Good evening everyone. My apologies for not having been on the streets hawking my wares; I have been out of town, but will correct this absence in the next day or so.
In the meantime, I have a question. We all use gil as a unit of common currency. Naturally there's a great deal of abstraction in this, as there is in any MMO. However, unlike other games, which abstract coins down to the name of their precious metal, all we know, as far as I know, is that the gil is the gil, named as such because it is Final Fantasy and therefore certain elements must always be present.
When did Eorzea recognize this as a universally accepted standard? Do all of the city-states back it as having the same value, and what is their basis for backing it? How much gil on a per-day basis assures a reasonable standard of living for the average Eorzean? What's it made out of anyways, and who mints it? Does competition over the issuance of the gil between the city-states lead to economic turmoil? I don't know; I'm pretty bad at economics. Maybe you do.
Lore, fanon, speculation, and conspiracy theories are all welcome. Please share.
In the meantime, I have a question. We all use gil as a unit of common currency. Naturally there's a great deal of abstraction in this, as there is in any MMO. However, unlike other games, which abstract coins down to the name of their precious metal, all we know, as far as I know, is that the gil is the gil, named as such because it is Final Fantasy and therefore certain elements must always be present.
When did Eorzea recognize this as a universally accepted standard? Do all of the city-states back it as having the same value, and what is their basis for backing it? How much gil on a per-day basis assures a reasonable standard of living for the average Eorzean? What's it made out of anyways, and who mints it? Does competition over the issuance of the gil between the city-states lead to economic turmoil? I don't know; I'm pretty bad at economics. Maybe you do.
Lore, fanon, speculation, and conspiracy theories are all welcome. Please share.
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