Draft:Stani Economy

Overview

STAN is an acronym standing for System of Tribal Area Networks but is rarely capitalized. Others claim it stands for State of Tomorrow Actualized Now. The Stani Economy is an Low-Interest-Underground Open Georgist-Distributist-Localist Subsidiarist Associative Mixed Eco-Social Natural-Gift-Prestation-Symbiotic Blue Circular Economy with foundations in Sabbath and Humanistic Economics and the art.coop economy and enjoying the backward advantage.

For information about Stani currency, see this stub: Draft:Stani currency

In addition to all of the officially-denominated currencies within Stan there is an exonumic grey market which the government actively encourages, within which value of the token is fixed by the parties to a transaction. Though a gift and natural mixed economy prevails in Stan, there is also study of Mises branch Austrian Economics, Supply-side economics and Market Monetarism (Wickselian and Woodfordian). Production is post-Jack Welch. There is moderate support for collaborative robotics. The preferred cobot is Sawyer (Black Edition). All of Stan was built using Appropedia, Sawyer, RepRap and off-the-shelf parts. Stan has made a commitment to capping automation with the of adoption Sawyer, which should allow for an optimal blend of global competitiveness and autarky. Stan seeks to promote Stanthropology--or an approach to culture and economics from the Stani point of view.

Sharing Economy

Stan seeks to push the limits of the sharing economy. There is a citizen portal called "Stan Share" with a seed library, a street corner library, and a tool library. Barter and skill sharing are the preferred methods of payment in Stan, but businesses and individuals always pay an Anker Living Wage.

Tourism

Tourism is a major part of the Stani economy due to the myriad ways to get around and the fact that Stan can be reached just by closing one's eyes. Stan is also the number one Couchsurfing destination in the world.

Local Businesses

All corporations in Stan are B Corps. At the site of the USC Soccer practice facility, there is Globall, with glow in the dark world sports being played indoors, anchored by soccer, basketball, ladder toss tag, table tennis, bowling and trampoline dodgeball. Glow in the dark lacrosse and jai alai draw large crowds of spectators. There is a thrift store called World Thrift, which contains surplus from thriftstores around the world, as well as global retail surplus. There is an ugly fruit and freegan outlet called Seconds and a beverage superstore called Ack-o-haul and Canvabis, a cannabis store with a roller-mouted canvas for customers to decorate after purchase and use of their product. Atop Groucho's Five Points is Beero's, a walkup Gyro stand with import beers. Atop Harambe is Hakuna Masala, African and Indian fusion. There is a chain called Micronation Macrobiotics. Forest Acres is home to Primeval Times, where guests hunt a boar in a jungle enclosure and help their guide cook it over a fire. Star Bar in Five Points is astronomy-themed with seated and standing telescopes throughout and is next to Harambe and Hakuna Masala. Stathera is the chaebol that administers business in Stan. Black River is the agricultural subsidiary. ErgoHome sells e ink equipment and ergonomic equipment and assessments with a pop-up store at flea markets. Advertising is creative in Stan, including a solar RC plane that circles town with a sponsored banner during Gamecock Football tailgating and downtown Columbia's lunch hour and a social media meme of one-liner facts called #stanfacts, akin to Chuck Norris Facts. While Stanis traditionally wash clothes by hand, there is rumored to be an underground laundromat called Washhhhhh.

Demographics

Stan is home to lots of former cult members. They come to heal. It is warm, but not as warm and attractive as Florida and California where most cults probably are, so it does not get too crowded. In addition to PAPis, there are also NPIs or no Non-participating individuals, a fact which the Hootie does not often admit.

Food production

In Stan, Finlay Park has been renamed "Foodly Park". It contains the world's biggest pond aquapini, a pond aquaponic version of the ancient South American Walipini, a partially-underground greenhouse taking advantage of the superior insulating abilities of earth. The official method of food production is strictly Square Foot Permaculture Agroforestry. Anarcho-syndicalistic cooperatives produce food on land grants that are intended to be retained within people group in perpetuity. Participatory economics is also part of the food production labor model.

Housing and architecture

Some permanent government structures are influenced by the Aztec and Ancient Alexandrian cultures but most are modeled after the Zeynel Bey Tomb, with all of the ministries being found on Ministry Row in identical adjacent buildings, while temporary structures (also frequently used by the government) are extremely varied and influenced by practically all of world culture, and more recently, the solar punk movement. Sequoia Hive is a megatower next to Cornell Arms and is a first port of arrival for many Stani immigrants, who later move to Zomes, Yomes or other single-family housing. Dymaxion houses, earthships and 3D printed houses are popular on the outskirts of Polis. Some interior features include Murphy beds and other tiny home features, fireman poles and pulleys as well as pedestals for leaning against walls with one's elbow. House boats have become very popular on Lake Murray. At first, development was unlimited, then it was first-come-first-served with a cap, now there is a lottery. High-speed boat traffic has given way to slow traffic like that found in Ganvie. A group of people inspired by the Sama-Bajau live in the newly-clarified Lake Murray as well. There is an emerging group of new Stani arrivals who have not yet entered tribes and live aboard a slow-moving train circling Stan, known as the Trainees.

Health and healthcare

Stani healthcare is based on prevention, with prominent features including posture and gait correction, inversion tables, home cervical traction and foot baths for lowering somatic pH. Ergonomic walking and standing desks and early intervention with trauma-informed community development mean lower negative health outcomes and crime. Vagus nerve reset via balance boards is also central. A Blue Zones study committee exists. Stanis support the Spontaneous Remissions Project and recognize that the most important element in healing is the awareness of the presence of a nurturing caregiver.