Trade, Currency and Economy of Styx

Trade “Money” does, in theory, not exist within the People’s Republic of Styx. Every citizen is allotted a fixed number of Vouchers that can be traded in for all necessities they might need. Food, housing, clothing, furniture and even education all have their own voucher system and every citizen is assigned the same amount. In theory the system is perfect, in practice there is a thriving black market as people scramble to trade in their Vouchers for things unavailable or hard to acquire, either due to the many religious legal restrictions or due to suppy shortages. After all who would want 7 basic meals a week and an education for your three kids if you can have 7 meals and education for two of your kids while you get a nicer house, your lastborn child is a boy after all, why does he need an education? That is, of course, also discounting the thriving corruption within the Temple Parliament. Many of the Great Unions either lobby or perform under-the-table deals to allot more Vouchers or prime choice of products to their members and their members’ families. Trade with outsiders is still done with plain old coins of silver, gold and platinum, which every citizen receives an allowance of each month but that miraciously seems to amass in the pockets of certain enlightened individuals.
Slips of Paper and Petty Coin Currency in the Stygian People’s Republic is primarily based on Vouchers and coins. Vouchers are bound to areas of purchase while Coin are universal but both are bartered, traded, stolen and extorted in equal manner and measure.