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The structure of Dominances, in [[Vin]]'s time, involves provincial lords each with command of, and responsibility for, their own skaa. This organization has been in place for two hundred years and grants the nobility greater freedom than previous systems. The [[Lord Ruler]] seems to be uncomfortable with this and counteracts it with increased obligator activity {{book ref|mb1|18}}.
Many of these noblemen live in the cities
=== Economy ===
The atium economy acts as one of the many ways the [[Lord Ruler]] takes a firm hold on the Final Empire. Its scarcity, along with its godly Allomantic use, makes atium an extremely valuable currency; a small bead being valuable enough to cover the cost of living for a skaa for several years.{{cite}}
Most of the labour is done by [[Skaa]]. Skaa work on plantations, providing the empire with food, they also work jobs as builders, and clear ash from the city streets. Skaa also work as craftsmen and also operate canal boats.{{cite}}
=== Atium control ===
The atium economy acts as one of the many ways the [[Lord Ruler]] takes a firm hold on the Final Empire. Its scarcity, along with its godly Allomantic use, makes atium an extremely valuable currency; a small bead being valuable enough to cover the cost of living for a skaa for several years.{{cite}}
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 profitable mining camp, with [[House Venture]] being the last House to oversee the operation before the destruction of the mine. The fact that atium is mined here is kept top-secret. Not a single prisoner has escaped before [[Kelsier]], hence his nickname "the Survivor of Hathsin".{{book ref|mb1|4}}
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