>From BBC 2's programme "Jesus the Rebel"
> 40-60% of all Nazerene agricultural and fishing production went as
>tax to the Romans.
>But Orlanthi farmers can probably achieve better yields than their Nazerene
>counterparts, so a kilo-to-kilo comparison may bring taxes down to 30-50%
Er, the lunars have tax farmers. Thus if the Orlanthi farmer can produce more, then the lunars will take more.
>(and then the temple takes another 10% as tithes...)
I don't think the Lunars are in the habit of handing out tax exemptions for charitable donations (unless it's the Teelo Norri orphanage). Thus if the farmer has sufficent income to waste 10% of his worldly goods on a temple to Orlanth, the tax farmers aren't doing their job.
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