Burlesque, a Dark Age world, torn by strife... sort of. Well, maybe not strife, but it wasn't exactly the GOLDEN AGE. Inflation's was way up with the Noble class so deeply in debt to the Merchant class, that they'd been selling off the Crown Jewels bit by bit to pay off the loan for their self cleaning moats. The BIGGEST problem when merchant's are in charge of a kingdom is that while everybody knows the cost of everything, nobody knows the value of anything.

Then there were the peasants and serfs... Worrying about making enough at the harvest so they'd have enough spending money to buy the wife something nice, the peasants didn't stop to think how imperiled the kingdom was. After all, the first rule when dealing with hookers OR spouses was "No Money, No Honey."

Besides which, Burlesque wasn't all THAT imperiled at the moment. A land of high inflation, abundant magic, and more abundant casual sex... Burlesque tended to pretty much run itself along the course of peace. But then, every world needs its heroes and legends... Even this one...