Kusari Unlawfuls

[Ash]

The reason dragons and gc feel fit to target diamond shipments is that any trading going into Kusari is being taxed by the Government. All of those diamonds are generating income for the Kusari government. When your trade ship docks in New Tokyo, in rp, a little Kusari man with a data pad comes over and inspects your shipment and assesses the proper amount of tax. This tax is paid to the government, which they use to buy those fun ships to attack the gc and blood dragons in.

Not Necessarily, I doubt the Tax will amount to the cost of the diamond shipment all together, by doing this the only thing they are doing is making the diamonds slightly cheaper. They're still losing money all round.

Diamonds are used in Kusari's weapon production.. Further, they help the Kusari economy by importing cheap Diamonds in large quantities. Weapon producing commodities are actually worse thean commodities that simply aid the economy.

It's actually the Niobium that helps them less. It is their export, yes. But when we stop a trader with Niobium, the Kusari economy has already profited from that sale. The only people who didn't profit from it is Rheinland, where it goes, and the traders themselves, who paid for it, but don't get the payoff.

Aiding Kusari's weapon production - Agreed, One fair reason to stop a shipment

Diamonds themselves don't exactly aid the economy, they are just a bunch of shiny rocks and I doubt their going to be fighting many wars in the showcases of private collectors on Tokyo. They are only given power by the value placed on them, it's Kusari's weakness to admire useless rocks for ornaments and accessories (except for weapons production like you said)

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