Commodities

In ever major (and many minor) city in Oyashima, there will be a bank, exchange, or other marketplace in which members of the public can spend money to speculate on the cost of commodities. Transactions are logged in ledgers which are filed in duplicate at a central bank in Edo. They are isssued to buyers as certificates. Futures can be redeemed without certificates, but at a penalty and subject to thorough identity checking.

Current Widely Traded Commodity Descriptions and Values:

Rice - The bedrock of the Oyashima diet. Sold by the koku, enough rice to feed a household of four for a year. The most volatile of the commodities, due to the impact of weather, climate, and war.

Coal - Sold as the ton. Used to heat houses and public buildings including bath houses and warming houses, and to forge metal.

Iron - Sold as fifty-pound bars. Used to create tools and weapons.

Gold - Underpins the yen and major business-to-business and government-to-business transactions. Sold as one-pound bars.

'''RICE: Current / 3 mon. / 6 mon. / 12 mon.'''

180 / 220 / 200 / 180

'''COAL: Current / 3 mon. / 6 mon. / 12 mon.'''

55 / 70 / 60 / 50

'''IRON: Current / 3 mon. / 6 mon. / 12 mon.'''

200 / 250 / 225 / 200

'''GOLD: Current / 3 mon. / 6 mon. / 12 mon.'''

300 / 375 / 325 / 275

This page last updated 6-17.