Editing Gardavasque (section)

==Culture==
A majority of Gardavascan adolescents develop exceptional empathic abilities through a combination of innate capability, devout spiritual practice, and deep-rooted social norms. It is common for long term couples and family members to develop the ability to sense emotions and read one another's thoughts, even across great distances, leaving social and medical scientists divided on competing theories of explanation. Thus, despite being culturally and ethnically diverse, Gardavasque society is strikingly homogenous in its low tolerance for deception, indifference, or cruelty. Gardavasque's rates of preventable disease and injury are among the lowest in the IDU because of its advanced universal health care system which provides parity coverage for mental health, addiction, and spiritual well being. Divorce in most cases is prohibited by law because of robust community and social supports invested in couples and families. Crime is virtually unknown since the criminal justice system adopted a policy of "Perfect Reconciliation" that abolished prisons in favor of criminals co-experiencing the emotional injury of their victims. As a nation populated with empaths, Gardavasque is a prime destination for vacationers, political asylum-seekers, spiritual retreatants, business negotiators, and artists of all disciplines. Graduates of Gardavasque's top institutions are world-renowned among practitioners of the healing arts and sciences.

Gardavasue society is ethnically diverse, encompassing numerous ethnic and religious minorities from throughout the region. Ethnic Gardivascans make up the largest ethnic group at 76%, followed by Lavenderians (21%), Tequilans (18%), Ecclisians (8%), Azaffranx (8%), Lauchnoirian (6%), Trivian (5%), Zamistanian (4%), Maximusian (2%), and Sanctarian (1%). Individuals may identify with more than one ethnic group.

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