The Home of the Holy
[desc]@@FAITH@@'s most sacred holy site in @@NAME@@ was ransacked and several irreplaceable relics were destroyed after a dispute over a bottle of soy sauce at a local restaurant escalated badly.
valid for nations that are at least moderately religious
[option]"This is a disgrace!" wails @@RANDOMNAME@@, the caretaker of the damaged reliquary. "Our people should be ashamed of themselves putting their petty Earthly squabbles before their faith in @@FAITH@@! You can make more soy sauce, but you can't replace our sacred relics! You have to help us beef up security! Station police officers to patrol the grounds, install security cameras, and rebuild the reliquary with heavy-duty steel doors."
[effect]the nation's holy places are littered with doughnut crumbs
[option]"How is this the government's responsibility?" asks secularist author @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Ask your followers for tithes and let the rest of us have a tax break!"
[effect]religious institutions are doing less charity work since funds were diverted to security at popular churches
[option]"The damage would have been a lot worse if a Merovingian tour group hadn't tackled the most violent rioters and tied them up with prayer beads," a priest who witnessed the violence tells you. "You should honor their brave deed by inviting Merovingian followers of @@FAITH@@ to guard the sacred grounds."
[effect]tourists and religious pilgrims like to pose for pictures with Merovingian guards
[option]"None of this would have happened if that stupid restaurant had put soy sauce on every table!" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, one of the restaurant patrons involved in the original dispute that sparked the conflict. "Let the priests sue them out of business and they can pay for the damage!"
[effect]restaurant patrons threaten to sue if the salt shaker at their table is empty
[option]"Religion is overrated anyway," said Soy-Joy Sauce Co. CEO @@RANDOMNAME@@. "I think it's clear that people would rather have more of our delicious soy sauce instead of some dumb 'holy place.' Why don't you just let us tear it down and build a new factory?"
[effect]soy sauce is considered decadent and heathenish