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Volonia has legalized a {{wpl|universal health care|universal}}, tax-based health care system based around a series of taxes and tariffs. These include taxes against the person, of which can be considered minor in their scale and impact on most of the population while not afflicting those below the poverty line, as well as corporate taxes for foreign based companies and conglomerates operating within Volonia. Due to this taxation effort, funding from the government in order to make up the extra slack is lessened, popularizing the idea among Volonian politicians while the civilian populace continues to enjoy the benefits of a {{wpl|universal health care|universal}} system. In 2030, Volonia ranked highly internationally with an average life expectancy of 78 for men, 84 for women, as well as a low infant mortality rate (4.4 per 1,000 live births). Practicing physicians were approximately 4.2 per 1,000. In a government survey in 2033, outcomes, hospital wait times, and quality of care were considered to be good by 78% of the participants across the nation, average by 20% of those participants, and poor by the remaining 2%. | Volonia has legalized a {{wpl|universal health care|universal}}, tax-based health care system based around a series of taxes and tariffs. These include taxes against the person, of which can be considered minor in their scale and impact on most of the population while not afflicting those below the poverty line, as well as corporate taxes for foreign based companies and conglomerates operating within Volonia. Due to this taxation effort, funding from the government in order to make up the extra slack is lessened, popularizing the idea among Volonian politicians while the civilian populace continues to enjoy the benefits of a {{wpl|universal health care|universal}} system. In 2030, Volonia ranked highly internationally with an average life expectancy of 78 for men, 84 for women, as well as a low infant mortality rate (4.4 per 1,000 live births). Practicing physicians were approximately 4.2 per 1,000. In a government survey in 2033, outcomes, hospital wait times, and quality of care were considered to be good by 78% of the participants across the nation, average by 20% of those participants, and poor by the remaining 2%. | ||
===Currency=== | ===Currency=== | ||
{{main|Leu}} | |||
The Volonian ''leu'' (plural: ''lei''; {{wp|currency sign|sign}}: Ł; {{wp|ISO 4217|code}}: VOL) is the official currency of Volonia. Like most other extant currencies, it is a {{wp|decimal currency}}, meaning that it is subdivided into one hundred portions. The name of these portions, originally named the ''ban'' (plural: ''bani'') until 1990, is the ''cent'' (plural: ''cenți''; sign: ꞓ), named after the ''centavo'', the subdivision of the [[escudo]], the former currency of [[Cartadania]] until it was replaced by the [[Real]] in 2028 and was formally phased out by 2030. | |||
===Labor=== | ===Labor=== | ||
By law, all workers within Volonia are organized into five publicly sponsored labor unions known as "collegium". They are the Soldiers' Collegium, the Famers' Collegium, the Industrialists' Collegium, the Urbanists' Collegium, and the National Collegium. Within the collegium, "Industrialists" means workers employed in industry or in service associated with heavy industry, "Urbanists" means service sector employees generally, and the National Collegium includes workers who do not fit within any of the other categories, typically employees of the government or the [[Catholic Church]]. The Collegium are represented within the House of Tribunes and elect leaders every two years to represent their interests in labor negotiations. | By law, all workers within Volonia are organized into five publicly sponsored labor unions known as "collegium". They are the Soldiers' Collegium, the Famers' Collegium, the Industrialists' Collegium, the Urbanists' Collegium, and the National Collegium. Within the collegium, "Industrialists" means workers employed in industry or in service associated with heavy industry, "Urbanists" means service sector employees generally, and the National Collegium includes workers who do not fit within any of the other categories, typically employees of the government or the [[Catholic Church]]. The Collegium are represented within the House of Tribunes and elect leaders every two years to represent their interests in labor negotiations. | ||