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Quetzenkel is an important global source of {{wp|potash}}. Potash mining in the Quetzen interior has been important since the industrial revolution began in the [[Occident]], though the quality of Quetzen mines was generally poor and most efforts of exploitation were short-term efforts by Occidental speculators. Since the influx of foreign capital beginning in 2016, potash mining in Quetzenkel has been significantly modernized. Foreign technical experts have gradually been replaced by a cohort of indigenous experts in the [[2030]]s.

Quetzenkel is characterized by a slowly emergent middle class, particularly among well educated Quetzen people within the country's major cities. The University of Akwesasne is the primary large educational center within the country, though a large number of upper-middle class and affluent Quetzen youth instead travel abroad to study, particularly at universities in [[New Harren]]. The economic transformation in the 21st century has lifted significant amounts of Quetzen people out of poverty. In [[2000]], about 60.5% of Quetzeni lived below the recognized national poverty line, with rural poverty rates standing at about 77.9% and urban rates at about 27.5%. Unemployment and underemployment in urban areas were serious problems. Between [[2016]] and [[2020]], Quetzenkel's economy was primarily reliant on foreign aid from Urcea, which it used to jumpstart the now prosperous construction sector with the myriad of infrastructure programs that began during that timeframe.