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After the end of the [[Final War of the Deluge]], the Seneca Islands became the center of significant de-Arzalization efforts. The territory also became the administrative headquarters of Urcea's [[League-occupied_Varshan#Urcean_zone|Temporary Military Rectory for Central Crona]], the Urcean sector of occupied Varshan.

The economy of the Seneca Islands is considered to be {{wp|developing economy|developing}}. Prior to the Final War of the Deluge, the Senecas were among the most prosperous parts of [[Varshan]], with a modern shipbuilding sector serving as the impetus for a large urban service sector and adjacent industries. However, the normal effects of war - disruption of trade and economic activity, bombing, military needs outstripping civilian market needs - combined with the [[Atomic bombing of Zakan Rot|atomic bombing of Zakan Rot]] led to the complete implosion of the Senecas economy between [[2020]] and [[2024]]. Virtually all productive service sector firms closed after the bombing, either due to significant loss of assets or because of lack of customers. Between [[2022]] and [[2024]], most large scale economic activity virtually ceased during the occupation, and most economic interactions took the form of barter exchanges. In 2022 and every year thereafter until about [[2032]], the Seneca Islands were the largest recipient of Urcean aid per capita of any location in the world, as most food as well as finished goods needed to be imported to the islands until [[2026]]. The economic conditions (as well as the bombing-related public health effects) precipitated a massive outmigration of refugees to [[New Harren]] and abroad, easing the need for aid somewhat but collapsing the availability of local labor.

As Nysdra-region and Varshani agriculture began to rebound in the late 2020s, Urcea offered a limited time economic incentive to the residents of the islands, allowing them to exchange [[Ratzas]] for [[Taler]]s at a 10-to-1 exchange, far more generous than the 70-to-1 exchanged pre-war and the 500-to-1 exchanged post war. This cash infusion, combined with improving economic climate elsewhere, began a Seneca rebound. The significant remilitarization of the island and reconstruction of port infrastructure in support of the [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] allowed the urban economy to resume its pre-war function, albeit on a much smaller scale. By [[2034]], the islands had recovered to roughly 60% of their pre-war territorial domestic product.  

One of the most well-known cultural artifacts of Seneca society is the so-called "Rikkyō calligraphy", a type of both writing and art which was developed as a synthesis of [[Oyashima]]n and Varshani writing styles following the incorporation of the islands into Varshan. This style, which descends from the Hō-Rikkyō period, includes text characters from both languages as well as rich colors and imagery typically used in Varshan. The style became refined and standardized by about 1600 AD, after which time it became extremely fashionable in the court in [[Anzo]]. Documents in this style became known outside Varshan in the 1800s but only became widely available in the Occident, both originals and reproductions, after about 1920. The style was originally maintained by temple stenographers in and around Enuzha'Thaan in a closely-guarded and passed-on methodology, but it has since been copied and reproduced by many artists both Cronan and international. Today, this style of calligraphy commonly appears in Levantia and elsewhere as a generalized stand-in for the "exotic nature" of central Crona and Varshani society. Since the [[Final War of the Deluge]], the islands have become the site of niche tourism of artists and others seeking to obtain and commission true originals of this style, and many pieces are created and sold for export, playing an important role in the transition of the islands to its post-Varshan economic position within [[Urcea]].