Argentarium of Vigila

The **Argentarium of Vigila**, also referred to as the **Vigilian Argentarii** when referring to the people who make it up, is a corporate entity chartered by the Kingdom of Vigila to organize and regulate Vigila's moneyed bourgeois, capitalist, merchant, and industrial families. Membership to the Vigilian Argentarium comes with a great many perks granted by the monarchy, including the right to call oneself a gentleman (or lady), representation within the Queen's court, access to upper-class membership clubs, the right to bear arms on Vigila, Vigilian citizenship, favorable tax rates, among many others.

It also comes with obligations, most important of which being that the member of the Argentarium live on Vigila six months out of the year, declare their income on Vigila, and dutifully pay taxes to the crown.

## Reputation Effects

### Likes

* Making and honoring contracts with members of the Argentarium.
* Completing ventures which result in profit for the Argentarium.
* Purchase of assets which the Argentarium or members of the Argentarium hold at favorable prices.
* Patriotism towards the Crown of Vigila.

### Dislikes

* Tax evasion.
* Hooliganism.
* Financial fraud.
* Dishonoring contracts with members of the Argentarium.
* Purposefully engaging in market manipulation which results in the depreciation of assets held or marketed by the Argentarium.
* Disrespecting the Crown of Vigila.
* Unpatriotic acts such as tax evasion.
* Hostile acts against the Argentarium, its members, or interests, or its allies.

## Benefits and Drawbacks

### Friendly

**Benefits**
* Heritable Vigilian Citizenship, which conveys rights, protections, and conveniences under the law not available to non-citizens, and the right to refer to yourself as a gentleman of Vigila.
* Preferential treatment and protections in other provinces of the Aoshanti Empire.
* The right to bear arms on Vigila.
* Access to Argentarium legal counsel and protection in the event of legal proceedings inside Vigila or another Aoshanti city-world.
* Arbitration and claims resolution within the Argentarium, to ensure that no Argentarium members end up in costly court proceedings against one-another.
* Protection of the Crown military and diplomatic aid where the Kingdom of Vigila has a presence.
* Political representation in the court and government of Her Majesty.
* Participation in economic and financial enterprises undertaken in common by the Argentarium.
* Access to banking services and capital held in common by the Argentarium.
* An invitation to one of the Argentarii's gentleman's clubs of your choice (list included).
* Access to the Vigilian gentlemanly social scene and the many intangible benefits thereof, including political, social, and financial intelligence, access to art auctions and artifact procurement usually reserved for members, and so on.
* Participation in insurance schemes to hedge against risk and the loss of your assets.
* The right of you and your descendants to purchase an officer's commission in the Queen's Armed Services.
* Exemption from military conscription.
* Access to snap loans (a few days) at extremely low rates (0.0025% interest).

**Requirements**
* An invitation to the Argentarium by one of its members, reviewed by the council.
* An income of at least 𝔛10 quintillion cubits a year.
* Using the banking services of the Vigilian Argentarium.
* Must live on Vigila six months out of the year.
* Must declare income on Vigila and pay Vigilian taxes.
* Must not engage in hostile acts against other members of the Argentarium and conduct one's affairs in a spirit of amity and respect towards other members of the Argentarium and friendly Argentariums.
* Must conduct oneself in a gentlemanly manner.

### Indifferent

**Benefits**
* Access to loans at favorable rates.
* Possible participation in Argentarium ventures and business dealings.

**Requirements**
* Complete at least one contract with a member of the Argentarium.
* Have wealth in the quadrillions, quintillions, or above.

### Cautious (Default)

**Benefits**
* Access to loans at conservative rates.

### Hostile

**Drawbacks**
* You are blacklisted and the Argentarium may take hostile actions against you.