Editing Economic Extension

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The [[Economic Extension]] or [[Ex]] is a gross measure of a [[mainworld]]'s economy in generalized terms.
* This is a comparative value measuring economic efficiency (...comparative advantages), infrastructure (...manufacturing, shipping, warehousing facilities, [[etc.]]), labor (...highly trained or motivated working force), and [[resource]]s (...availability of materials, shortened transportation times, nearby [[mining world]]s, [[etc.]]).

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
The Economic Extension is abbreviated [[Ex]] and written in parentheses ((xxx +/-N)). It describes the strength of a [[world]]'s [[economy]]. It is given as three [[eHex]] digits representing Resources, Labor and Infrastructure, followed by a decimal integer representing Efficiency written with a leading sign (zero is written as +0).

=== Economic Extension Basic Parameters ===
* [[Efficiency]]
* [[Infrastructure]] 
* [[Labor]]
* [[Resource]]s

=== Economic Extension Parameter Explication ===
* ''('''[[Efficiency]]''' reflects the current economic system, and includes sensible legal procedures, appropriate tariffs, customs promoting a balanced work ethic, rewards for merit, and social structures which match ability and job. Negative Efficiency is worse. Efficiency at -1 or less turn the RUs available negative: the Inefficiencies are so destructive as to make the economy a net drain. Such barriers represent an overly bureaucratic culture; cultural influences which do not value wealth, even physical limitations. On the other hand, since some economies have positive efficiencies: positive multipliers increasing available [[RU]]. )''  
* ''('''[[Infrastructure]]''' is the established technical structures that support exploitation of resources. Infrastructure includes roads, power grids, communications, and factories.)''
* ''('''[[Labor]]''' is the workforce available for the processing and exploitation of Resources.)''
* ''('''[[Resource]]s''' are any materials available for processing and exploitation. They include natural resources, [[mineral]]s, [[ore]]s, [[metal]]s, [[Radioactive|energy sources]], [[Organic|biological assets]], and any other materials of limited availability.)''
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* ''(The [[Economic Extension]] ([[Ex]]) is the strength of a world economy and provides basic insights into the economy’s structure and capabilities.)'' 		
* ''('''[[Resource Unit]]s''' approximately represent the world's budget.)''

n.b.: Excessive inefficiency can mean that the world is extremely vulnerable to interruptions in interstellar trade, and the reason for the continued existence of such inefficiencies will always be of interest to the economist. One of the curiosities of the system of categorisation is that the [[Capital (world)|Capital]] is described as highly efficient despite the overwhelming presence of the {{Imperial}} [[Imperial Bureaucracy|Bureaucracy]] and the [[Imperial Palace]].

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
The [[Office of the Emperor]], the [[Imperial Bureaucracy]], the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]], the [[Travellers' Aid Society]], the [[Merchant Service]], the [[Educational Institute]]s, and many other interstellar [[organization]]s use this data for [[governance]], [[interstellar economy]], world surveys, and other necessary tasks.

Such data drives [[Charted Space]].
== See also ==
{{Referral-Tree-U-Universal-World-Profile}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Pocket Empires |page= TBD }}
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page= TBD }}
|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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