Nars

## Nar

The nar is shown to be the Other World's main monetary unit. The coins are shown to be embedded with a shield, with two leaves at the shield's side and a crown above it. It might very well be the symbol of the Empire in which Michio Kaga lives, but it’s not yet known.

## Overview

nars are currently known to exist in four coin denominations, with no paper denominations shown so far within the other world. The four denominations are as follows:

* Copper coin: worth 1 nar
* Silver coin: worth 100 nars
* Gold coin: worth 10,000 nars
* White gold coin: worth 1,000,000 nars

(The white gold coin has also been referred to as a platinum coin in the web novel.)

With the nar made from the precious metals copper, silver, gold and white gold, it makes the value of a coin reflect the specific metals worth in the Other World. It enables payment to be by count rather than weight, which greatly facilitates commerce. With no paper denomination nars present in the Other World, it can be assumed that no institutional backing is present, to ensure and prevent the faking of paper denomination nars from taking place.

## Distribution

Nars being the only monetary unit shown so far, with the lords of the land setting a benchmark in terms of taxes leaves the wealthy individuals in a position of extreme wealth, without taxes or lords being able to do much about their ever growing wealth, of course it also means that they’re way more likely to have numerous servants and much higher expenses as a result of it, which stems growth slightly, but not in any meaningful way.

For the average freeman, taxes can be hard to pay, but it depends more on their own choices as one can always try to refrain from living in an expensive area, or have many kids. Both of the two prior mentioned causes would of course result in a much higher collective household tax cut on the adults income. It seems rather common for the average freeman to sell a kid or two in case their income goes down or if bad fortune hits their household. which was the case for both Roxanne and Sherry whose families were unable to pay their taxes for such reasons.

Poor individuals were in a much worse state, as being unable to pay taxes often leads them to becoming thieves. As a result of becoming thieves they often end up as slaves or bandits which is a result of them losing their freeman status and running away from their masters.

Because of this social structure, the slave industry gets a somewhat consistent supply of new and fresh slaves to sell. It’s often that slaves are sold off to labyrinth adventurers, because of the high mortality rate of those who bite on more that they can chew on, many slaves die as a result leading to the constant need for new and cheap slaves. If one is born to slave parents, like e. g. Vesta did, then one automatically became a slave themselves as a result of their own parents status. One can of course run away but as shown by Kaga’s experiences with bandits it’s safe to say that a life as a bandit isn’t very pleasant.

The initial market price of a slave seems to fluctuate greatly. as haggling is a common thing among merchants. The sex, race and specific characteristics of said slave can also have a direct impact on the final price. A good example is Alan’s merchant shop where the female slaves are sold at a much higher price than the males. Reasons for this is that manly labor seems to be much more common, so there’s more of said slaves. At the same time it’s very common for slaves like Roxanne and Sherry to be sold based on their beauty.

For first year slaves 70% of the taxes they had to pay has been removed and for the people being slaves for longer will have 90% of their taxes cut off. Though since they’re not freemen they won’t have to pay the taxes themselves, but rather their owner has the responsibility to pay for them, this can either be a master or the slave merchant selling them.

### Prices

This isn’t a complete list, but a small sample of prices to give an impression on how food, housing, utilities and taxes look in this world compared to ours, which Kaga originates from.

#### Cost Of Food

* Carme grilled: 10 nars
* Vegetables (1 serving): 6 nars
* Egg (1 serving): 5 nars
* Fresh loaf of bread: 8 nars
* A 20 cm clam: 320 nars
* Rabbit's meat: 160 nars
* Kobold salt: 4 nars
* Small jar of soy sauce: 300 nars
* Large jar of soy sauce: 500 nars
* Brown rice cracker candy: 10 nars
* Meat (1 serving): 15 nars

#### Cost Of Housing (Yearly)

* Renting a hotel room: 100,000 nars
* Renting a house: 50,000 nars
* Renting a room: 10,000 - 30,000 nars

#### Cost Of Utilities

* Buying hot water: 20 nars
* Renting a lantern: 10 nars
* Buying a small candle: 10 nars
* Buying a laundry tub: 50 nars

#### Taxes In The Empire (Yearly)

* Free citizens (an adult / a freeman): 100,000 nars
* Citizens in an adult's house (minors / live-ins): 30,000 nars
* Pr. 1st year owned slaves: 30,000 nars
* Pr. 2nd year and older owned slaves: 10,000 nars

## Other Currencies

Although the nar is shown as the universal monetary unit, in all of the places in which Michio Kaga and his companions visit. It isn't yet known if this one monetary unit is the only form of currency that exists within the other world.

## Trivia

* Having someone read for you typically costs 10 nars for six minutes.
* Explorers charge a silver coin for each floor they go (floor 2 = 200 nars, floor 3 = 300 nars, floor 4 = 400 nars, and so on).
* A custom-sized laundry tub 50cm deep and as tall as Michio costs 2000 nars.
* A set of new clothes for two people costs 1500 nars.
* It costs 100 nars per person to enter the Quratar labyrinth.
* It costs 300 nars to change the will of a slave.
* Michio purchased a Mermaid Crystal for 2500 nars at the auction house.
* Michio purchased a Caterpillar Crystal for 4000 nars at the auction house.

## Gallery

Nars Used To Buy RoxanneNars Used To Buy SherryRoxanne Explaining RentAlan Explaining Slave TaxesRoxanne Telling Kaga About Taxes