Post by princess on Aug 28, 2011 3:23:56 GMT -5
Monetary Standards
100 coppers = 1 silver mark
100 silver marks = 1 gold mark
Annual Income Approximations
Destitute: Unemployed. 0 - ~100 copper/yr
Commoner: Employed in a service position (store hand, bartender, etc). 30 silver marks/yr
Business Owner: Proprietor of a business. 3 gold marks/yr
Lesser Noble: Knight or baron. 30 gold marks/yr
Upper Noble: Viscount, count, marques. 100 gold marks/yr
Average Cost for Products/Service
Shirt/Pants: 10 coppers
Meal: 2-5 coppers
Apartment Rent/Monthly: 1 silver mark/mo
Cost of House Maintenance/Monthly: 3 silver marks/mo
Cheap Sword/Polearm: 10 silver marks
Expensive Sword/Polearm: 20 silver marks
Bow: 30 silver marks
Crossbow: 40 silver marks
Matchlock Musket: 1 gold mark
Matchlock Pistol: 3 gold marks
Wheel-lock Musket: 6 gold marks
Wheel-lock Pistol: 10 gold marks
In short, please play according to your character's class. This is an era where armies could only be amassed by the upper nobility, because only they had the pocket books deep enough to arm an army. If you're playing a destitute character, you do NOT have a wheel-lock unless it was stolen. Likewise, if you're a noble, you probably are not carrying around a cheap, busted sword.
Taxes
All citizens of the city are required to pay taxes equal to one quarter of their earnings four times per year in order to retain citizenship. At that time, they are issued a slip of paper that indicates their citizenship which they must keep on their persons at all times. Upon entering the city, all foreigners are issued a slip of paper which indicates the date they entered the country and after three months they must either pay the required taxes to become a citizen or they may be removed from the country. In short, vagabonds and the destitute, who otherwise pay no taxes, are in theory kept out of the principality to avoid the cost they incur but do not repay as well as due to the stigma of criminal behavior associated with these people. In practice, however, the country is far too large for this practice to be carried out and both vagabonds and the destitute are often ignored unless they commit a crime.
100 coppers = 1 silver mark
100 silver marks = 1 gold mark
Annual Income Approximations
Destitute: Unemployed. 0 - ~100 copper/yr
Commoner: Employed in a service position (store hand, bartender, etc). 30 silver marks/yr
Business Owner: Proprietor of a business. 3 gold marks/yr
Lesser Noble: Knight or baron. 30 gold marks/yr
Upper Noble: Viscount, count, marques. 100 gold marks/yr
Average Cost for Products/Service
Shirt/Pants: 10 coppers
Meal: 2-5 coppers
Apartment Rent/Monthly: 1 silver mark/mo
Cost of House Maintenance/Monthly: 3 silver marks/mo
Cheap Sword/Polearm: 10 silver marks
Expensive Sword/Polearm: 20 silver marks
Bow: 30 silver marks
Crossbow: 40 silver marks
Matchlock Musket: 1 gold mark
Matchlock Pistol: 3 gold marks
Wheel-lock Musket: 6 gold marks
Wheel-lock Pistol: 10 gold marks
In short, please play according to your character's class. This is an era where armies could only be amassed by the upper nobility, because only they had the pocket books deep enough to arm an army. If you're playing a destitute character, you do NOT have a wheel-lock unless it was stolen. Likewise, if you're a noble, you probably are not carrying around a cheap, busted sword.
Taxes
All citizens of the city are required to pay taxes equal to one quarter of their earnings four times per year in order to retain citizenship. At that time, they are issued a slip of paper that indicates their citizenship which they must keep on their persons at all times. Upon entering the city, all foreigners are issued a slip of paper which indicates the date they entered the country and after three months they must either pay the required taxes to become a citizen or they may be removed from the country. In short, vagabonds and the destitute, who otherwise pay no taxes, are in theory kept out of the principality to avoid the cost they incur but do not repay as well as due to the stigma of criminal behavior associated with these people. In practice, however, the country is far too large for this practice to be carried out and both vagabonds and the destitute are often ignored unless they commit a crime.