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== ''Cautio'' system == | == ''Cautio'' system == | ||
The cautio system was first proposed in [[1964]] by [[Titum Visanesigià|Titum Vukmirko Visanesigià]] - a Consul of Caphiria, economist, and political theorist. He developed it to respond to the modern world's universal repugnance towards slavery and as the League of Nations campaigned to outlaw slavery worldwide. Titum wanted to preserve the ancient traditions of Caphiria while bringing the slave trade up to a standard fit for the modern age. | The cautio system was first proposed in [[1964]] by [[Titum Visanesigià|Titum Vukmirko Visanesigià]] - a Consul of Caphiria, economist, and political theorist. He developed it to respond to the modern world's universal repugnance towards slavery and as the League of Nations campaigned to outlaw slavery worldwide. Titum wanted to preserve the ancient traditions of Caphiria while bringing the slave trade up to a standard fit for the modern age. Titum also developed the controversial ''aequatio animae'', often simply called the "formula for the soul's worth." This formula is complex and includes factors such as market price, the slave's age, the duration of the contract, as well as extracting their theoretical maximal productive capability. The two most critical components of the formula are the "productivity quotient" and "contract quotient." The productivity quotient is a function of the slave's age turned into a decimal, and the contract quotient is a function of how long is left on the contract. | ||
Under the cautio system, | Under the cautio system, any individual age 16-80 is eligible to sign a cautio contract. The maximum length of a single contract is 5 years with a single contract-holder; a ''teneantur'' may enter up to 25 total agreements at once, however. | ||
To mitigate the sociopolitical consequences, Caphiria enforces a double taxation system on the slave trade. Individuals must pay a 33.3% sales tax, in addition to a $1,000 annual registration fee at the time of purchase. The second tax is known as the mPQ tax, derived from the ''aequatio animae'' formula. The effective mPQ tax rate is then determined by a fractional multiple of the mPQ, which is then applied to the post-tax purchase price.The mPQ is a multiplier based on the age of the slave, with a logarithmic increase from 16 to 31.5, a linear decrease from 31.5 to 48, and a linear increase from 48 to 80. It is then multiplied by the square root of the contract duration. Taxpayers with slaves under an active contract are also subject to property taxes on the slave, which is based on taxpayer's social class. | |||
=== Contract === | === Contract === | ||
=== Prices === | === Prices === | ||
=== Emancipation === | === Emancipation === | ||