As you can see my early attempts at designing the IOU left a little to be desired.
Currency is often closely linked with national prestige and pride. How many times have you heard an American refer to the ‘mighty Dollar’.
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I first realised that our country had a financial problem when the postman delivered an electricity bill for £231.02p. Heating an entire country was never going to be cheap, but £231.02p was more than I had expected. Add to that the cost of the cleaning the country and providing water and you begin to get an understanding of the problem. Our new country was actually spending more money than it earned...
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For those noble citizens that have spent time posting their thoughts on our country’s forums you will see that I have already issued you your very own IOUs – each post equals an IOU, here is the top 100 my nation’s burgeoning super rich.
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