Where the money is, and where it goes.

Cash is what you're physically carrying. If you get robbed, mugged, or killed, the cash is on your body. Your bank balance is safe in the account: it doesn't drop on death. Shops mostly take cash; rent, mortgages, tax, and paychecks all touch bank. Move money between the two at an ATM or branch.

Walk up to any ATM. Your card is auto-issued the first time. Set a 4-digit PIN. From there you can:

• Withdraw bank to cash (no daily limit, but your inventory weight will stop you carrying a brick of cash)
• Deposit cash to bank
• Transfer to another character by first/last name (no fee)
• View balance and history (last 15 transactions; 20 at a branch)

Fleeca branches in Downtown LS and Rockford Hills do everything ATMs do, plus you can report a lost card for a $25 replacement fee.

Action	Fee
ATM withdrawal / deposit	$0
Transfer to another character	$0
Lost card replacement	$25
PIN change	$0

Watch out: anyone holding your card can drain your account. If yours gets stolen, get to a branch fast and report it.

Pay is deposited directly to your bank. Income tax (10%) is taken before you see it. You get a toast notification and an email with the payslip breakdown.

Status	Gross pay	Notes
Unemployed	$2,000 / month	State benefits, automatic
Faction or company member	$5,000 / month	Base; faction rank salary and company salary stack on top
Faction rank salary	$400 to $3,200	See the factions page for rank tables
Company salary	Up to $100,000	Set by company owner per rank; only pays if company bank can afford it
Income tax	10%	Withheld from gross before deposit

Worked example: $5,000 base + $1,000 faction salary = $6,000 gross. Tax takes $600. You see $5,400 in your bank.

If your company can't make payroll one month (bank balance too low), employees just don't get the company portion that month: there's no overdraft.

Tax	Rate	When
Income tax	10%	Off every paycheck
Sales tax	7.5%	On top of every 24/7, ammo, and hardware store purchase (clothing is exempt)
Property tax (house)	2% of value / month	Auto-deducted from bank
Property tax (vehicle)	1.5% of value / month	Auto-deducted from bank
Property tax (apartment)	0%	You don't own them, you rent

All collected tax flows into the City Government treasury, which is what funds the Mayor's budget and council operations. Rates can change if government policy changes them.

Open the Stocks app on your phone. You see all 25 listed companies across Technology, Energy, Finance, Defense, Retail, Transportation, and Entertainment. For each: live price, today's % change, day high and low, volume.

Buying spends from your bank balance. Selling puts the proceeds back in bank. No trading fees, ever.

Mechanic	Number
Price update interval	Every 5 to 12 minutes
Max single-tick move	12%
Volatility multiplier	3x base for swing feel
Trend decay per tick	88%
Company news interval	Every 10 to 25 minutes
Market-wide event interval	Every 45 to 90 minutes
News duration	30 to 90 minutes

News events drive most of the action. A "Federal Reserve cuts rates" headline pushes the whole market. "ACME Corp announces product line" pushes ACME and correlated retail/tech names. Watch the news feed for entries.

Your portfolio tracks total shares, average buy price, current value, and profit/loss per holding. Don't expect sustained rallies: the trend-decay is aggressive (88% per tick), and mean reversion kicks in hard once a stock is 50%+ away from its base. Buy news, take profits, don't get married to a position.

All shops take cash on hand (not bank). Carry a wad before you start a shopping trip.

Shop type	Count	Sales tax	Sample prices
24/7 convenience stores	12	7.5%	Water $2, sandwich $8, phone $200, repair kit $150, backpack $80
Clothing	8	None	T-shirt $15 to $40, jeans $25 to $70, sneakers $40 to $110
Barbers	Multiple	None	Haircut $20 to $45, hair colour $10 to $25
Tattoo parlours	Multiple	None	Per design
DIY / hardware	Multiple	7.5%	Spray can $8, lockpick $75, jackhammer $2,500, alarm kit $500

Wearable bags (fanny pack $30, backpack $80, duffel $150) raise your inventory carry weight. Buy one early. They pay for themselves the first time you can carry a full grocery run home.

Run /company create, pick a structure, pay the registration fee in cash. You get a company bank account and a company number. From there you set up ranks (with custom permissions and salaries), invite employees, and start trading.

Type	Registration	Max members	Best for
Sole proprietorship	$226	1	Solo trader
Partnership	$546	5	Small team
LLC	$2,070	10	Medium business
Corporation	$3,900	Unlimited	Large operation

Company bank account starts at $0. Members with the right permission can deposit, withdraw, or view the balance. Ranks hold permissions (invite, kick, promote, view balance, deposit, withdraw, use company vehicles, access company stash) and a monthly salary (max $100,000 per rank).

Licenses unlock business features (fuel stations, restaurants, logistics, etc.). $500 to $1,000 each, one-time. Once licensed, the feature stays unlocked as long as you own the company.

Worth knowing: founders don't auto-get an "owner" rank. Set ranks and permissions yourself before you invite anyone. And if the company bank can't cover payroll on the 1st, salaries don't pay that month, full stop. No overdraft.

Weazel News is an in-character publication run by player journalists. Articles get published live and broadcast headlines show up in the stock ticker, on your phone news app, and on in-world TVs. When something happens in the city, Weazel covers it.

For investors, Weazel matters: stock market news events fire roughly every 10 to 25 minutes, push prices in named companies, and decay over 30 to 90 minutes. Read the headline, decide, move.