably because Chinese-style fast food is much cheaper than a Big Mac). Menus in China generally were much more diverse and exceptionally longer than in America where you can literally find things like fried rice or burgers with cabbage in them, [[http://www.weirdasianews.com/2010/03/23/blank-interesting-menu-items-mcdonalds-asia/ and plenty else besides]]. At least one [=McDonald's=] in Hong Kong ''delivers pizzas''. That has led to at least some of the international students' complaint that [=McDonald's=] in America sucks.

** Jack in the Box. Mostly found on the West Coast (and mostly endemic to its native California and Texas), but has a few franchises located east of the Mississippi (examples include Cincinnati, Nashville, Charlotte, and soon Louisville) and a single franchise in Guam. It's renowned for its tacos and other finger foods such as egg rolls, as well as for its burgers such as the Jumbo Jack and Sourdough Jack, with its humorous ads featuring its wise-cracking, snarky mascot Jack Box also earning the chain national recognition.

** Wawa: a beloved dairy/sandwich shop/convenience store/gas station found mainly in the Delaware Valley (around Philadelphia/South Jersey) and Florida (for the transplants). Operates on a business model similar to the Western PA-based Sheetz, with which it has a mostly-friendly rivalry (they seem to have a tacit agreement to stay out of each other's respective territories).

** One of the countries where Starbucks failed to expand was in Australia, because the country already had its own espresso-based cafe culture dating back to the 1950s, which is itself being exported to the U.S.

* In Mexico, Corona is basically the local Budweiser, a cheap beer that doesn't really taste good; if you want to look awesome, you're better off with a Bohemia, a Negra Modelo or a Minerva (and ironically Corona and Modelo are brewed by the same company). But the moment you go to an anglophone country, if you want to look awesome, you order a Corona (though this has attenuated since the mid-2010s in the U.S., where people who know beer tend to go for Negra Modelo for a flavorful Mexican beer, Dos Equis Amber for an inoffensive one, and Tecate for a cheap one that tastes OK when you drop in a lime wedge).

* The top-selling lager in the UK is Stella Artois, a Belgian beer. The Belgians themselves regard it as one of their worst beers (it's a pilsner in a country renowned for its ales; the other pale lager beers in Belgium, despite racking up a majority of beer sales, are similarly poorly regarded). Stella Artois is also very popular in the US as one of the country's top-selling import beers from Europe.
* Belgian beer in general is better regarded by foreigners than by Belgians themselves. It may come as a shock that most Belgians do not buy that much beer at all and that it is even decreasing in popularity. What Belgians consume the most is bottled mineral water. There is even a few Belgian brands of mineral water (Spa and Chaudfontaine, for instance) that are near-impossible to find outside of Europe.

** Fanta was created by the German branch of Coca-Cola during World War II, when war shortages and the Allied blockade made it impossible to produce Coke in continental Europe. However, it is hugely popular in the United States, which is Fanta's biggest market by far. However, some flavors of Fanta aside from the traditional orange have proven to be a reverse example -- for example, lemon Fanta is a hugely popular flavor in Europe, but it isn't sold anywhere in the United States; the Coca-Cola Company apparently noticed the European predilection for "lemonade" (which is a carbonated lemon soda in Europe, not a sweetened lemon juice drink) and accordingly introduced a new Fanta flavor to meet the demand. Several of the more obscure fruit flavors of Fanta (pineapple and fruit punch, in particular) are hugely popular in much of Central and South America. While those flavors ''are'' offered in the United States, they're very hard to find outside of exceptionally well-stocked supermarkets and convenience stores, and orange and grape are considered the "standard" Fanta flavors.[[note]]Pineapple and strawberry are also pretty common, to the extent that they're represented in the "Four Fantanas", Coca-Cola's marketing mascots for the drink[[/note]] In places like Belize, though, fruit punch and pineapple Fanta are regularly sold in restaurants and street-corner soda machines, with orange and grape Fanta nowhere to be seen. Palate may have a lot to do with this: fresh fruit is considered very central to the Central American diet, which is reflected in their soft drink preferences. And while (green) apple Fanta is relatively obscure to nonexistent in Europe and North America; in Egypt, it's basically the standard Fanta, and much appreciated for the strong carbonation the local bottler has historically applied.

