Currency

Currency throughout Nebulum can vary depending on the issuing government. Traditionally, most nations prefer to stick with a barter system, but the Barbidons have used currency since the very early stages of their culture.

A single unit of Barbidon currency is called a ruth. For every order, or ev of ruth, there are 24 higher increments called ims, with the 25th increment increasing the ruth into the next order. This makes for a very complex numerical system, which makes it very desirable to keep the costs down. At the lowest level, or Thev, the ev is not usually spoken.

It is believed that this currency system was devised prior to the development of the Barbidon language, which would explain why there are some sounds not listed in their language. Anthropologists often argue that the Barbidon ability to easily understand such a complex system proves their brains contain a much more developed mathematical ability than the other races.

Barbidon Currency Equivilency Table

		Evs
I m s		Thev	Nev	Mev	Lev	Bev	Sev	Rev	Trev	Kev	Brev
		1	25	625	15,625	390,625	9,765,625	244,140,625	6,103,515,625	152,587,890,625	3,814,697,265,625
	Prim	Primthev	Primnev	Primev	Primlev	Primbev	Primsev	Primrev	Primtrev	Primkev	Primbrev
		2	50	1,250	31,250	781,250	19,531,250	488,281,250	12,207,031,250	305,175,781,250	7,629,394,531,250
	Lim	Limthev	Limnev	Limev	Limlev	Limbev	Limsev	Limrev	Limtrev	Limkev	Limbrev
		3	75	1,875	46,875	1,171,875	29,296,875	732,421,875	18,310,546,875	457,763,671,875	11,444,091,796,875
	Dim	Dimthev	Dimnev	Dimev	Dimlev	Dimbev	Dimsev	Dimrev	Dimtrev	Dimkev	Limbrev
		4	100	2,500	62,500	1,562,500	39,062,500	976,562,500	24,414,062,500	610,351,562,500	15,258,789,062,500
	Kim	Kimthev	Kimnev	Kimev	Kimlev	Kimbev	Kimsev	Kimrev	Kimtrev	Kimkev	Kimbrev
		5	125	3,125	78,125	1,953,125	48,828,125	1,220,703,125	30,517,578,125	762,939,453,125	19,073,486,328,125
	Nim	Nimthev	Nimnev	Nimev	Nimlev	Nimbev	Nimsev	Nimrev	Nimtrev	Nimkev	Nimbrev
		6	150	3,750	93,750	2,343,750	58,593,750	1,464,843,750	36,621,093,750	915,527,343,750	22,888,183,593,750
	Mim	Mimthev	Mimnev	Mimev	Mimlev	Mimbev	Mimsev	Mimrev	Mimtrev	Mimkev	Mimbrev
		7	175	4,375	109,375	2,734,375	68,359,375	1,708,984,375	42,724,609,375	1,068,115,234,375	26,702,880,859,375
	Rim	Rimthev	Rimnev	Rimev	Rimlev	Rimbev	Rimsev	Rimrev	Rimtrev	Rimkev	Rimbrev
		8	200	5,000	125,000	3,125,000	78,125,000	1,953,125,000	48,828,125,000	1,220,703,125,000	30,517,578,125,000
	Pim	Pimthev	Pimnev	Pimev	Pimlev	Pimbev	Pimsev	Pimrev	Pimtrev	Pimkev	Pimbrev
		9	225	5,625	140,625	3,515,625	87,890,625	2,197,265,625	54,931,640,625	1,373,291,015,625	34,332,275,390,625
	Sim	Simthev	Simnev	Simev	Simlev	Simbev	Simsev	Simrev	Simtrev	Simkev	Simbrev
		10	250	6,250	156,250	3,906,250	97,656,250	2,441,406,250	61,035,156,250	1,525,878,906,250	38,146,972,656,250
