Belle Tristessé

**Government:** theocracy

**Leader:** Michael Polnareff

**History:** Belle Tristessé used to be named Le Chagrin and used to be a dictatorship under the rule of Hugo Gagnon, but a man named Michael Polnareff came with his idea of religion. Though the dictator refused, Polnareff with his and the peoples power overthrew the dictator. He was going to kill Hugo Gagnon, but he chose to spare him and kick him out of the country. After the fight, Polnareff lost his legs and his right ear got scarred. As a reward for Polnareff, he was awarded a rapier with a silver blade and a golden handle. The people decided that Polnareff should be the ruler only next to god in their country. Polnareff decided to change the name of Le Chagrin to Belle Tritessé after the history the country went through and how it still keeps its beauty.  Even though Gagnon seemed like a bad person he cared about the people.

**Architecture:** Belle Tristessé’s architecture is a mix of French gothic and Italian

**Clothing:** The clothing for the rich is very flamboyant in design but not as much in color while the clothes for the poorer is clothes similar to clothes from the dark ages of europe

**Landscape:** The landscape is flat land with not a lot of mountains, forests or deserts, very similar to countryside's

**Culture:** The culture is heavily based on the idea of religion and arts. They are very famous for their pastries which are 'the best in the world'. Belle Tristessé, even though it's a beautiful country has a high crime rate. They also get a lot of tourists. Belle Tristessé goes into a lot of wars and doesn't come out victorious most of the time, they mostly end up running away. In Belle Tristessé turtles are a very popular pet.(Polnareff's one is called coco jumbo)

**Relations:** Belle tristessé is the main place for trade of food and clothing

**Money making:** Baking, construction, music and painting. Trade is also very popular.

**Social:** In this country the rich have pretty high standards and the poor have very little which Polnareff tried to fix while trying to not crash the economy

**Important figures:** Polnareff( he is a very important person but often gets to caught up with revenge and wanting it a lot which often leads to how he loses), Paul Van Haver(is the leader of the army and is very confident but reserved)

**Characters:** Polnareff, Paul Van Haver(leader of the army, becomes the leader of the country after Polnareff dies)

**Cities:** Belle Tristessé is one giant city that literally spans over the entire country.

**Villages:** Belle Tristessé used to have villages but most of them moved into the city to make more money

**Areas:** It has districts to separate the city. Baking district, art district, main district, architecture district, noble district

**Events:** Every year, Everyone is allowed into the noble district and they set off fireworks, sell food and party to celebrate when the dictator fell.

**Plot:** Polnareff meets the main characters, but ends up dying by either sacrificing himself for Paul Van Haver or being struck off a cliff and landing with his arm torn off and both his legs

**Details:** small country, landlocked, very large military