Michael Morris
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"While you can't take it with you, you can enjoy your stay." -- Timmon.
Although the death rates in Telzoa are alarming, her population is growing. A combination of the censuses taken in 1300 place the number at or around 2,306,000, although this figure doesn't include demi-human races. Analysis of the Matachan Ruandi Nombren would indicate that the population in 1360 was around 2,615,000 and currently it is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000,000.
The population growth has led to a growth in trade throughout the island and with its neighbors. Eastern Telzoa's chief products cross a wide range of goods. The island is rich in iron, gold and copper ore, so much so that gold has a lesser value as a currency on the island than elsewhere in Carthasana. Her agricultural products are dominated by wool, but this is supported by the growth of potatoes, rye, barley, wheat and oats. Eastern Telzoa also trades a large amount of finished goods with the nearby nations of Armandy and Telmandy. These nations, for their part, provide rare spices from the southlands, silver ores and gems and a trickle of rare fabrics brought up from the Estarian Empire far to the south.
Of the various industries on the island the textile industry is the fastest growing. Telzoan wool and cloths command high prices in Estarian markets, and the profit to be made in these ventures has not escaped the attention of the nobles of the island. As a result, in the last hundred years there has been a dramatic growth in the amount of sheep enclosures on the estates of the island. While in most areas this hasn't caused too much trouble, in some areas it has caused food shortages. This is particularly true in Alsland, where commoners sometimes complain of being starved to death by the sheep. The balance of trade shift this causes is more than a little dangerous - the fields of Telzoa, what with their rich volcanic soil and fairly temperate, if geothermically induced weather, is the only favorable area to grow foodstuffs north of the Calishmere. There is some terrace farming done in the cliff-lands of Armandy and in Telmandy, but the output of these farms is barely sufficient to support these nations and can little afford to export to Telzoa should the increased sheep-herding on that island cause a shortage of some type in the future.
Within the island trade is mostly dealt with on a barter basis. Nobles typically tax their charges in terms of a number of foodstuffs, such as chickens, cattle, vegetables and wood chords. Players be warned that coinage is not used in most areas, and money holds value equal to its weight and purity. Most gold pieces are alloyed with silver such that they only count for half value outside the jurisdiction of their minters. To further complicate matters, no less than 24 nations and cities are printing money somewhere on the island. Despite this trade is on the rise, and several countries have made inroads to attempt to standardize currency. Dalsundria and Dabrinia have been the most successful in this endeavor.
Although the death rates in Telzoa are alarming, her population is growing. A combination of the censuses taken in 1300 place the number at or around 2,306,000, although this figure doesn't include demi-human races. Analysis of the Matachan Ruandi Nombren would indicate that the population in 1360 was around 2,615,000 and currently it is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000,000.
The population growth has led to a growth in trade throughout the island and with its neighbors. Eastern Telzoa's chief products cross a wide range of goods. The island is rich in iron, gold and copper ore, so much so that gold has a lesser value as a currency on the island than elsewhere in Carthasana. Her agricultural products are dominated by wool, but this is supported by the growth of potatoes, rye, barley, wheat and oats. Eastern Telzoa also trades a large amount of finished goods with the nearby nations of Armandy and Telmandy. These nations, for their part, provide rare spices from the southlands, silver ores and gems and a trickle of rare fabrics brought up from the Estarian Empire far to the south.
Of the various industries on the island the textile industry is the fastest growing. Telzoan wool and cloths command high prices in Estarian markets, and the profit to be made in these ventures has not escaped the attention of the nobles of the island. As a result, in the last hundred years there has been a dramatic growth in the amount of sheep enclosures on the estates of the island. While in most areas this hasn't caused too much trouble, in some areas it has caused food shortages. This is particularly true in Alsland, where commoners sometimes complain of being starved to death by the sheep. The balance of trade shift this causes is more than a little dangerous - the fields of Telzoa, what with their rich volcanic soil and fairly temperate, if geothermically induced weather, is the only favorable area to grow foodstuffs north of the Calishmere. There is some terrace farming done in the cliff-lands of Armandy and in Telmandy, but the output of these farms is barely sufficient to support these nations and can little afford to export to Telzoa should the increased sheep-herding on that island cause a shortage of some type in the future.
Within the island trade is mostly dealt with on a barter basis. Nobles typically tax their charges in terms of a number of foodstuffs, such as chickens, cattle, vegetables and wood chords. Players be warned that coinage is not used in most areas, and money holds value equal to its weight and purity. Most gold pieces are alloyed with silver such that they only count for half value outside the jurisdiction of their minters. To further complicate matters, no less than 24 nations and cities are printing money somewhere on the island. Despite this trade is on the rise, and several countries have made inroads to attempt to standardize currency. Dalsundria and Dabrinia have been the most successful in this endeavor.
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