** The Coca-Cola Company's Urge is now only sold in Norway, where it's far more popular than its [=PepsiCo=] equivalent, Mountain Dew. However, [=PepsiCo=] is still doing very well in Norway, primarily because of one brand:
* 9 % of [=PepsiCo=]'s total worldwide production of Pepsi Max (a Diet Pepsi alternative sold primarily in Europe and Asia) is purchased in Norway ''alone''. Norway has a population of about 5.3 million--more people live in ''Minnesota'' than live in Norway. It easily outsells regular Pepsi, and is a fierce competitor to Coca-Cola.
** It originated in the UK, Australia and Italy, but it has become more popular in the UK to the point that it's now the second best-selling brand of cola in the country (yep, even above regular Pepsi).

** The British ''love'' it, even though it's a Chinese invention and they only got it in the 17th century (after the marriage of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart Charles II]] to the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza introduced the custom, which was then en vogue with the Portuguese aristocracy--Portugal being the first European power to establish direct shipping routes to the Far East). However, given how prevalent the BritsLoveTea trope is, you'd think they had tea for millennia.
** The British did hit on the bright idea that you could also produce tea from the Indian ''Camellia assamica'' and not just the Chinese ''Camellia sinensis''.

** Green tea and oolong tea, originating in China, are also staples of Japanese cuisine. Milk tea, black tea with milk and sugar adapted from the British custom, is popular in cafes and ubiquitous in bottled form.
** Green tea is becoming popular in the West as a health food. Matcha has become particularly trendy with urban hipsters in the U.S.

* Irn Bru, in addition to being Scotland's Other National Drink, is quite popular in Russia, which has five Irn Bru production plants and a series of weird adverts with Bru-coloured ostriches trying to keep their drink cool, and getting into fights with penguins.

* Zima Clearmalt is very popular in Japan, to the point that the clear alcopop has continued being sold there after being discontinued in North America in 2008 due to its reputation as a "girly man" drink, a fact discussed in RealMenHateSugar (though it was later re-released for a limited time in the US in 2017-18, long after most people realized the "girly man" stereotype associated with it was born out of rampant homophobia).[[note]]Amusingly, in 2020, Max Miller of ''WebVideo/TastingHistoryWithMaxMiller'' (who is best described as neither StraightGay nor CampGay but "nonchalantly, "what-of-it" gay") referenced Zima when discussing [[UsefulNotes/MedievalFoodInEurope the low alcohol content in medieval/early modern "small beer"]]--primarily as a joke about how it hadn't been seen in the US for a while at that point.[[/note]] Strangely, despite being a strong believer of that trope, Zima doesn't have the same connotation in Japan.

** Additionally, virtually every culture in the world has taken a liking to corn on the cob, usually either grilled or boiled. Both preparations are traditional in its native Mexico, and while few prepare it ''exactly'' like Mexican ''elote'' (slathered with mayonnaise and lime juice and coated with salt and powdered chiles), "coat it in something fatty and add seasoning" is similarly common the world over.

** Krispy Kreme is more popular overseas, whereas in the USA, [[SoOkayItsAverage it is just another average donut shop]]--except in southern California, which is this trope contained within the United States. In southern California, Krispy Kreme is practically a phenomenon, with lines going out the door every evening and each customer buying dozens and dozens of donuts. It's particularly striking as it's extraordinarily difficult for other big donut chains to get established in southern California, as the natives by and large [[AmericansHateTingle reject most other chains]], Dunkin' Donuts included--when it open its store in Pasadena in 2017--the first Dunkin' store in the region in ''decades''--they also decided to drop the "Donuts" name from the sign, beginning a trend of de-emphasizing donuts for the chain.

