> > And the pay is most likely in hard currency, not scrip. Which means
> that the
> > Lunars have to figure out how to get hundreds of pounds (if not
> tons) of
> > silver and/or gold (for officers, naturally) through Dragon Pass
> and into
> > Prax (and down to the siege at whitewall, and into the Holy
> Country) without
> > it being snatched by the resistance.
> >
>
> Hmmmmm, I bet there are economic implications in that much outflow of
> gold/silver from the empire, and also the inflow where troops are
> stationed.
Take a look at what the war in the Low Countries did to Spain (you know, the
country with all the gold from the Americas? The richest nation on earth (or
at least in Europe) at the time...).
I'll forbear from suggesting any parrallels with anything happening
nowadays...
RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has
done what he has done.
- Richelieu