Lavenderism

Once upon a time there was a monarchy in a very poor and impoverished region of the world. Their regime went back for thousands of years, and for thousands of years nothing had been done to improve the lives of the masses. One day, the ruling member of the ruling dynasty put out requests for anyone who could make him a new throne that represented his dynasty and their glory. This caught the attention of the god of the moon who went down to speak with the monarch. He walked by starving children in the street and then into his palace where there was a piano made of solid gold along with other extreme displays of wealth. The god of the moon offered to give the man a throne that accurately represented the glory of his dynasty and of himself as a king, and the monarch was so flattered that he could not help but accept. He went out into the town to spend a few hours to allow construction to finish, and when he came back, he was extremely surprised to see a working toilet where the throne was supposed to be.