Lancre (pronounced Lank-er) is a Major City State in the Country of the Ramtops. From Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. It is situated in the Ramtop mountains, about 500 miles Hubwards of the city of Ankh-Morpork. It is the best-known of hundreds of tiny countries in the Ramtops, occupying a vertiginous shelf looking over the Sto Plains. The other thing Lancre is famous for is young people going off and seeking their fortunes (usually in Ankh-Morpork).