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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
[[File:El Correo (233650473).jpeg|thumb|Avenasar, the financial centre of the islands]] | [[File:El Correo (233650473).jpeg|thumb|Avenasar, the financial centre of the islands]] | ||
===Agriculture=== | |||
Agriculture is the historic mainstay of the Krasoan economy. Citrus fruits, olives, oilseeds, grapes, and products derived from them (olive oil, soaps {see below} and medicaments, wine, etc.) were and remain major export earners. Processing of food, beverage, and agricultural products is the largest component of the {{wp|secondary sector}} and provides jobs for thousands of Krasoans. | Agriculture is the historic mainstay of the Krasoan economy. Citrus fruits, olives, oilseeds, grapes, and products derived from them (olive oil, soaps {see below} and medicaments, wine, etc.) were and remain major export earners. Processing of food, beverage, and agricultural products is the largest component of the {{wp|secondary sector}} and provides jobs for thousands of Krasoans. | ||
[[File:Aleppo soap 03.jpg|thumb|Stacks of famous Krasoa Jade soap, freshly cut.]] | [[File:Aleppo soap 03.jpg|thumb|Stacks of famous Krasoa Jade soap, freshly cut.]] | ||
{{wp| | A significant and distinctive subsector of Krasoan agriculture is the rearing of {{wp|ratites}}. {{wp|Cassowaries}} were partially domesticated by indigenous peoples from {{wp|time immemorial}} and are today raised on large forest estates in Nív-Martain where they subsist on natural forage, and smaller properties in the Palmetto Coast where they are fed on slops rendered from human {{wp|food waste}}. Further south, {{wp|emus}} are raised in the other provinces of the archipelago for eggs and meat. | ||
Citrus cultivation, esp. limes. | Citrus cultivation, esp. limes. | ||
The explosion of the essential oils market in recent years has been a boon to the islands' economy. | The explosion of the essential oils market in recent years has been a boon to the islands' economy. | ||
===Industry=== | |||
{{wp|Soapmaking}} is a major industry and source of employment, though since the end of Kirosocialism the large industrial soapworks have declined in favour of smaller operations selling market-diversified products, many of which are artisanally crafted. A growing number of small and medium soapworks in Krasoa are coöperatives. Krasoan soap is highly regarded in Great Kirav and Sydona and is increasingly sold abroad. Several traditional types of Krasoan soap have been granted geographic designations and other intellectual property protections by the Kiravian government. | |||
During the [[Punthite Quasi-Wars|Kiro-Burgundian Gin & Tonic Race]], the [[Colonial College]] tried to establish {{wp|cinchona tree}} plantations in suitable areas of Krasoa, to obtain a domestic supply of cinchona bark from which to extract {{wp|quinine}}, in order to bypass the effective [[Cartadanian]] monopoly on the substance. These efforts were frustrated by difficulty in obtaining the necessary land and smuggling saplings out of Cartadania. As such, the Krasoan plantations were slow to reach maturity and were not targeted for arson by [[Burgoniesc]] saboteurs like their counterparts in the Melians and Saint Kennera. Kiravia's eventual defeat in the Gin & Tonic Race led to the Colonial College selling off the plantations, and most of the land was converted to other uses. However, a few sites remain, owned by a local private company, Sovakaīn Tonics of Krasoa SAK, which produces artisan tonic waters for the Kiravian market. | During the [[Punthite Quasi-Wars|Kiro-Burgundian Gin & Tonic Race]], the [[Colonial College]] tried to establish {{wp|cinchona tree}} plantations in suitable areas of Krasoa, to obtain a domestic supply of cinchona bark from which to extract {{wp|quinine}}, in order to bypass the effective [[Cartadanian]] monopoly on the substance. These efforts were frustrated by difficulty in obtaining the necessary land and smuggling saplings out of Cartadania. As such, the Krasoan plantations were slow to reach maturity and were not targeted for arson by [[Burgoniesc]] saboteurs like their counterparts in the Melians and Saint Kennera. Kiravia's eventual defeat in the Gin & Tonic Race led to the Colonial College selling off the plantations, and most of the land was converted to other uses. However, a few sites remain, owned by a local private company, Sovakaīn Tonics of Krasoa SAK, which produces artisan tonic waters for the Kiravian market. | ||
===Services and tourism=== | |||
The agreeable climate and pleasant landscape of the islands has nurtured a growing tourist industry based on {{wp|agritourism}} and wine tourism, beaches and marine recreation, and destination weddings. | The agreeable climate and pleasant landscape of the islands has nurtured a growing tourist industry based on {{wp|agritourism}} and wine tourism, beaches and marine recreation, and destination weddings. | ||