** Several regions in the U.S. are noted for their Mexican food scenes. Most of these are extremely unsurprising, since they are regions that used to be ''part'' of Mexico and are still near the border--Oh, Texas and Southern California have great Mexican food? Tell us, is the sky still blue at noon on a clear summer's day?[[note]]In all seriousness, ''do'' try to have Mexican food if you are ever in Texas, Southern California, Arizona, or New Mexico, and to a lesser extent Colorado and even Nevada and Utah. It really is quite excellent.[[/note]] The really interesting "good place for Mexican food" in the U.S. is actually Chicago, which one doesn't normally associate with Mexican anything, being 1,200 miles from the border and, well, Chicago--it's Midwestern and cold. But the Mexican community in Chicago is ''massive'' through decades of immigration,[[note]]A little over 20% of Chicagoans claim Mexican ancestry.[[/note]] to the point where the city stands still on Mexican Independence Day every September. (The only other ethnic group that stops the Windy City like this is the Irish, who shut the city down for St. Patrick's Day.)[[note]]The Poles ''probably'' could do the same but for whatever reason never have. There's probably a Polack joke in there somewhere, but we won't go looking for it.[[/note]] There is thus a large population both of cooks who know what they're doing and customers who demand high-quality and authentic Mexican cooking, making Chicago a destination for aficionados of Mexican cookery. An important caveat: Because Chicago's Mexican restaurant scene caters heavily to the largely working-class Mexican community of the city, the cuisine in question runs towards street food and hearty working-people fare rather than the more elaborate, arty dishes you might find in, say, L.A. (or for that matter in Mexico City).

** Several regions in the U.S. are noted for their Mexican food scenes. Most of these are extremely unsurprising, since they are regions that used to be ''part'' of Mexico and are still near the border--Oh, Texas and Southern California have great Mexican food? Tell us, is the sky still blue at noon on a clear summer's day?[[note]]In all seriousness, ''do'' try to have Mexican food if you are ever in Texas, Southern California, Arizona, or New Mexico, and to a lesser extent Colorado and even Nevada and Utah. It really is quite excellent.[[/note]] The really interesting "good place for Mexican food" in the U.S. is actually Chicago, which one doesn't normally associate with Mexican anything, being 1,200 miles from the border and, well, Chicago--it's Midwestern and cold. But the Mexican community in Chicago is ''massive'' through decades of immigration,[[note]]A little over 20% of Chicagoans claim Mexican ancestry.[[/note]] to the point where the city stands still on Mexican Independence Day. (The only other ethnic group that stops the Windy City like this is the Irish, who shut the city down for St. Patrick's Day.)[[note]]The Poles ''probably'' could do the same but for whatever reason never have. There's probably a Polack joke in there somewhere, but we won't go looking for it.[[/note]] There is thus a large population both of cooks who know what they're doing and customers who demand high-quality and authentic Mexican cooking, making Chicago a destination for aficionados of Mexican cookery. An important caveat: Because Chicago's Mexican restaurant scene caters heavily to the largely working-class Mexican community of the city, the cuisine in question runs towards street food and hearty working-people fare rather than the more elaborate, arty dishes you might find in, say, L.A. (or for that matter in Mexico City).

