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The term Quince Diplomacy lies in the use of the city of Touxian as a venue to host visiting dignitaries. This predilection from the government can be explained by Touxian's position on the far east of [[Daxia]], its mild and pleasant weather and sunny beaches. The mild climate is perfect for the planting and growth of quince trees and it became a custom to gift foreign visitors with the fruit. President [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|Chi Long Qua]] famously gave the president of [[Huoxia]] an oversized wicker basket full of quince as a parting gift after a summit; this event was memorialized in the painting ''Sharing of the Bounty''. The painting was used as the start of a bizarre propaganda campaign by the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)]] centered on the quince as the ''fruit of peace''. Monuments to the fruit of peace were erected in many cities, Touxian itself built the 105 meter tall Quince Monument. Artists began fulfilling painting commissions from all levels of government for paintings in the same exact style of ''Sharing of the Bounty''; usually depictions of greater than life dignitaries and with oversized baskets full of quince almost always used as a central prop in these paintings. The style came to be known as '''[[Patriotic Realism]]''' and was adopted as a sort of official art style by the government.