---
uai: "1.0"
type: domain-memory
status: active
project: iarpg.com
updated_utc: "2026-07-19T05:00:00Z"
domain: economy
---
# Operational Economy and Monetary Control
Economy is an operational support system, not the product identity.

## Currency classifications

- **Creation** injects new currency.
- **Destruction** permanently removes currency.
- **Transfer** moves existing currency between accounts.
- **Lock and unlock** temporarily removes and restores liquidity.
- **Item consumption or loss** changes demand but is not automatically a currency sink.

## Operations-facing policy

- New-player allowances cover a Basic Operations Basket and unlock gradually.
- Mission rewards mix currency, consumables, materials, access, reputation, licenses, and intelligence.
- Contract fees, repairs, communications, cover maintenance, transport, property upkeep, and services create diversified sinks.
- Track Newcomer, Operating, Luxury, and Fugitive price indexes separately.
- Use a double-entry ledger with immutable reversal entries and UTC timestamps.
- Monitor net emission, affordability, active currency per player-hour, velocity, wealth concentration, regional prices, and anomalous transfers.

## Deep links

- Currency flow definitions: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/monetary-architecture-genesis-allowance-and-economic-stabilization#currency-flow-definitions
- Genesis allowance and operations basket: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/monetary-architecture-genesis-allowance-and-economic-stabilization#genesis-allowance-basic-operations-basket
- Mission rewards and emission controls: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/monetary-architecture-genesis-allowance-and-economic-stabilization#mission-rewards-and-emission-controls
- Price indexes and affordability: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/monetary-architecture-genesis-allowance-and-economic-stabilization#price-indexes-and-affordability-targets
- UTC ledger and telemetry: https://iarpg.com/docs/report/monetary-architecture-genesis-allowance-and-economic-stabilization#ledger-schema-and-telemetry