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What follows is word vomit based entirely on what I saw in-game while playing on the economies of the major nations of Eorzea.
Why? Why not? I'm bored, that's why.
We will, for the purposes of this post, restrict ourselves to the following - Ul'Dah, Limsa Lominsa, Ishgard, Ala Mhigo and Gridania.
I almost certainly am forgetting something or getting things wrong, so anyone with deeper knowledge who wishes to chip in and correct me is free to do so.
Without any further ado, let's begin.
Sultanate of Ul'Dah
Far and away the wealthiest nation, Ul'Dah's wealth is said to be the ability to turn sand to gold. In many cases, this is quite literally true - Ul'Dah is blessed with generous resources of metals, minerals and ceruleum.
The primary resource extraction operations for Ul'Dah are metals (all kinds, ranging from Iron and Copper Ores to high grade mythril and bauxite), gemstones of several varieties and ceruleum. The biggest mining conglomerate is the Amajina and Sons Mineral Concerns.
Ceruleum is a particularly significant commodity, given the utility of refined ceruleum fuel in the development of modern industries. Ul'Dah initially had limited ceruleum refining capacity, but that changed with the arrival in Eorzea of Cid (nan) Garlond, former chief engineer and magitek expert of the Garlean Empire, who incorporated the Garlond Ironworks and inroduced techniques and technologies to develop a significant ceruleum refining industry. Ul'Dah is at present the world's second largest refiner and exporter of ceruleum and related products (the first is the Garlean Empire).
In addition to this, general mineral and metal refining and processing industries (in all categories light, medium and heavy) as well as related commercial and business enterprises ensures that Ul'Dah is also a major commodity and resource exporter. Fine jewelry, weapons, armor, metal products, tools, refined metals and related production makes up a substantial chunk of its economic output.
The major economic entities are the Manderville Conglomerate (precious metals, gemcutting, alchemical products, hospitality and tourism), the East Aldenard Trading Company (banking, logistics, metal and mineral refining, weapons production, armor production), Amajina and Sons Mining Concern, Garlond Ironworks and the Order of Nald'Thal (tourism, alchemical products and aethernet services).
However, Thanalan's poor quality soil means that Ul'Dah has limited agricultural productive capacity and is thus very heavily dependent on food imports from the rest of Eorzea, particularly Gridania.
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Thalassocracy of Limsa Lominsa
Situated on the isle of Vylbrand, this nation is the second wealthiest in Eorzea. Much of this can be attributed to their massive trade fleet, among the largest in the world and their favorable geographic position to exploit the major trade routes from Sharlayan, Thanalan, Ilsabard, Othard and the New World.
The nation has significant heavy industries and is a leading manufacturer of powder weapons and high quality weapons and armor. In addition, it has a significant shipbuilding industry and agricultural sector.
An oft overlooked but significant industry is tourism - Vylbrand is famous for its mild weather, pleasant climate and fine beaches, which ensures a steady flow of visitors and revenue. The city-state itself is famous for it's fine dining and for waterborne transit.
However, Vylbrand is not particularly flush with resources (though it is by no means deficient) and imports substantial raw materials which it processes into finished goods and exports worldwide. It is self-sufficient in terms of agriculture and has limited food exports.
It has no (known) ceruleum deposits and is thus dependent on imports of ceruleum and related refined products for its economic functioning and prosperity.
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Gridania
The second poorest nation in Eorzea, Gridania's economy is mostly a primaries based economy, relying heavily on agricultural and pastoral output, with very limited mineral extraction and virtually no industries outside of light manufacturing such as textiles, consumer goods and limited weaponwrights.
This unfortunate situation is largely the result of the principles of Woodsin and Greenwrath, a covenant made with the Elemental Spirits of the Black Shroud to not despoil the landscape and keep out anyone hostile to the forest. The restrictive terms of this agreement means that despite Gridania's economic potential it is always lagging behind its sister nations.
In addition, up until fairly recently it was on the frontline of Garlean Imperial ambitions, which limited the attractiveness of the region for business and trade. It also is a landlocked state, which further compounds its problems, denying it a easily accessible port for trade.
However, Gridania is also Eorzea's breadbasket, and its agricultural and pastoral output feeds most of Eorzea, thus ensuring its significance as a trade partner. It is however completely dependent on its trade partners and allies for all higher-end processed and finished goods as well as ceruleum fuel and industrial equipment and machinery.
It also has a fairly notable tourism industry, especially religious and wedding tourism owing to the presence of the Sanctum of the Twelve.
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Aristocratic Republic of Ishgard (formerly the Holy See of Ishgard)
Eorzea's third wealthiest nation, Ishgard's economy is a story of paradoxes and resilience. A highly stratified economy, where the nobility often commands most of the production and wealth of the country while the commoners have very little, with rampant inequality. Yet, its also a very innovative and resilient economy, despite operating in effectively wartime conditions for well over a millennium and only recently beginning to adapt to a civilian economic system.
