Interstellar Trade within Charted Space

Commerce and trade are the lifeblood of any civilization. And interstellar trade is the lifeblood of an interstellar civilization. Charted Space is no exception. Every one of the polities, or supra-polities, of the major races prospers in part due to successful trading practices.

• Trade, at its most basic level, is the mutually beneficial exchange of goods and services.

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Please see the following AAB articles for more information:

• Interstellar Commerce
  • Merchant
  • Galactic Stock Exchange
  • Interstellar Currency
  • Interstellar Banking
  • UWP
• Business Entities
  • Cartels
  • Corporation
  • Megacorporation
  • Merchant Line
  • Merchant Service
  • Trade Organizations
• Resources
  • Organics
  • Metals
  • Radioactives
  • Resource Units
  • Post-scarcity
  • Scarcity

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Description (Specifications)

Charted Space is essentially a gigantic free trade zone. Non-warships may travel the lengths of Imperial Space as long as they are engaged in mercantile pursuits. They are subject to inspection and must pay taxes as well as obey local laws. In this permissive environment, corporations and megacorporations thrive.

• Category:Economy
• Category:Corporations

Interstellar Currency

No interstellar currency exists throughout Charted Space. Each major race posseses its own currency associated with its major polity. As the largest and most powerful supra-polity, the currency of the Third Imperium, the Imperial Credit or Crimp, is widely accepted throughout most but not all of Charted Space.

Interstellar Banking

A number of powerful interstellar banks exist including a few outside of direct Imperial influence and control. Most of the most established interstellar banks are associated with megacorporations.

Galactic Stock Exchange

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

As technological civilizations develop so does trade. Trade aids various groups by exchanging goods and services in a mutually beneficial manner. The agency of trade is one of the primary mechanisms by which early civilizations share knowledge.

Interstellar Merchant Marine

No information yet available.

• Merchant Service

Trade Guilds

No information yet available.

Trade Cartels

No information yet available.

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• Classic Traveller Merchant Prince (book)
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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science