Babin Republic

The Babin Republic (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Babińska) was a satirical, carnival and literary society founded in 1568 by Stanisław Pszonka and Piotr Kaszowski [pl] in Babin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.

[1] Its Latin motto was: Omnis Homo Mendax ("Every man is a liar").

To this end, the 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.

All nominations were dutifully entered into the Memorial Register of Babin Officials.

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