Its primary output is high-end industrial goods, machine tools, weapons and related production, heavy industries related to metal refining and production and a substantial military industrial complex supplying time tested and high quality products and security solutions.
In addition, Ishgard has a construction industry that rivals the competence of any other world power, making it the primary source of highly skilled builders, artisans and construction workers - a highly desirable and well-respected trade.
However, the nation has been on the receiving end of the fall of Dalamud, and has virtually no arable land due to its harsh climate and freezing temperatures precipitated by the Calamity. It is thus completely dependent on food imports to feed its population. In addition, it has very limited resourcing and extraction industries, and is thus also dependent on the imports of raw materials to fuel its industries.
It also was up until recently a theocratic state (at present an aristocratic republic) with a heavily isolationist position, which hurt its economic output, along with issues related to social stratification and poor treatment of its commons - all of which has ensured that Ishgard has a long road ahead to fully live up to its potential, which is massive due to having a skilled, educated and diligent workforce and sophisticated industries.
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Republic of Ala Mhigo (formerly the Imperial Province of Ala Mhigo, formerly the Kingdom of Ala Mhigo)
Very recently liberated from Garlean Imperial rule, Ala Mhigo had, even traditionally, very little by way of economic output. It had limited arable land, which meant it was just barely agriculturally self-sufficient. It had limited industrial capacity, mostly light industry, consumer goods and good construction industries. It also wasn't particularly flush with resources, which meant it had no real expansion of capacity or dependent economic output.
Ala Mhigo's primary economic prosperity came from its favorable position as a trade nexus between Ilsabard and Eorzea, and its primary export was soldiers and mercenaries who provided reliable, effective and efficient security solutions for any market and any buyer.
Its primary economic sectors are agriculture (near self-sufficient, offset by seasonal imports), consumer goods and services, security solutions, high quality construction materials, construction expertise, skilled and unskilled labor, salt extraction and refining, limited mineral extraction industries for light metals, gemstones and related finished goods and (even to this day) soldiers and mercenaries who provide reliable, effective and efficient security solutions for any market and any buyer.
After the Garlean Invasion, all of these industries were left to fall to ruin. As such, the nation is desperately poor and is in the midst of a painful and slow economic recovery funded by generous grants and investments from the Eorzean Alliance into the nation's few economic areas of strength.
However, its recovery has been encouraging and it is hoped that it will achieve good material prosperity and economic outcomes for its population and the state, and it is the opinion of observers that the country's best days are just ahead.
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Let me know what you guys think!
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What follows is word vomit based entirely on what I saw in-game while playing on the economies of the major nations of Eorzea.
Why? Why not? I'm bored, that's why.
We will, for the purposes of this post, restrict ourselves to the following - Ul'Dah, Limsa Lominsa, Ishgard, Ala Mhigo and Gridania.
I almost certainly am forgetting something or getting things wrong, so anyone with deeper knowledge who wishes to chip in and correct me is free to do so.
Without any further ado, let's begin.
Sultanate of Ul'Dah
Far and away the wealthiest nation, Ul'Dah's wealth is said to be the ability to turn sand to gold. In many cases, this is quite literally true - Ul'Dah is blessed with generous resources of metals, minerals and ceruleum.
The primary resource extraction operations for Ul'Dah are metals (all kinds, ranging from Iron and Copper Ores to high grade mythril and bauxite), gemstones of several varieties and ceruleum. The biggest mining conglomerate is the Amajina and Sons Mineral Concerns.
Ceruleum is a particularly significant commodity, given the utility of refined ceruleum fuel in the development of modern industries. Ul'Dah initially had limited ceruleum refining capacity, but that changed with the arrival in Eorzea of Cid (nan) Garlond, former chief engineer and magitek expert of the Garlean Empire, who incorporated the Garlond Ironworks and inroduced techniques and technologies to develop a significant ceruleum refining industry. Ul'Dah is at present the world's second largest refiner and exporter of ceruleum and related products (the first is the Garlean Empire).
In addition to this, general mineral and metal refining and processing industries (in all categories light, medium and heavy) as well as related commercial and business enterprises ensures that Ul'Dah is also a major commodity and resource exporter. Fine jewelry, weapons, armor, metal products, tools, refined metals and related production makes up a substantial chunk of its economic output.
The major economic entities are the Manderville Conglomerate (precious metals, gemcutting, alchemical products, hospitality and tourism), the East Aldenard Trading Company (banking, logistics, metal and mineral refining, weapons production, armor production), Amajina and Sons Mining Concern, Garlond Ironworks and the Order of Nald'Thal (tourism, alchemical products and aethernet services).
However, Thanalan's poor quality soil means that Ul'Dah has limited agricultural productive capacity and is thus very heavily dependent on food imports from the rest of Eorzea, particularly Gridania.
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Thalassocracy of Limsa Lominsa
Situated on the isle of Vylbrand, this nation is the second wealthiest in Eorzea. Much of this can be attributed to their massive trade fleet, among the largest in the world and their favorable geographic position to exploit the major trade routes from Sharlayan, Thanalan, Ilsabard, Othard and the New World.
