The Babin Republic was a satirical, literary and carnival society founded in 1568 in Babin, Lublin

Lublin

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 county, Poland

Poland

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. Its Latin motto was: omnis homo mendax ("Every man is a liar"). The Babin Republic bestowed sarcastic "offices" and "titles" to those who embarrassed themselves in public due to some fault or folly, and to those who told ridiculously untrue stories. People with poor speaking skills were declared "Speakers of the Republic", gossipmongers were made members of the "Secret Council", litigious people were declared "Justices of Peace", people known for exaggerating their hunting exploits were made "Masters of the Hunt", etc. All accounts were dutifully entered into the Memorial Register of Babin Officials. There was a total of 411 accounts in the register. Some of the fanciful stories show influences of Rabelais and Boccaccio. The society was an institution in the cultural life in post-Renaissance

Renaissance

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Poland and survived until 1677.