Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch
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'Vanas' - The Secret Police
Maria theresa ronet was one of the few a princesses who got to marry for love. She married francis stephen of lorraine, and had 16 children in 20 years. When her husband started cheating she decided to legislate that all men should have to be monotonous so they would never cheat under no adultery. In vanas she does, this kind of chastity commission, where she sends out a but what it will eventually evolve into the secret police to go after prostitutes. And if you were a sn single woman walking the streets even if you weren't in all prostitute, they bundled you out of town.
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