* ''Foie gras'' was originally (more or less)[[note]]''Foie gras'' was actually known in the ancient Mediterranean world; the livers of fattened ducks and geese were favourites of both Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Roman gourmets. Indeed, the words for "liver" in modern Romance languages actually comes from a Latin word roughly meaning "figged", referring to the ancients' preference for using figs to force-feed the birds (rather than the modern process of using grain). However, the ancient process became LostTechnology after the fall of the Roman Empire, and was rediscovered independently by the medieval Ashkenazim.[[/note]] an Ashkenazi Jewish delicacy, produced as a by-product of fattening ducks and geese for producing ''schmaltz''.[[note]]Schmaltz is rendered poultry fat, traditionally used in meat dishes by most Ashkenazi (i.e. Central, Eastern, and Northwestern European Jews) because lard isn't kosher, butter is a dairy product that can't be mixed with meat, and vegetable oils like olive oil or sesame oil (which Middle Eastern or Mediterranean Jews used) were unavailable in Central/Eastern Europe. Before you ask, they didn't use beef or mutton tallow or dripping because most of ''that'' is also prohibited as ''chelev'' (fat that's supposed to be dedicated to God in Temple sacrifices and therefore forbidden for Jews to eat; even though the Temple is long gone, the prohibition remains). The amount of non-''chelev'' fat on a cow or sheep is so small as to render it more trouble than it's worth to extract, so kosher butchers across history generally haven't bothered (they usually sell the cuts that can't be made kosher to their less-picky Gentile neighbors). Also, schmaltz is a bit on the heavy side as foodstuffs go, hence the [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Hebrew-derived Yiddish-English term]] "schmaltz" for what we call {{glurge}}. [[/note]] The rules of ''kashrut'' meant the Jews couldn't do very much with the liver[[note]]Under ''kashrut'', liver is considered to be "mostly blood". Since eating "blood" is forbidden, it must be prepared in a way that Jewish tradition regards as removing the "blood", which, generally speaking, means grilling or broiling it (techniques modern chefs regard as too aggressive to deal with the delicate flavors of foie gras).[[/note]] (not that it kept them from trying), but their Gentile neighbors--especially the French--went crazy for it. After that, foie gras became a worldwide delicacy, due to the international reputation of French cuisine.

** When the English (and later British) nobs couldn't get their hands on French wine (usually because of their respective countries' [[UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar rather]] [[UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession longstanding]] [[UsefulNotes/WarOfTheAustrianSuccession habit]] [[UsefulNotes/SevenYearsWar of]] [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution going]] [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution to]] [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars war]]), they sourced their wines from elsewhere, particularly Spain and Portugal. As a result, sherry (from Spain) is a national tradition in the British upper crust (and later trickled down to the middle classes), as for reasons of complicated European politics, England/Britain was usually at peace with Spain whenever it was at war with France, and vice-versa (except during the middle decades of the 18th century, when the Bourbon Family Compact instituted after the UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession was in effect). Meanwhile port (from Portugal, and nearly always available because of the [[BindingAncientTreaty centuries-long alliance between England/Britain and Portugal]]) became an obsession, wrapped in all kind of aristocratic tradition. Sending port to Britain became such big business in the 18th century (during the period of Franco-Spanish alliance under the aforementioned Family Compact) that the majority of port merchants in Portugal have British names to this day. It also had a lasting impact on economics: David Ricardo (a Brit of Portuguese Jewish descent) used English cloth and Portuguese wine to demonstrate his theory of comparative advantage--an example still used in economics classes today.

* The Vietnamese took the French ''baguette'', added local ingredients as fillings, and created the ''banh mi''. The ''banh mi'' then gained popularity in Australia via Vietnamese immigrants.

* Hainanese chicken rice, which originated from the Hainan province of southern China, is classified as a national dish of Singapore. It's also widely consumed in Malaysia and Thailand.

** Krystal and White Castle, two very similar chains that are equally known for their "slider" burgers. The former is in the Southeast, and the latter in the Northeast/Midwest (with Kentucky and Tennessee featuring both), and neither is in the West, barring a lone White Castle in Las Vegas and another in Scottsdale, Arizona. However, many stores throughout the country sell White Castle burgers in the frozen food section.

** Culver's, a primarily burger-based fast food chain (noted for "butterburgers" somewhat based on a Wisconsin specialty) and also renowned for advertising deep-fried cheese curds rather than fries as the primary side[[note]]Fries are available, you're just Not Doing It Right if you order them instead of the cheese curds[[/note]] and for its in-store root beer and frozen custard. Although born and based in Wisconsin (hence the emphasis on dairy) and strongest in the Midwest, it has a few locations as far away as Idaho and Florida. Tourists in the Midwest--even just [[FlyoverCountry passing through]] on a road trip--often make a point of stopping at a Culver's to sample the fare.

