Coinage—Economic
Roots
Who controls the economy? Is there a hierarchy that
matches the political rule, or one that is counter to it? Does it run its
economy as a free trade society, a company store system, and/or a black-market?
Is it a system that has roots into your world’s
ancient culture and history, or has it been commandeered by outsiders that have
imposed their system? And does their system actually work better or worse—again
according to whose set of values.
The economy may not play an important role in
your world, but you’ll need to know the basics. It can provide several conflict
moments just in routine situations. Think of a time you planned to eat out and
then realized your forgot your wallet. What options did you have? What
emotional stress did you undergo?
Exercise:
1.
Outline a company store system that the
whole community has agreed upon as the best solution. Begin with a Robin Hood
type leader.
2.
What are the potential strengths? What
are the potential weaknesses?
3.
Now jump ahead a century or two and have
the system run as a way to enslave the community financially by greed driven
leader.
4.
Somewhere in an old ledger the community
finds the original documents and provisions. What does it give them courage to
do?
Share:
Do they return to the original moral compass, become the next tycoon, or change
the whole system?
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