	Tim	Timthev	Timnev	Timev	Timlev	Timbev	Timsev	Timrev	Timtrev	Timkev	Timbrev
		11	275	6,875	171,875	4,296,875	107,421,875	2,685,546,875	67,138,671,875	1,678,466,796,875	41,961,669,921,875
	Bim	Bimthev	Bimnev	Bimev	Bimlev	Bimbev	Bimsev	Bimrev	Bimtrev	Bimkev	Bimbrev
		12	300	7,500	187,500	4,687,500	117,187,500	2,929,687,500	73,242,187,500	1,831,054,687,500	45,776,367,187,500
	Klim	Klimthev	Klimnev	Klimev	Klimlev	Klimbev	Klimsev	Klimrev	Klimtrev	Klimkev	Klimbrev
		13	325	8,125	203,125	5,078,125	126,953,125	3,173,828,125	79,345,703,125	1,983,642,578,125	49,591,064,453,125
	Snim	Snimthev	Snimnev	Snimev	Snimlev	Snimbev	Snimsev	Snimrev	Snimtrev	Snimkev	Snimbrev
		14	350	8,750	218,750	5,468,750	136,718,750	3,417,968,750	85,449,218,750	2,136,230,468,750	53,405,761,718,750
	Fim	Fimthev	Fimnev	Fimev	Fimlev	Fimbev	Fimsev	Fimrev	Fimtrev	Fimkev	Fimbrev
		15	375	9,375	234,375	5,859,375	146,484,375	3,662,109,375	91,552,734,375	2,288,818,359,375	57,220,458,984,375
	Chim	Chimthev	Chimnev	Chimev	Chimlev	Chimbev	Chimsev	Chimrev	Chimtrev	Chimkev	Chimbrev
		16	400	10,000	250,000	6,250,000	156,250,000	3,906,250,000	97,656,250,000	2,441,406,250,000	61,035,156,250,000
	Jim	Jimthev	Jimnev	Jimev	Jimlev	Jimbev	Jimsev	Jimrev	Jimtrev	Jimkev	Jimbrev
		17	425	10,625	265,625	6,640,625	166,015,625	4,150,390,625	103,759,765,625	2,593,994,140,625	64,849,853,515,625
	Vim	Vimthev	Vimnev	Vimev	Vimlev	Vimbev	Vimsev	Vimrev	Vimtrev	Vimkev	Vimbrev
		18	450	11,250	281,250	7,031,250	175,781,250	4,394,531,250	109,863,281,250	2,746,582,031,250	68,664,550,781,250
	Thim	Thimthev	Thimnev	Thimev	Thimlev	Thimbev	Thimsev	Thimrev	Thimtrev	Thimkev	Thimbrev
		19	475	11,875	296,875	7,421,875	185,546,875	4,638,671,875	115,966,796,875	2,899,169,921,875	72,479,248,046,875
	Swim	Swimthev	Swimnev	Swimev	Swimlev	Swimbev	Swimsev	Swimrev	Swimtrev	Swimkev	Swimbrev
		20	500	12,500	312,500	7,812,500	195,312,500	4,882,812,500	122,070,312,500	3,051,757,812,500	76,293,945,312,500
	Him	Himthev	Himnev	Himev	Himlev	Himbev	Himsev	Himrev	Himtrev	Himkev	Himbrev
		21	525	13,125	328,125	8,203,125	205,078,125	5,126,953,125	128,173,828,125	3,204,345,703,125	80,108,642,578,125
	Drim	Drimthev	Drimnev	Drimev	Drimlev	Drimbev	Drimsev	Drimrev	Drimtrev	Drimkev	Drimbrev
		22	550	13,750	343,750	8,593,750	214,843,750	5,371,093,750	134,277,343,750	3,356,933,593,750	83,923,339,843,750
	Slim	Slimthev	Slimnev	Slimev	Slimlev	Slimbev	Slimsev	Slimrev	Slimtrev	Slimkev	Slimbrev
		23	575	14,375	359,375	8,984,375	224,609,375	5,615,234,375	140,380,859,375	3,509,521,484,375	87,738,037,109,375
	Krim	Krimthev	Krimnev	Krimev	Krimlev	Krimbev	Krimsev	Krimrev	Krimtrev	Krimkev	Krimbrev
		24	600	15,000	375,000	9,375,000	234,375,000	5,859,375,000	146,484,375,000	3,662,109,375,000	91,552,734,375,000