After leaving Samart Territory, Sui Xiong went to Gelten Territory.
Gelten Territory was currently thriving. As the most important producer of stationery on the entire main plane, it manufactured all kinds of stationery, and this supported the core industry of the whole territory. Stationery might seem inconspicuous, but the income it generated each year rivaled that of a count.
Do not think a "count" was anything insignificant. In the Gold Coin Federation, there were only fourteen counts in total.
The Gold Coin Federation covered roughly the same area as the United States on Earth. Excluding Alaska, its shape was even somewhat similar—a whole, solid lump, with a rather square and steady feel to it. In such a vast nation, around forty-five percent of the land and around sixty-five percent of the population were controlled by fourteen counts and two marquises. And Gelten Territory's annual income was equivalent to that of a count—a relatively wealthy count, at that.
Put in terms of China, this place was roughly equivalent to a province on the southeastern coast.
Supporting the economy of an entire province solely through stationery income—what an astonishing thing that was!
...No, that was not right. It should be said that relying solely on stationery income, a mere prefecture-level city had an economy comparable to that of an entire province. That was utterly insane!
The key to achieving this lay with the God of Knowledge.
Gelten Territory was not the only place in the world that did stationery business, but behind Gelten Territory stood the God of Knowledge, who was the guardian of culture and learning. Under equal conditions, when people wanted to buy stationery, they naturally preferred to buy it from Gelten Territory.
It was like the arms trade on Earth. Would people rather buy from a country that had