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== Economy ==
// Regular economy
Trade and transport to and from Luthadel often happened using canal boats.{{book ref|mb1|1}} <br>
Main export product is metal, hundreds of forges and refineries in Luthadel, even though the [[River Channerel]] provides excellent opportunity to mills for grinding grains and making textiles. Bells chime when skaa must get to work in the morning.{{book ref|mb1|2}} <br>
Money currency: boxings{{book ref|mb1|3}} (, clip smallest coin{{book ref|mb1|7}}.) <br>
Lord Ruler is dependent upon atium sale for keeping up his army.{{book ref|mb1|4}} <br>▼
Many canal routes in the Final Empire. Narrowboats and barges that needed to get pulled were used. Most noblemen used skaa workers instead of horses for this.{{book ref|mb1|8}} <br>
1/10th of all atium mined at Pits of Hathsin was sold to nobles, at exorbitant prices.{{book ref|mb1|10}} <br>▼
One bead of atium is worth more than three thousand boxings.{{book ref|mb1|13}} <br>▼
These canals had towpaths besides them.{{book ref|mb1|21}} <br>
Boxings are made of gold. In each city, including Luthadel, is a small group of merchants who provide powdered metals to Allomancers, these metals can be considered pure because these merchants have a vested interest in keeping their (dangerous) customers satisfied.{{book ref|mb1|27}} <br>
// Atium
▲Lord Ruler is dependent upon atium sale for keeping up his army.{{book ref|mb1|4}} <br>
▲1/10th of all atium mined at Pits of Hathsin was sold to nobles, at exorbitant prices.{{book ref|mb1|10}} <br>
▲One bead of atium is worth more than three thousand boxings.{{book ref|mb1|13}} <br>
"The Lord Ruler depends on that atium, Valette—it’s one of the prime ways he controls the nobility. A house without atium is a house that can’t defend itself from Mistborn. By keeping a large reserve, the Lord Ruler controls the market, making himself extremely wealthy. He funds his armies by making atium scarce, then selling extra bits for lavish amounts."{{book ref|mb1|28}} <br>
Pits of Hathsin is the only place in the Final Empire where atium was mined, so the Lord Ruler depended on it. "Atium is the foundation of the imperial economy—controlling it is one of the main ways that the Lord Ruler maintains his hold over the nobility."{{book ref|mb1|33}} <br>
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