Miklasgard's night markets is the time and place to shop and dine

This is the only way to legally sell trinkets in Miklasgard, in the Tokyo Gardens.

Ever since coming back to Miklasgard I have been pleasantly surpirzed by the cosmopolitan developments in the literally free market. Though strictly controlled by the Consumer watrch groups and governments agencies, the Chinese trinkets have made their way to the sleek, clean and high-quality fare of Miklasgard's shopping experience.

Though the Chinese (and more predominantly Japanese, Taiwanese and Thai) culture and goods are available, they are sold only in bulk, which means the public can find them only at the Market's Spice Alleys, and 30 minutes away by express subway, in the impressive Tokyo Gardens, stretching from Belgarhaven (Anglified as Belgravia, now deAnglified again) to Tokyotown.

These are the only placs in the world where you can buy anything that comes from the orient, but buy in bulk only: batteries, windup and any other small toys, belt buckles, nail care kits, CDROMs, and all kinds of imaginable ware you would not want to pay more than 1 or 2 Darlings. (1 Darling today is worth about $1.20, 1000 Darlings is 1 gold crown. Darling is subdivided into qusnrters only)

This is a sample of prices:

cheap comb 0.25 d.,
in bulk -10 d/pound

a pack of 10 CD Roms 3 d
or 45 d/pound

shower curtain - 1d, or 20 d/pound(?)

Pad Thai to go - 3.5d
Bul Go Ki with everything 4 d
Sushi-Sashimi in a nice Bento box to keep - 20d

Snapshots of consumer prices and salaries

Ever since I moved to Attland for the second time, I have kept track of the gold price, since last year's conversion to the gold standard, and, most importantly, the disparity of gold prices in and outside Attland.

Right now the gold price is sky high, and many business profit by bringing gold into the country in lieu, or bartering for diamonds, etc.

A little while ago a spokesman for the queen was asked what contingency plans spell out in case the gold falls below that of the London fix price, or, falls to an all-time low world prices. He said that just as Queen carefully prepared for the darling-to-dollar-to-gold transition, the contingency plans also envision the possibility for the gold to dip, which is highly unlikely.

Meanwhile, here are the prices for consumer items, in Darlings, 1000 of which now equal 1 Crown (Royal pound coin), or 37.75 grams. This makes 1 D= US$0.99 (see table):

gallon of milk 2.0 D
12 oz can of flavored soda water 0.7 D
10 miles on Miklasborg train 1D
gallon of gasoline, Attland synthetic Synol 0.5D
rent on 2000 sq. ft apartment in residential, non-central area of Belgerhaven 2 Cr 600D
a sushi lunch pack - 5D
cup of coffee from a vending machine 0.7D
cup of coffee at a gourmet cafe 2D

Meanwhile the economy keeps expanding. See this post on this trend. The shortage of labor can be illustrated this way:

hourly rate for a MacDonald counter clerk 23D
street sanitation worker salary per year 24,000D
intake recycling center worker, per year 34,000D
recycling plant worker, per year 40,000D