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<blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8819453" data-attributes="member: 42856"><p>Let's assume a population of 4,000. In order to live a Modest lifestyle (and since they can't afford easily animal products, I won't rate them above that, and even a little under. That would be 1 gp a day. In order for the little rock to live off trade tax without doing anything else, they'd need 365x4,000 gp or a yearly income of 1,46 millions gp. If we consider 1 in 5 holds some kind of office allowing them into a Comoftable lifestyle and 1 in 10 a wealthy lifestyle, we're looking at getting taxes around 2,7 millions gp of customs revenue per year.</p><p></p><p>There are 15 operating crown jewels linking civilizations, each able to carry "tons" of goods. That's not a very precise capacity. Let's assume each is sized like a small merchantman and can carry 50 tons of goods. They are described as operating routinely, and even if it is as little as once a month (and that's a deliberate low estimate), that makes 18,000 tons of goods transiting through the city each year. The duties must therefore amount to 150 gp per ton of goods on average, or 15 silver pieces per kg or 7 sp/lb. It's prohibitive if interplanar traders are carrying wheat, but reasonable it's a 10% tax if they are carrying saffron or silk. If the Concord Jewels are moving once a week, the tax rate makes drops to 10% for an cheaper goods like cloves or pepper, let alone manufactured goods or magical items.</p><p></p><p>And that's without including the entry tax per capita, which, given the lack of indication in the setting, could be symbolic or significant or even outrageous as Candlekeep does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jfdlsjfd, post: 8819453, member: 42856"] Let's assume a population of 4,000. In order to live a Modest lifestyle (and since they can't afford easily animal products, I won't rate them above that, and even a little under. That would be 1 gp a day. In order for the little rock to live off trade tax without doing anything else, they'd need 365x4,000 gp or a yearly income of 1,46 millions gp. If we consider 1 in 5 holds some kind of office allowing them into a Comoftable lifestyle and 1 in 10 a wealthy lifestyle, we're looking at getting taxes around 2,7 millions gp of customs revenue per year. There are 15 operating crown jewels linking civilizations, each able to carry "tons" of goods. That's not a very precise capacity. Let's assume each is sized like a small merchantman and can carry 50 tons of goods. They are described as operating routinely, and even if it is as little as once a month (and that's a deliberate low estimate), that makes 18,000 tons of goods transiting through the city each year. The duties must therefore amount to 150 gp per ton of goods on average, or 15 silver pieces per kg or 7 sp/lb. It's prohibitive if interplanar traders are carrying wheat, but reasonable it's a 10% tax if they are carrying saffron or silk. If the Concord Jewels are moving once a week, the tax rate makes drops to 10% for an cheaper goods like cloves or pepper, let alone manufactured goods or magical items. And that's without including the entry tax per capita, which, given the lack of indication in the setting, could be symbolic or significant or even outrageous as Candlekeep does. [/QUOTE]
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