Lescatie

Lescatie, occasionally translated as Lescatier or Lescatié is a nation-state in the Monster Girl Encyclopedia world, and the primary location for the Fallen Maidens and the parallel stories of Fallen Brides.

Lescatie appears to be based off of the real-life nation of France, specifically prior to the French Revolution, due to similarities in the names of characters and locations as given in Fallen Maidens and Fallen Brides to those in the French language, as well as its nature as a heavily hierarchical, wealth-divided state with a corrupt aristocracy ruling over an impoverished peasantry.

A Heroic Theocracy
Frequently referred to as the "Religious Kingdom of Lescatie" or the "Theocracy of Lescatie", the nation was ruled by a hereditary monarchy supported by various noble families (including the Noscrim) and religious orders. Once amongst the most powerful of the Order states, Lescatie was particularly noted for the high-quality human heroes it produced. However, martial success against the monsters came at a high price, with heavy taxation and invasive religious rules contributing to domestic unrest. These hidden tensions were exploited by the lilim Druella during her invasion of Lescatie.

Royal Family
King Castor Bistoa Lescatie was the monarch responsible for turning Lescatie into an Order bulwark. It is not absolutely clear if Castor is still the king at the time of Druella's invasion. Then, the King's family includes a wife and least four daughters, the eldest three of which can hear the voices of the gods, can wield great magic and have received divine protection as heroes blessed with talent. The fourth daughter, Francisca Mistel, was a sickly, infertile thing mostly forgotten by everyone, including her father.

After Deruella's invasion, "the queen took the king to their bedroom after becoming a monster and no longer comes out and [Francisca's] three sisters have all become monsters and disappeared somewhere".

As a Demon Realm
Detailed at length in Fallen Maidens, Druella succeeded in corrupting many of the heroes against their former nation; after her takeover succeeded, Lescatie was transformed into a Demon Realm. An Order counterattack (accompanied by Amanomiya Koyoi) failed miserably, and today, Lescatie is a "radically obscene" land of monsters, lust and depravity. Although nominally the realm is ruled by "Queen Roper" Francisca, de facto power rests behind the scenes with Deruella herself.

Book Information
Major book sections on Lescatie are as follows: