A little on the economy of the Necromancer Kingdom, which isn't a Kingdom at all. It's a Convocation.

A little on the economy of the Necromancer Kingdom, which isn't a Kingdom at all. It's a Convocation.

Everyone who Prays 4 hours / week has access to: Barracks, Cafeteria, bath houses, some sort of health care (TBD, but what sort do you think Necromancers would offer?), clothing, education, etc. These are things provided as a matter of course.

Those who show need or have been on a mission, or a variety of other things can live in the Dorms instead of the barracks. The Dorms offer increased privacy, and come about by being more trusted.

Any two people, so long as one is a Believer, can live in an Apartment instead of the Dorms. The Apartments offer still increased privacy and comfort. This also means a Believer who is raising a child alone has access to the Apartments, so long as they went on a Mission. It's also fine for child free couples.

Any three people, so long as one is a Believer, can live in the Large Apartments or Houses instead of the Dorms. A family with one Full Believer and one person who prays, with kids, can readily live in the Large Apartments.

These are the church-provided accommodations; nothing prevents other types of lodging, jobs, etc. But, everyone has these basic needs filled, if they want them filled. This is not meant to be coercive.

There is Labor needed that is generally best fulfilled without the use of Lifeless labor. This ranges from work in the military (Lifeless are good as shock troops, not so much as archers) to cooking to sewing to magic to leading worship to researching to ... etc.

Essentially, anything highly skilled, knowledge work, or that just requires a high degree of finesse is not so good for Lifeless to do.

Some experimental ideas various parts of the Concordance have tried out:
- Capitalism: Renting out Lifeless labor in exchange for human labor. Shudder.

-- Service as rite of passage: Do two years of Service in a variety of possible ways.

-- Everyone works one day a week: To maintain Good Standing, folks need to do a day of service every week. Everyone, doing work that no one enjoys.

I'm personally in favor of a combination of (2) and (3).

Basically, the economy is: We've got plenty of labor. Basics of everything can be done through Lifeless labor, and the culture is not one that favors hoarding wealth.