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Much of New Harren's economy is centered on its capital city of Port St. Charles, which is emerging as one of the major financial and diplomatic hubs of northern [[Crona]] in the aftermath of the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. The city is largely the center of the nation's transportation infrastructure, and also houses a major international airport which sees the most traffic of any city on the [[Nysdra]]. New Harren has relatively limited surface transportation infrastructure, largely limited to major road and rail networks within the Rectory of New Harren itself. The Rectory's existing network connects with an ad hoc system of paved roads throughout the remaining constituent parts of the realm, and rail transportation into the interior is functionally non-existent. The Grand Council negotiated and finally enacted the Surface Transportation Reform Act of [[2023]] following serious allied logistical problems in the [[Final War of the Deluge]] caused by the nation's lack of a major transportation system. The STRA allocates funding for the creation of a unified highway and railway system throughout the country, which has been under construction since [[2025]]. Accordingly, construction services make up a large part of New Harren's economy as of [[2029]]. Economists anticipate, once completed, the unified highway and railway system will generate billions of dollars of economic activity within New Harren and will play an important role in unifying the realm's economy. | Much of New Harren's economy is centered on its capital city of Port St. Charles, which is emerging as one of the major financial and diplomatic hubs of northern [[Crona]] in the aftermath of the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. The city is largely the center of the nation's transportation infrastructure, and also houses a major international airport which sees the most traffic of any city on the [[Nysdra]]. New Harren has relatively limited surface transportation infrastructure, largely limited to major road and rail networks within the Rectory of New Harren itself. The Rectory's existing network connects with an ad hoc system of paved roads throughout the remaining constituent parts of the realm, and rail transportation into the interior is functionally non-existent. The Grand Council negotiated and finally enacted the Surface Transportation Reform Act of [[2023]] following serious allied logistical problems in the [[Final War of the Deluge]] caused by the nation's lack of a major transportation system. The STRA allocates funding for the creation of a unified highway and railway system throughout the country, which has been under construction since [[2025]]. Accordingly, construction services make up a large part of New Harren's economy as of [[2029]]. Economists anticipate, once completed, the unified highway and railway system will generate billions of dollars of economic activity within New Harren and will play an important role in unifying the realm's economy. | ||
For most of New Harren's existence, its economy has been dependent on the presence of the [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] within the country. The Royal Navy's Nysdra Squadron has been based in the territory | For most of New Harren's existence, its economy has been dependent on the presence of the [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] within the country. The Royal Navy's Nysdra Squadron has been based in the territory for more than a century and a half, and the squadron slowly transformed from a coastal defense force to one of the Royal Navy's largest formation. With this transformation, an economic transformation occurred throughout the coastal region of New Harren, with major infrastructure built to provide for the Navy, both including basic ship mooring stations as well as advanced construction and repair systems. The modern New Harren service sector economy was largely built around the Navy's presence, although it has since emerged as a free-standing economic sector. New Harren is widely acknowledged to have some of the best port infrastructure in northern [[Crona]], and besides the Navy, the country generally and Port St. Charles in particular have become well-worn locations for commercial shipping routes. Accordingly, maritime commercial affairs make up a large part of the country's economy. | ||
Although Port St. Charles's fashion scene makes up a relatively small part of the Kingdom's economy, it nonetheless is its most famous economic product. | Although Port St. Charles's fashion scene makes up a relatively small part of the Kingdom's economy, it nonetheless is its most famous economic product. | ||