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+ | [[Image:Carte du tendre.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The ''[[Map of Tendre]]'' (''Carte du Tendre'') is a French map of an [[imaginary country]] called ''[[Tendre]]'' produced by several hands (including [[Catherine de Rambouillet]]). It appeared as an engraving (attributed to [[François Chauveau]]) in the first part of [[Madeleine de Scudéry]]'s 1654-61 novel ''[[Clélie]]''. It shows a geography entirely based around the theme of [[love]] according to the [[Précieuses]] of that era: the river of Inclination flows past the villages of "Billet Doux" ([[love letter|Love Letter]]), "Petits Soins" (Little Trinkets) and so forth.]] | ||
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:“Heaven is where the police are [[British]], the cooks are [[French]], the mechanics are [[German]], the lovers are [[Italian]] and it is all organised by the [[Swiss]]. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and it is all organised by the Italians”. | :“Heaven is where the police are [[British]], the cooks are [[French]], the mechanics are [[German]], the lovers are [[Italian]] and it is all organised by the [[Swiss]]. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and it is all organised by the Italians”. |
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- “Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and it is all organised by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and it is all organised by the Italians”.
In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government.
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