The nation has significant heavy industries and is a leading manufacturer of powder weapons and high quality weapons and armor. In addition, it has a significant shipbuilding industry and agricultural sector.
An oft overlooked but significant industry is tourism - Vylbrand is famous for its mild weather, pleasant climate and fine beaches, which ensures a steady flow of visitors and revenue. The city-state itself is famous for it's fine dining and for waterborne transit.
However, Vylbrand is not particularly flush with resources (though it is by no means deficient) and imports substantial raw materials which it processes into finished goods and exports worldwide. It is self-sufficient in terms of agriculture and has limited food exports.
It has no (known) ceruleum deposits and is thus dependent on imports of ceruleum and related refined products for its economic functioning and prosperity.
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Gridania
The second poorest nation in Eorzea, Gridania's economy is mostly a primaries based economy, relying heavily on agricultural and pastoral output, with very limited mineral extraction and virtually no industries outside of light manufacturing such as textiles, consumer goods and limited weaponwrights.
This unfortunate situation is largely the result of the principles of Woodsin and Greenwrath, a covenant made with the Elemental Spirits of the Black Shroud to not despoil the landscape and keep out anyone hostile to the forest. The restrictive terms of this agreement means that despite Gridania's economic potential it is always lagging behind its sister nations.
In addition, up until fairly recently it was on the frontline of Garlean Imperial ambitions, which limited the attractiveness of the region for business and trade. It also is a landlocked state, which further compounds its problems, denying it a easily accessible port for trade.
However, Gridania is also Eorzea's breadbasket, and its agricultural and pastoral output feeds most of Eorzea, thus ensuring its significance as a trade partner. It is however completely dependent on its trade partners and allies for all higher-end processed and finished goods as well as ceruleum fuel and industrial equipment and machinery.
It also has a fairly notable tourism industry, especially religious and wedding tourism owing to the presence of the Sanctum of the Twelve.
_____________________________________________
Aristocratic Republic of Ishgard (formerly the Holy See of Ishgard)
Eorzea's third wealthiest nation, Ishgard's economy is a story of paradoxes and resilience. A highly stratified economy, where the nobility often commands most of the production and wealth of the country while the commoners have very little, with rampant inequality. Yet, its also a very innovative and resilient economy, despite operating in effectively wartime conditions for well over a millennium and only recently beginning to adapt to a civilian economic system.
Its primary output is high-end industrial goods, machine tools, weapons and related production, heavy industries related to metal refining and production and a substantial military industrial complex supplying time tested and high quality products and security solutions.
In addition, Ishgard has a construction industry that rivals the competence of any other world power, making it the primary source of highly skilled builders, artisans and construction workers - a highly desirable and well-respected trade.
However, the nation has been on the receiving end of the fall of Dalamud, and has virtually no arable land due to its harsh climate and freezing temperatures precipitated by the Calamity. It is thus completely dependent on food imports to feed its population. In addition, it has very limited resourcing and extraction industries, and is thus also dependent on the imports of raw materials to fuel its industries.
It also was up until recently a theocratic state (at present an aristocratic republic) with a heavily isolationist position, which hurt its economic output, along with issues related to social stratification and poor treatment of its commons - all of which has ensured that Ishgard has a long road ahead to fully live up to its potential, which is massive due to having a skilled, educated and diligent workforce and sophisticated industries.
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Republic of Ala Mhigo (formerly the Imperial Province of Ala Mhigo, formerly the Kingdom of Ala Mhigo)
Very recently liberated from Garlean Imperial rule, Ala Mhigo had, even traditionally, very little by way of economic output. It had limited arable land, which meant it was just barely agriculturally self-sufficient. It had limited industrial capacity, mostly light industry, consumer goods and good construction industries. It also wasn't particularly flush with resources, which meant it had no real expansion of capacity or dependent economic output.
Ala Mhigo's primary economic prosperity came from its favorable position as a trade nexus between Ilsabard and Eorzea, and its primary export was soldiers and mercenaries who provided reliable, effective and efficient security solutions for any market and any buyer.
Its primary economic sectors are agriculture (near self-sufficient, offset by seasonal imports), consumer goods and services, security solutions, high quality construction materials, construction expertise, skilled and unskilled labor, salt extraction and refining, limited mineral extraction industries for light metals, gemstones and related finished goods and (even to this day) soldiers and mercenaries who provide reliable, effective and efficient security solutions for any market and any buyer.
After the Garlean Invasion, all of these industries were left to fall to ruin. As such, the nation is desperately poor and is in the midst of a painful and slow economic recovery funded by generous grants and investments from the Eorzean Alliance into the nation's few economic areas of strength.
However, its recovery has been encouraging and it is hoped that it will achieve good material prosperity and economic outcomes for its population and the state, and it is the opinion of observers that the country's best days are just ahead.
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Let me know what you guys think!
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