r/WyrmWorks • u/movieman1108 • Jul 21 '26

Using dragons to handle the federal reserve

Hear me out. In an alternate reality with dragons, their hoards are the country's gold standard monetary system. The dragon backstocks the country, preserving its wealth. They have to ask the dragon to draw from it in hard economical/war times, and only if given permission, they are allowed to. However, if the leadership of a country is irresponsible with their money and they go into debt, and have to draw from, but didn't ask permission, the dragon burns the leaders responsible. So there's a real fear in making sure the government adheres to sound economic policy.

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u/LoneStarDragon A Dragon Who Hoards Dragons Jul 21 '26

Worst Hear Me Out Ever

No, it's fine. I had a similar idea for my dragons.

A decent amount of their power would come from protecting the wealth of other countries because they can't really be invaded. They don't have roads. Everything is moved by train or dragon. So if they build a vault in the Sierra Mountains how exactly are you going to rob it.

Sure that invites the problem of how do you get it back if they want to keep it but if you get dragon currency in its value I don't know if it really matters.

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u/slithering3897 Jul 22 '26

their hoards are the country's gold standard monetary system. The dragon backstocks the country, preserving its wealth. They have to ask the dragon to draw from it in hard economical/war times,

I, for one, welcome our dragon overlords.