Currency

Currency
Okans: Copper and Bronze coins, used to purchase temporary things such as food and drink. Individually, Okans are worth very little.

Caws: Flat, featureless silver coins, used to purchase permanent things such as toys, basic furniture and clothes, one Caw is worth 10 Okans. A pair of basic boots would be 40-50 Caws.

Fermits: Thick, gold coins that are actually worth something. 10 Caws = 1 Fermit = 100 Okans.

500 hundred Fermits would buy a small house in a dodgy area.

Okans, Caws and Fermits are a universally used currency in Morealm. This currency is backed by gold-reserves and depends on the old-standard.

Ermaks: During the divine abdication, people lost confidence in Okans, Caws and Fermits because the world food-supply dropped and gold lost most of its value; however, in a last-ditch effort to save the economy; economist and banker: Ermak Gold-Wheat of the Gold-Wheat family; conceived a new currency in the form of tiny tin cubes known as Ermas. This temporary currency was backed by land and property and therefore retained most of its value.

Kaimers: Genuinely valuable money that is backed by Demonite ingots. Demonite is a mineral of intrinsic value; but it also has aesthetic and practical value too. In times of peace and prosperity, Demonite is used to create jewellery; but in times of chaos and war; it is used to forge weapons and ammunition. It also has medical properties and functions as a fertilizer for popular crops.