Qumir Canals: Difference between revisions

The canals might have been the first major possession of the [[Wasi King]] but they would be one of the first to go. The canals can be seen as a driving force of change in [[Canespa]]. They lead to the [[Wasi King]] being able to capture the gaze of the people and centralize the state and they lead to the economic modernization of [[Canespa]], a modernization that wouldn’t copy occidentals but instead it took the good from their systems and merged it with the inner culture of [[Canespa]]. By 1750 the first companies as they were called began to form. This was made possible by the adoption of food as currency in [[Canespa]] with certain paying standards and minimum food wages being made by the [[Wasi King]]. To help promote this burgeoning economy the slightly larger business owners who started to transport their products through the dams were given slightly lower passing rates to use the canals. This inspired many canal owners to start building their own canals after they saw the large increase in profits following a minor reduction, it became an arms race for who could build their own canals and reduce their own rates to 0. A few companies would end up winning the race in their respective areas but none could develop a full monopoly. Once new canals had been built up, bigger, better, and deeper than ever before, the companies started to offer to pay the upkeep on the canals for cheaper prices. This would only further develop into the companies outright buying the canals. Soon the original goods produced by the newly found [[Qumir Companies]] as they were appropriately named ceased to exist. Realizing the true profit of owning the canals the companies soon switched to a completely canal based income where they, instead of the government, would collect rates on all the goods shipping through.  

There was one small problem with the decision to switch completely to canal control. It was soon realized that the currency of [[Canespa]] being food was horribly inefficient. The canal companies had no idea what to do with the extra food after they had paid their workers. Additionally what if the product produced by the companies or people using the canals was not food, how would they pay up. Through heavy influence from the [[Qumir Companies]] the government was persuaded to create a true currency that the nation could thrive off of. Due to convenience the company of [[Burgundie]] was formally adopted due to its highly usable nature and the close to home use that it already had. This was enough to truly let the economy of [[Canespa]] thrive. Control of the canals became much easier and much more profitable. This would cause large areas to become completely controlled by certain companies. All of these companies had interconnected deals and connected canals but it soon caused different zones to be set up in [[Canespa|Canespian]] society. There was the [[Kanchi zone]], the [[Papa zone]], and most profitable of all there was the [[Extranjero zone]]. The nature of the [[Extranjero zone]] was quickly realized to be the most profitable of any. No matter where in the country you produced your food and no matter which manufacturer you took it had to go through the [[Extranjero zone]] if you wanted to export it. Due to this nature the [[Extranjero zone]] quickly tried to hike prices due to the demand for its area. This was quickly detested by the other [[Qumir Companies]] and the subject was taken to an early version of the [[Canespa|Canespian]] court system that followed relatively similar rules and costumes. The following case was heavily influenced by the [[Wasi King]] as he believed that the area should not be controlled by any one company due to the highly monopolized nature of the area. By 1811 the case was settled. The [[Extranjero zone]] would mostly be sold to the government for pennies and the some smaller slices of the company that had controlled it were diced out to other [[Qumir Companies]]. In exchange the former owners of the company were personally compensated and lived luxurious lives. All previous workers would become government employees if their jobs were still needed in the area and if they weren't they were to be hired by the other companies in exchange for the de-monopolization of the area. The opening up of this area would ensure for a century that [[Canespa]] would be one of the best places in the world for business startups. But it only did last a century. The [[Qumir Companies]] may have been the biggest thing the nation had seen up to that point but it would in no way prepare them for the monster that was outstretching its long grasping tentacles. The next portion of the [[Qumir Canals]] history would be defined by one word. It would all be put in a basket, a [[Canasta Company|Canasta]] basket.   

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|The Kanchi Company was founded by notable member of house Kanchi by the name of Wíčhóthi Kuwanyauma. This young man and his sons created the closest company to Port Extranjero that survived the governments accquistion of the property. The company even recieved large amounts of lands from the dying Extranjero company.  

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