Houses of the Blooded: Economy

(this is gonna make

 happy.) 

Let’s talk about money. Ven economy is, for lack of a better term, bazaar. I mean, it’s bizarre. Okay, it’s actually both. 

The ven never hit mercantilism the way Europe did. (Mercantilism, by the way, is the economic philosophy based on scarcity of resources. It teaches us that there’s a limited amount of worth, therefore, you must gather as much wealth as possible. That’s why the monarchy and other nobility hoarded gold: there’s only so much of it, and if you have the most, you have the power. It also teaches that the global volume of trade is unchangeable. In other words, value does not adjust based on supply or demand. Now, this is a very simplistic definition of mercantilism, but it illustrates the point well enough.) 

The ven have plenty of gold, silver and other precious metals. The sorcerer-kings set up mining operations making it easy for the ven to acquire all the gold, silver and stone they need. Likewise, the jungles provide food, lumber, and other resources. The ven lack for nothing. Everything is there for them. All they have to do is go out into the hungry world and get it. In other words, in ven economic philosophy, value does not derive from materials, but from labor. 

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Yeah. Socialist ven. Enjoy it, Jess.