** Culver's, a primarily burger-based fast food chain (noted for "butterburgers" somewhat based on a Wisconsin specialty) also renowned for its in-store root beer and frozen custard. Although born and based in Wisconsin (hence the emphasis on dairy) and strongest in the Midwest, it has a few locations as far away as Idaho and Florida. Tourists in the Midwest--even just [[FlyoverCountry passing through]] on a road trip--often make a point of stopping at a Culver's to sample the fare.

* Tomatoes were introduced to Europe from South America in the 16th century (about 500 years ago) but are such an important part of so many cultures' cuisines you'd think they'd been there for thousands of years. A particularly extreme example is the Eastern Mediterranean, which only got tomatoes in the late 18th-early 19th century (highly delayed, and via Europe--the first confirmed report of a tomato in the Middle East was when the British consul in Aleppo in what is now Syria brought one sometime between 1799 and 1825). Ask a Turk or Lebanese or Egyptian or Iraqi (and particularly an Egyptian, whose cuisine today [[HollywoodCuisine stereotypically consists]] of drowning vegetables and meat in tomato sauce)[[note]]Egypt regularly punches above its weight in tomato production ''and'' consumption, growing and eating way more tomatoes per capita than its (admittedly very large) population might suggest. In 2012, Egypt was the world's fifth-largest tomato producer, with a harvest of 8.6 million metric tons. As the Egyptian industry for processing food for export is, if not in its infancy, then certainly in its childhood, the ''vast'' majority of this production was for domestic consumption. Note also that in 2010-11, there had been a tomato ''shortage'' in Egypt that made national headlines when production dipped not that far below the levels achieved in 2012. The spike in tomato prices over the winter 2010-11 are commonly understood to have contributed to the general discontent that led to the [[UsefulNotes/TheArabSpring Egyptian Revolution]] of January 2011. Yeah, Egyptians ''love'' tomatoes.[[/note]] to imagine their cuisine without tomatoes...they will have a very hard time indeed.

** Several regions in the U.S. are noted for their Mexican food scenes. Most of these are extremely unsurprising, since they are regions that used to be ''part'' of Mexico and are still near the border--Oh, Texas and Southern California have great Mexican food? Tell us, is the sky still blue at noon on a clear summer's day? The really interesting "good place for Mexican food" in the U.S. is actually Chicago, which one doesn't normally associate with Mexican anything, being 1,200 miles from the border and, well, Chicago--it's Midwestern and cold. But the Mexican community in Chicago is ''massive'' through decades of immigration,[[note]]A little over 20% of Chicagoans claim Mexican ancestry.[[/note]] to the point where the city stands still on Mexican Independence Day. (The only other ethnic group that stops the Windy City like this is the Irish, who shut the city down for St. Patrick's Day.)[[note]]The Poles ''probably'' could do the same but for whatever reason never have. There's probably a Polack joke in there somewhere, but we won't go looking for it.[[/note]] There is thus a large population both of cooks who know what they're doing and customers who demand high-quality and authentic Mexican cooking, making Chicago a destination for aficionados of Mexican cookery. An important caveat: Because Chicago's Mexican restaurant scene caters heavily to the largely working-class Mexican community of the city, the cuisine in question runs towards street food and hearty working-people fare rather than the more elaborate, arty dishes you might find in, say, L.A. (or for that matter in Mexico City).

