How does anyone work around money in fantasy/sci-fi works, i've often used the 'credit' system for Science Fiction but Rupees/Gold pieces sounds too basic for a fantasy story.
\Wormo said:How does anyone work around money in fantasy/sci-fi works, i've often used the 'credit' system for Science Fiction but Rupees/Gold pieces sounds too basic for a fantasy story.
Interesting that all are pure metals except for the brass tupins. If copper is the lowest denomination, an unscrupulous blacksmith could melt down a bunch of them, add some zinc and recast the alloy as tupins.keltora said:gold stanes, silver pence, brass tupins and copper pats
Well, they'd be the absolute epitome of communal, wouldn't they? One for all, all for one and all that, eh?preyer said:... i don't see a confined ship with no new materials coming in ably likened to a communual[sic] system.
Um. Maybe. But not for long, I think. Especially in an open system where there is input from other cultures.... do those ever work for large populations? i'm sure some do, or at least have, to a certain extent, but when you get right down to it, the fact is, for example, the american indian still traded, and those who didn't still had natural resources to use.
I guess my example is akin to an island culture where there is no contact with anyone else for generations. And, in my example, the government is a kind of monarchy, or maybe a dictatorship. As Whitehound said:... i think it's hard to make an accurate, believably comparison between the two situations. the main issues i'd see there are the absense of new materials and the size of the population. if anything, it certainly seems to lean towards the socialism side of the spectrum. i'm not sure which -acy, -ism or -ic would best fit into that situation's design.
Well, that's the main part of the story, isn't it? But here's how I do it (in part--you'll have to buy the book to find out more, or become a beta reader ):... since people don't have the option of breaking free of the system, i think there's a lot of drama inherit in that. how does a person atone for their sins against their god and make whole the crimes they commit? i'm curious as to how you control the population, as the manufacure of condoms and probably pharmacutical birth control would be likely out of the question if resources are so restricted. mandatory vasectomies, reversible if the married couple's petition for a child is granted?
azbikergirl said:Interesting that all are pure metals except for the brass tupins. If copper is the lowest denomination, an unscrupulous blacksmith could melt down a bunch of them, add some zinc and recast the alloy as tupins.
Wormo said:How does anyone work around money in fantasy/sci-fi works, i've often used the 'credit' system for Science Fiction but Rupees/Gold pieces sounds too basic for a fantasy story.
You've gone the wrong way. The generally accepted time period for a generation is 20 years (the time for offspring to grow to adulthood and produce their own offspring). Fidel Castro is a dictator. He's been in power for more than two generations. Queen Elizabeth (the current one) was crowned when I was a small boy. She's been in power for nearly three generations. Assuming the monarchy (or, if you like, benevolent dictatorship) in my story came about as an outgrowth of a quasi military/quasi scientific community (Noah and his family if you will), and they generally serve out their lives as leader...then you come up with maybe 20 to 25 heads of government.preyer said:just off the top of my head, an elected monarchy sounds reasonable. a dictatorship's reign relies too heavily on its muscle to enforce its will, which would prove hard to maintain over the years given that there'd obviously be some more corrupt than others. you're talking, what, maybe a 100 to a 150 dictators in 50 generations?