The small rural province of Gascogne is often spoken of as the most beautiful province of Bretonnia. Artists have for generations represented it as a rural idyll: in Gascogne the sun always shines on vineyards and golden cornfields. Beautiful people lounge by lazy rivers, drinking wine, and eating bread and cheese.
Gascogne is the cultural soul of Bretonnia, beloved of musicians, poets, and painters. Its nobility, especially the powerful Amboise, are reknowned as patrons of the arts. Moreover, most inhabitants fancy themselves as artists of some description, but although the province has produced some true geniuses, its inhabitants are also responsible for a great proportion of the kingdom's doggerel verse, sickly sentimental paintings, and unemployed travelling singers...
Although the artistic visions of peasants frolicking in the fields are rather far of the mark particularly in the poorer eastern regions, the province is one of the more pleasant parts of the kingdom, with even the peasantry living half-way decent lives.

Stereotypes: "The Gascognes? Bunch of poncy layabouts who all think they're blessed by the gods. Whatever you do, don't agree to be subjected to a poem!"