Umbrians have long seen the design and construction of buildings as a masterful expression of practicality and artistry, merged together to create spaces that are both inviting and suitable for purpose. Umbrian architecture is varied in style and design, but a few key reoccurring concepts can be found throughout the Republic.

The Umbrian Academy of Science is one of the most illustrious professional organizations in the entire Republic. Nearly as old as the formation of the Republic itself, the Academy has drawn the brightest minds in math and science for the better part of four hundred years.

The Venezia Business Review, more commonly known as VBR, is the Republic's foremost business journal and commercial news publication. Its specific focus on economics and trade have solidified the publication as a must read for Umbria's business elite. Some even consider its coverage of breaking and trending news to be more complete and well rounded, and few articles are produced which fail to speak to the larger impacts their subjects will have on the people and planets involved.

No other tabloid inspires dread and derision in the Republic's political and cultural elite the same way that the Palatinate Pratterer does. The publication, often abbreviated to P2, is known for simultaneously glamorizing and satirizing Umbria's leading celebrities. P2's over the top style and sensationalist stories have earned it a strong following throughout the common people of the Republic.

Republic News Today, or RNT, is the Republic's preeminent news publication, often considered the outlet of record for Umbria's recent past. It has local bureaus on dozens of planets throughout the Republic, and has thousands of correspondents actively seeking out the latest developments.

The Umbrian Republic has a long and storied history involving criminal enterprises. These organized groups of criminals have existed since the foundations of the Republic, and although the names they assume may change, their general pattern of behavior has not. While this history has been romanticized by some, modern members of the gangs and cartels that plague the Republic are brutal and merciless in pursuing their own enrichment at the expense of others.