Economy
The bottleneck, the gold, and what each region can afford to refuse.
The economy of Cross comes down to one sentence: there is too much ore and too few believers. Extraction is labour — you hire, you dig, and ore comes out. Purification is faith, and it is done one stone at a time.
Everything else follows from that: the Order’s monopoly, the 27% of continental product burned on the war every year, and the reason why no economic problem in this world is solved with more work — working harder only produces more dead ore.
Annual mineral output — 1890
Quantities purified, not mined.
| Mineral | Per year | Main source | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Choir-Iron | Per year ~180.000 t | Main source Ferrum Alpina · Kal’arn · Brytonia | Use blade, armour, structure |
| Mineral Seal Salt | Per year ~90.000 t | Main source Sal Pradelica | Use barrier, field exorcism |
| Mineral Ardentina | Per year ~62.000 t | Main source Stromakra · Sathkar | Use explosive, artillery |
| Mineral Holy Ash | Per year ~30.000 t | Main source Vallia Sacra | Use defensive cover |
| Mineral Silver Chrism | Per year ~4.200 t | Main source Maritima Coronata · Selo IV | Use ammunition — 900 million rounds |
| Mineral Lúmen | Per year ~900 t | Main source Schola Coronata · Selo II | Use repellent light |
| Mineral Hashmalita | Per year ~240 t | Main source Ferrum Alpina 55% · Kal’arn 30% | Use electricity, tanks |
The arithmetic of the consecrated round
Every round exists because someone with real faith spent twenty seconds with it in their hand.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Indicator Licensed purifiers in service | Value ~11.000 |
| Indicator Pace of a competent purifier | Value ~2 kg de Crisma por day útil |
| Indicator Theoretical capacity | Value ~5.500 t/year |
| Indicator Actual output | Value ~4.200 t/year |
| Indicator The difference | Value death, travel, sickness, doubt |
| Indicator Tiros consagrados por soldado, per year | Value 112 |
What each region can refuse
The only hierarchy that matters in Cross.
| Lever | Who holds it | Ever used? |
|---|---|---|
| Lever Kal’arn Hashmalite — 30% of world output | Who holds it Königsmark | Ever used? threatened in 1855-60 |
| Lever The continent’s bread | Who holds it Vykhradia | Ever used? never — they lack a foreign policy |
| Lever Ardentine — the explosive of the war | Who holds it Meridia e as Confrarias | Ever used? yes, in 1871 |
| Lever 70% of mineral freight | Who holds it Velinia | Ever used? never — it lives off not using it |
| Lever 40% of the gold in custody | Who holds it Kantonal | Ever used? no need: existing is enough |
| Lever Manufacturing | Who holds it Brytonia | Ever used? never — it would cost Brithon more |
| Lever Training purifiers | Who holds it Schola Coronata | Ever used? never, and it would be the deadliest |
| Lever Nada | Who holds it Aurum Romana · Ferrum Alpina · Limes | Ever used? — |
Relative wages
Index, base 1 = a day’s wage for a peasant of Vallia Sacra.
| Who | Index |
|---|---|
| Who Convict miner | Index 0 — penal labour |
| Who Camponês | Index 1 |
| Who Soldado de line | Index 1,8 |
| Who Operário de Manchaster | Index 2,4 |
| Who Parish canon | Index 3 |
| Who Kantonal mercenary | Index 6 |
| Who Licensed purifier | Index 14 |
| Who Magnate cavalry officer | Index 22 |
| Who Medium White | Index no wage — she has 4 to 6 years to live |
The full texts
The almanac gives you the figure. Here is the reason behind it — contradictions included, and everything the Curia would rather not explain.