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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
[[File:Polynesia, IMO 5023564 (288579207).jpg|thumb|As of 21206, wealthy [[Burgundie|Burgundians]] in windjammers now outnumber pirates in the islands by a factor of 3:1, according to the Ardmore Department of Nautical Nonsense]] | [[File:Polynesia, IMO 5023564 (288579207).jpg|thumb|As of 21206, wealthy [[Burgundie|Burgundians]] in windjammers now outnumber pirates in the islands by a factor of 3:1, according to the Ardmore Department of Nautical Nonsense]] | ||
The economy of New Ardmore was historically agrarian, and agriculture remains an important activity across much of the archipelago, although services now employ the majority of the | The economy of New Ardmore was historically agrarian, and agriculture remains an important activity across much of the archipelago, although services now employ the majority of the New Ardmori workforce. The traditional lifestyle of rural West Ardmore is {{wp|agropastoralism}} (chiefly of [[sheep]] and cattle) supplemented by artisanal fishing, kelping, vraicking, and cutting peat. | ||
West Ardmoris engaged in many maritime-related business ventures during the age of the sale, ranging from legitimate commerce, ship repair and oceanic fishing to smuggling, privateering, and piracy. These activities declined with advances in shipping technology, which led to a long-term economic downturn for the archipelago, but have since been replaced with growing tourism, distillation, and healthcare industries. | |||
New Ardmore benefits greatly from {{wp|heritage tourism}} by members of the Ardmori diaspora, hosting thousands of annual visitors from [[Arcerion]], [[Asteria]], and other former Ardmori settler colonies seeking to reconnect with their ancestral roots. The New Ardmore government has encouraged such travel by funding emigration museums, historical parks, and genealogy centres catering to the diaspora. | Remittances from New Ardmori people working overseas in the Kiravian Federacy proper and the [[Levantine Union]] are crucial to the islands' economy, with up to 16% of New Ardmori households classified as remittance-dependent by the state's Department of Human Economics. | ||
New Ardmore benefits greatly from {{wp|heritage tourism}} by members of the Ardmori diaspora, hosting thousands of annual visitors from [[Arcerion]], [[Alstin]], [[Asteria]], and other former Ardmori settler colonies seeking to reconnect with their ancestral roots. The New Ardmore government has encouraged such travel by funding emigration museums, historical parks, and genealogy centres catering to the diaspora. | |||
==Notable New Ardmori== | ==Notable New Ardmori== | ||