Ment
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—In my mountain village, where I come from, I heard stories from the elders about long-gone times when we didn't pay taxes, and we only used money to trade with foreign merchants. We built roads and bridges because it was necessary for us and our loved ones, and we didn't need to count iron coins to understand our present and future. But we are not alone in this big world, and over time, our loyal neighbors turned away towards the mountains of money, promised by guests from the underworld. And when one of the lords came to us with a legion of soldiers, our entire system collapsed immediately, and since then, we honestly and fairly pay money into the empire's treasury for protection and patronage.