Nars

The Nar is shown to be the Other World's main monetary unit. The coins are shown to be embedded with a shield, with 2 leaves at the shield's side and a crown above it. It might very well be the symbol of the Empire in which Michio Kaga lives, but it’s not yet known.

Overview
Nars are currently known to exist in four coin denominations, with no paper denominations shown so far within the other world. The 4 denominations are as follows:


 * Copper Coins: 	         Worth 1 Nar
 * Silver Coins: 	         Worth 100 Nars
 * Gold Coins: 		         Worth 10,000 Nars
 * White Gold Coins: 	 Worth 1,000,000 Nars

(The white gold coin has also been referred to as a platinum coin in the web novel)

With the nar made from the precious metals copper, silver, gold and white gold, it makes the value of a coin reflect the specific metals worth in the Other World. It enables payment to be by count rather than weight, which greatly facilitates commerce. With no paper denomination nars present in the Other World, it can be assumed that no institutional backing is present, to ensure and prevent the faking of paper denomination nars from taking place.

Distribution
Nars being the only monetary unit shown so far, with the lords of the land setting an average bench march in terms of taxes leaves the wealthy individuals in a position of extreme wealth, without taxes or lords being able to do much about their ever growing wealth, of course it also means that they’re way more likely to have plenty of servant and much higher expenses as a result of it, which stems growth slightly, but not in any meaningful way.

For the average freeman, taxes can be hard to pay, but it depends more on their own choices as one can always try to refrain from living in an expensive area, or have many kids. Both of the two prior mentioned causes would of course result in a much higher collective household tax cut on the adults income. It seems rather common for the average freeman to sell a kid or two in case their income goes down or if bad fortune hits their household. which was the case for both Roxanne and Sherry whose families were unable to pay their taxes for such reasons.

Poor individuals were in a much worse state, as being unable to pay taxes often leads them to becoming thieves. As a result of becoming thieves they often end up as slaves or bandits which is a result of them losing their freeman status and running away from their masters.

Because of this social structure, the slave industry gets a somewhat consistent supply of new and fresh slaves to sell. It’s often that slaves are sold off to labyrinth adventurers, because of the high mortality rate of those who bite on more that they can chew on, many slaves die as a result leading to the constant need for new and cheap slaves. If one is born to slave parents, like fx. Vesta did, then one automatically became a slave themselves as a result of their own parents status. One can of course run away but as shown by Kaga’s experiences with bandits it’s safe to say that a life as a bandit isn’t very pleasant.

The initial market price of a slave seems to fluctuate greatly. as haggling is a common thing among merchants. The sex, race and specific characteristics of said slave can also have a direct impact on the final price. A good example is Alan’s merchant shop where the female slaves are sold at a much higher price than the males. Reasons for this is that manly labor seems to be much more common, so there’s more of said slaves. At the same time it’s very common for slaves like Roxanne and Sherry to be sold based on their beauty.

For first year slaves 70% of the taxes they had to pay has been removed and for the people being slaves for longer will have 90% of their taxes cut off. Though since they’re not freemen they won’t have to pay the taxes themselves, but rather their owner has the responsibility to pay for them, this can either be a master or the slave merchant selling them.

Prices
This isn’t a complete list, but a small sample of prices to give an impression on how food, housing, utilities and taxes look in this world compared to ours, which Kaga originates from.

Cost Of Food

 * Carme Grilled:							   10 Nars
 * Vegetables And Eggs:		       ~ A Few Nars
 * A 20 cm Clam:						   	320 Nars
 * Rabbit's Meat:						       160 Nars
 * Kobold Salt:						           4 Nars

Cost Of Housing (Yearly)

 * Renting A Hotel Room:					100,000 Nars
 * Renting A House:					       50,000 Nars
 * Renting A Room:					           10,000 - 30,000 Nars

Cost Of Utilities

 * Buying Hot Water:					    	20 Nars
 * Renting A Lantern:					   	10 Nars
 * Buying A Small Candle:					10 Nars

Taxes In The Empire (Yearly)

 * Free Citizens (An Adult / A Freeman):			               100,000 Nars
 * Citizens In An Adults House (Minors / Live-ins):      30,000 Nars
 * Pr. 1st Year Owned Slaves:					                           30,000 Nars
 * Pr. 2nd Year and Older Owned Slaves:			               10,000 Nars

Trivia

 * Having someone read for you typically costs 10 nars for six minutes.
 * Explorers charge a silver coin for each floor they go (floor 2 = 200 nars, floor 3 = 300 nars, floor 4 = 400 nars, and so on).