INTERNATIONAL TRADE
The Jade Empire encourages free trade, and is a major exporter of raw resources, medical equipment, clothing and foodstuffs. International policy is guided by the concept of wakon-yosai, literally 'our spirit, foreign talent'. This is the overarching idea that foreign powers may have superior technology or comprehension of material subjects, but that trade should always be undertaken with the intent to utilise new resources and goods in an Ingenious manner.
Large shipyards over major systems, as well as small trading outposts across Imperial space, are all open to foreign trade which is then shipped to the planets below. Jade vessels can be seen bringing Imperial trade to the furthest corners of the galaxy. Provided there is no breach of the regulations below and the government does not decree otherwise, imports into the Jade Empire are permitted, with a range of tariffs ranging from as little as 2% to the occasional 20% based upon the nature of the product. Some significant trade relationships are listed below.
Large shipyards over major systems, as well as small trading outposts across Imperial space, are all open to foreign trade which is then shipped to the planets below. Jade vessels can be seen bringing Imperial trade to the furthest corners of the galaxy. Provided there is no breach of the regulations below and the government does not decree otherwise, imports into the Jade Empire are permitted, with a range of tariffs ranging from as little as 2% to the occasional 20% based upon the nature of the product. Some significant trade relationships are listed below.
MAJOR EXPORTS |
MAJOR IMPORTS |
YSTOVIA
IMAGINARIUM EMPIRE OF NALYDIA CARNAITH ARTIFICIA UNANIMITY KEPLER RANGSI SOLAR COOPERATIVE UNION PARFUHMERIE HIGH IMPERIUM GAUSS DOMINION MINEVAN SOVEREIGNTY |
Medicines, Shofu syrup
Armaments, rice, Shofu syrup Clothing, furniture Architecture, furniture Vitredeur Shofu syrup Shofu syrup Shofu syrup Shofu syrup Shofu syrup, vitredur Shofu syrup, sput Luxury consumer goods |
YSTOVIA
IMAGINARIUM EMPIRE OF NALYDIA CARNAITH ARTIFICIA UNANIMITY KEPLER RANGSI SOLAR COOPERATIVE UNION PARFUHMERIE HIGH IMPERIUM GAUSS DOMINION MINEVAN SOVEREIGNTY FURRELIAN UNION |
Meats
Print media, vodka Munitions Reactors Silk Hydroponic equipment Byrani spices Consumer electronics Perfumes and colognes Irridath Infinity rivers Mining equipment Ancerium (at-cost) |
One of the Jade Empire's most famous exports is Shofu Syrup, a sweet, faintly neuro- and psychoactive condiment derived from the Great Shofu Mushroom. Shofu syrup is considered a national symbol of the Jade Empire and can be found on shelves wherever Jade merchant vessels are active. sput, a popular building toy range, is also a lucrative export for the Jade Empire.
The Jade Empire exports military technology, including the WH-MAR and Burnham M2A6/R assault railguns and older DEW and ballistic infantry weapons, as well as warships such as the Hyo Corvette, the Sai M2 Starfighter, and various capital ships.
The Jade Empire exports military technology, including the WH-MAR and Burnham M2A6/R assault railguns and older DEW and ballistic infantry weapons, as well as warships such as the Hyo Corvette, the Sai M2 Starfighter, and various capital ships.
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
The Jade Empire has a relatively laissez-faire attitude towards import and export restrictions. Despite this, various mundane and commonplace goods and resources can and will be subject to tariffs, taxes or temporary bans subject to the economic situation at the time and the Jade Empire's relationship with the exporting nation. The following goods are banned unless granted specific case-by-case approval by the Empire:
- Narcotics, other than alcoholic beverages and marijuana that match Imperial health standards
- Media of all forms deemed dangerous, subversive, or to have originated in an enemy nation
- Weapons and passive combat systems for private import, with the exception of military trophies
- Only approved fauna and flora may be imported, and must undergo a security scan before entry
- Great Shofu Mushroom spores may not be exported for any reason or in any quantity
MAJOR TRADE ROUTES
UNION CORRIDOR
LEGACY CORRIDOR GAUSS CORRIDOR |
ANC - A realspace FTL route running trailward from the Sanrin system in the Ancerious Galaxy, it passes between Old Triarch and Separatist space before grazing the hubward edge of the Free Trade Zone, eventually arriving in Union space via the FRK and culminating at Silver Cradle.
NS1 - A realspace FTL route running spinwise from the Laptev System to the Legacy System ANC - A realspace FTL route running spinwise from the Sanrin system through Nalydyan space, between the Avarian Deadzone and Tezekian space and hubward of the Phasic Wastelands. |