Ostrogothic Kingdom (The Last Roman) Faction

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Ostrogothic Kingdom (The Last Roman) Civil Tier 11

Taxes in Kind

If you can't pay cash in hand, pay cattle in hand.

In late antiquity, when the primary mode of wealth was not always a physical currency, it was common for the governments of the Roman Empire and its Germanic successor kingdoms to accept "taxes in kind" from their citizens. This is a system whereby no actual money is exchanged for the reparation of a levied tax. Instead, the repayment is made through the provision of goods or services. In the late Dark and early Middle Ages, taxation in kind became more stratified - the Merovingian system of the 'fisc' (the root of 'fiscal') was the treasury for the vast Frankish lands. Although it was specifically set up to accept taxes in this manner - supposedly making it easier for people to pay - the Frankish Merovingian kings had perennial trouble getting their subjects to actually pay their dues.

Effects

Corruption: -10% of current value (factionwide)
Growth: +2 (all provinces)
Wealth: +5% from agricultural and animal husbandry buildings (faction_to_region_own_unseen)
Tax rate: +2% (faction_to_faction_own_unseen)

Requires
Requires Technologies	Long Lease Contracts

Enables
Enables Technologies	Codification of Laws Specialised Industry State Construction Programme

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