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The relationship between agriculture and forestry is a close one in Atrassica, representing a transplantation of northern Kiravian agricultural techniques into a new but familiar landscape. In the 1980s AD, the average Atrassican farm comprised twelve hectares of arable land and twenty-five hectares of forest, and 8-15% of most farming households' incomes was derived from foresting activities. Many farmers in the colony engage in {{wp|silviculture}} or {{wp|silvopasture}}, and some Movement Settlements are centred on the preservation of traditional {{wp|forest gardening}} and similar activities important to the ethnic heritage of their members. The cultivation of {{wp|sugar maple}} and the production of {{wp|maple syrup}} are of great importance and provide one of the colony's most valuable export goods.

===Industry===

Industrial development began later in Atrassica than in similarly-situated Kiravian colonies, such as those in [[Cusinaut]], which had a mroe extensive history of commercial activity and mining. However, as a result of Sunderance-era state-driven development policies, manufacturing and processing had replaced agriculture and forestry as the leading sectors of the economy by the 1950s AD. By the late 1970s AD, the service sector had in turn surpassed industry in total production and share of employment, but industry remained the main export earner, allowing the [[Kiravian Remnant]] to pay for needed imports of energy and raw materials.