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== Atium Economy==
The atium economy acts as one of the many ways the [[Lord Ruler]] taketakes a firm hold on the Final Empire. LordIts Rulers controlscarcity, its scarcity along with its godly Allomantical power, makemakes atium an extremely valuable currency; a small bead canbeing easilyproportional worthto the cost of living for a skaa's over several years' cost of living. Compared to other precious but practically useless metals, however, it does have one practical use in Allomancy.
=== Mining ===
The only place atium can be mined is at the [[Pits of Hathsin]], where skaa criminals are sent to work as punishment for their crimes until death. A [[noble]] house is in charge of the mining camp, for example,with House [[Venture]] atbeing [[Vin]]'sthe time.last TheHouse minersto areoversee mostthe seriousoperation skaa criminals. To concealbefore the secretdestruction of mining location and process, the skaa sent there are forced to mine. to death; notNot a single prisoner has escaped to tell the story before [[Kelsier]], hence his nickname "the survivorSurvivor of Hathsin".
For more information, see the [[{{for|Pits of Hathsin]].}}
=== Transportation ===
A big portion of the [[atium]] mined at the [[Pits of Hathsin]] is secretly transported to [[Luthadel]] by the [[Canton of Resource.]], Atiummixed beadsinto areand disguised as and hidden in Ministry funds,. sinceSince metal coins radiatesradiate powerful light in the [[Cognitive Realm]], blendingthe atium beads, andwhen coinsmixed blindswith [[Ruin]]other fromcoins, noticingcan thebe flowtransported ofsafely thewithout godbeing metaldiscovered by [[Ruin]].{{book ref|mb3|79}}
== Notes ==
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