The Seattle Underworld Economy, Ran Some Numbers Options

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So, I was putting this together for my new Ghost Cartels campaign and figured I'd share (although some of you have certainly done similar number crunching before) and see if anyone had any major suggestions or quibbles. I wanted to calculate what the approximate yearly income was for the major Seattle syndicates so I could see how much of a disruption tempo (and my PCs) would be having.

Did a bit of research first; typically, the black or underground economy of a region is somewhere between 1% and 5%, depending on how law abiding it is; this is for places that still have a civil authority, though, so it doesn't apply to the Barrens, but does apply to most of the districts. Second, that's the gross intake, half of which, at a minimum, goes right back into operating expenses. And thirdly, that's the cumulative black economy, that is then split up among all of the syndicates, the gangs, and, of course, the shadowrunners.

So, numbers I took from Seattle 2072; took the listed population for each district, multiplied it by the listed per capita income to get the District Gross Income; multiplied that by the Black Economy % Rate to get the Black Economy Gross, which then gets cut in half for the Black Economy net profit, and then further multiplied by the individual syndicate percentages by district--which, I will freely admit, are a combination of SWAGs, educated estimates, and going through the books getting a feel for who is dominant where--to get the yearly gross and net incomes per syndicate (Yakuza, Mafia, Triad, Vory and Other (which covers the smaller syndicates, the non-affiliated gangs, the illegal policlubs, and, of course, the shadowrunners)).

And this sheet here is what I've come up with.

Thoughts? Feedback?

One major area I didn't have numbers for is the Matrix, which severely impacts groups like the Vory, who are described as being very active online, so suggestions there would be very helpful.

Also, this isn't a precision document; it's meant mostly to ballpark the numbers, so please keep that in mind when you're ripping into it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Beyond that, let me know what you think!

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