** Several regions in the U.S. are noted for their Mexican food scenes. Most of these are extremely unsurprising, since they are regions that used to be ''part'' of Mexico and are still near the border--Oh, Texas and Southern California have great Mexican food? Tell us, is the sky still blue at noon on a clear summer's day? The really interesting "good place for Mexican food" in the U.S. is actually Chicago, which one doesn't normally associate with Mexican anything, being thousands of miles from the border and, well, Chicago--it's Midwestern and cold. But the Mexican community in Chicago is ''massive'' through decades of immigration,[[note]]A little over 20% of Chicagoans claim Mexican ancestry.[[/note]] to the point where the city stands still on Mexican Independence Day. (The only other ethnic group that stops the Windy City like this is the Irish, who shut the city down for St. Patrick's Day.)[[note]]The Poles ''probably'' could do the same but for whatever reason never have. There's probably a Polack joke in there somewhere, but we won't go looking for it.[[/note]] There is thus a large population both of cooks who know what they're doing and customers who demand high-quality and authentic Mexican cooking, making Chicago a destination for aficionados of Mexican cookery. An important caveat: Because Chicago's Mexican restaurant scene caters heavily to the largely working-class Mexican community of the city, the cuisine in question runs towards street food and hearty working-people fare rather than the more elaborate, arty dishes you might find in, say, L.A. (or for that matter in Mexico City).

** Several regions in the U.S. are noted for their Mexican food scenes. Most of these are extremely unsurprising, since they are regions that used to be ''part'' of Mexico and are still near the border--Oh, Texas and Southern California have great Mexican food? Tell us, is the sky still blue at noon on a clear summer's day? The really interesting "good place for Mexican food" in the U.S. is actually Chicago, which one doesn't normally associate with Mexican anything, being thousands of miles from the border and, well, Chicago--it's Midwestern and cold. But the Mexican community in Chicago is ''massive'' through decades of immigration, to the point where the city stands still on Mexican Independence Day. (The only other ethnic group that stops the Windy City like this is the Irish, who shut the city down for St. Patrick's Day.)[[note]]The Poles ''probably'' could do the same but for whatever reason never have.[[/note]] There is thus a large population both of cooks who know what they're doing and customers who demand high-quality and authentic Mexican cooking, making Chicago a destination for aficionados of Mexican cookery. An important caveat: Because Chicago's Mexican restaurant scene caters heavily to the largely working-class Mexican community of the city, the cuisine in question runs towards street food and hearty working-people fare rather than the more elaborate, arty dishes you might find in, say, L.A. (or for that matter in Mexico City).

* [=KitKats=] are so popular in Japan that they've spawned a variety of [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] flavors because of the similarity to the Japanese phrase "kitto katsu", which translates to "surely win". Naturally, sales skyrocket during exams. The varieties become a big draw for international tourists with many buy in large quantities of unique flavors.

* [=KitKats=] are so popular in Japan that they've spawned a variety of [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] flavors because of the similarity to the Japanese phrase "kitto katsu", which translates to "surely win". Naturally, sales skyrocket during exams.

** Royal Farms. An odd chain originally from Baltimore (and conceived as a way to sell chicken from Maryland's Eastern Shore and neighboring rural delaware), its claim to fame is that it's a gas station/convenience store with truly excellent (for fast food) fried chicken. The advance of "[=RoFo=]" out of its traditional territory in Delaware and Maryland into nearby New Jersey was the topic of endless fascination from NJ news outlets, largely because of the fried chicken (and the novelty of getting good fried chicken at a gas station).

** Royal Farms. An odd chain originally from rural Delaware, its claim to fame is that it's a gas station/convenience store with truly excellent (for fast food) fried chicken. The advance of "[=RoFo=]" out of its traditional territory in Delaware and Maryland into nearby New Jersey was the topic of endless fascination from NJ news outlets, largely because of the fried chicken (and the novelty of getting good fried chicken at a gas station).

** Sheetz from Western Pennsylvania. A convenience-store chain that also does a line in made-to-order foods like burgers, fries, and sandwiches. Perpetual (but largely friendly) rival of the Eastern Pennsylvanian Wawa (they seem to have a tacit agreement to stay out of each other's respective territories).

** Wawa: a beloved dairy/sandwich shop/convenience store found mainly in the Delaware Valley (around Philadelphia/South Jersey) and Florida (for the transplants). Operates on a business model similar to the Western PA-based Sheetz, with which it has a mostly-friendly rivalry (they seem to have a tacit agreement to stay out of each other's respective territories).