"It wasn't like this a few years ago. Back then, foreign caravans were the favorites; not only did they not have to pay any taxes, but Happiness City would also offer an extra 5% premium to buy their goods, to encourage more caravans to come."
"The problem arose because some people were too cunning. Zone B charged a 5% tax on scavengers, but some didn't want to pay. So they colluded with nearby small settlements, sold the goods to them, and then had the settlements bring them in under the guise of a caravan through Zone C, exploiting the tax exemption loophole."
"After only half a year, the tax revenue in Zone B halved, yet the number of people coming and going tripled."
