One Piece: Kingdom Building System

Chapter 14: Fortis Kingdom and Ryugu Kingdom Officially Team Up!

"I'm sure Queen Otohime must already know about the details of the cooperation we're going to discuss, right?" Ars asked calmly.

"Sure" Otohime nodded, "If I may ask, how many ingredients do we need to prepare?"

"You just need to prepare food ingredients that can be consumed by 600 people every week. I have hope to be able to prepare food ingredients that have the best quality. Queen Otohime also don't worry about the price. You can quote the price for the payment for these food ingredients. We will definitely prepare funds to pay for it."

"I see. We will do our best" Queen Otohime said seriously.

"Okay. The discussion on the provision of food ingredients has been completed. We're going into the next discussion about the rules you should know about doing business in our kingdom." Ars paused and continued, "The rules set by our own kingdom aren't that complicated. The first thing to note is that our kingdom will not allow anyone to open a gambling business, slavery, as well as various very bad businesses that can cause someone to suffer losses."

Queen Otohime nodded seriously while noting this in her mind.

"Then, for someone who comes from outside our kingdom or is not a citizen of our kingdom must have a visa to be able to build a business in our kingdom"

"Visa?" Queen Otohime asked in confusion.

"The visa itself is a document issued by our kingdom's population department. Everyone who is not a citizen of our kingdom is required to apply for a visa if they wish to establish a business in our kingdom. If he doesn't have a visa, I'm sorry. We will not allow that person to establish a business in our kingdom. In addition, with the visa. The person can also live in the area where the resident lives. However, they can only rent a place to live which we will prepare later. They don't have the right to buy houses in our kingdom."

"Will the visa have a due date?" Otohime asked again.

"Yes. Everyone who has a visa is required to renew it every year. Additional information as well, making and extending a visa will have a large number of costs to be incurred. At this time we have not determined the price for making a visa and extending the visa. Later, when we have determined it, we will inform you of this so that you can know how much you have to prepare to apply for a visa."

"I understand." Queen Otohime nodded.

"Then, Queen Otohime should also know that in this kingdom there are 4 kinds of taxes. The first tax is the Salary Tax. The second is the Building Tax. Third is the Goods Tax. Fourth is Import Tax. We don't need to discuss the Salary Tax issue because this salary tax you don't have to know, it's just a tax that the citizens of our kingdom must know."

Queen Otohime nodded and didn't mind it.

"The taxes that you must know are building taxes, goods taxes, and import taxes. The building tax itself is a tax that is imposed on everyone who owns a building or land in this kingdom. Everyone who owns a building or land in this kingdom will have to pay the building tax every year. If the person owns a building that stands in his name, be it a house, a place of business or something else. The building tax they have to pay to the kingdom is 2% of their total annual income. If a person owns two buildings standing in his name, that person will later have to pay 4% of their total annual income. A person can only have a maximum of 5 buildings standing in his name. This tax applies to citizens of our kingdom as well as those who are not. However, if you really want to save or don't want to make payments related to this building tax. The royal party will later build a special building for people who want to build a business but do not want to own a building. They simply rent the space prepared in the building without them having to pay the building tax."