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There are some industries that the country is a leading producer of that it is not proud of. It is a leading producer of illegal intoxicating substances and counterfeit goods. The country is one of the last in history to ban bonded labour. Bonded Labour was a system whereby heavily indebted people could enter into contracts whereby their labour was exploited by the creditor. This policy was formalised by the [[Pax Drone|DRONE policy]] with a view to granting people some protections and enabling debt relief through bonded labour but the policy tarnished the country’s image and the government eventually disbanded the policy in the 2010s.
 
The country has produced some of the largest companies in the world. This is usually because industries are highly consolidated under a oligopologyoligopoly. The largest four [[Banking in Packilvania|banks in the country]] are the [[Industrial and Commercial Bank of Packilvania]] (the largest bank in the world by total assets under management), [[Agricultural Bank of Packilvania]], the [[Export-Import Bank of Packilvania]] and the [[Packilvanian Development Bank]]. The country is also home to arguably the largest energy company in the world, the [[Packilvanian Coal and Gas Corporation]], and one of the largest engineering firms in the world, the [[Packilvanian Steel and Construction Corporation]]. Other than these predominantly state-owned entities, there are large private companies such as [[Chatter]] (one of the largest mobile communications companies), [[Buddy]] (one of the largest taxi hailing and food delivery applications), [[Debby]] (one of the largest mobile payment companies), [[Masul Pharmaceuticals]], [[Telesat|Telesat Telecommunications]], and [[Teigo|Teigo Business Management and Logistics]].
 
The country's largest sources of imports and exports are the [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]] (especially [[Great Morstaybishlia]]), [[League of Novaris]], [[Union of Commonwealth Alliances]], [[Peregrinia]], [[Vekaiyu]] and [[Volkia]]. Packilvania imports a lot of manufactured goods from foreign nations especially high-end luxury goods, foodstuffs, automobiles, aircraft, semi-conductors and scientific equipment, refrigeration equipment, chemicals and medical equipment. The country maintains trade agreements such as the [[Commercial Cooperation Partnership]] with the League of Novaris and the [[Pax-UCA Trade Partnership]] with some members of the Union of Commonwealth Alliances.
 
The country has maintained a substantial trade surplus over the past 30 years compared to its trade partners as such it has raised over 2 trillion KRB of [[W:Foreign exchange reserves|foreign exchange and gold reserves]]. Coupled with the [[Packilvanian Central Bank]]'s [[W:Managed float exchange rate|control over the exchange rate]] of the national legal tender, [[Packilvanian dinar]], and control of capital movement, Packilvania has achieved monetary independence. The government struggles with tax collection and relies on substantial borrowing as such the country has over 7 trillion KRB in public debt and over 5 trillion KRB in private debt, over 80% of which is owed to domestic lenders. The country attracts 500 billion KRB of foreign direct investment annually and it in turn invests over 400 billion KRB abroad.
===Infrastructure and energy===
Infrastructure in Packilvania is administered largely by the [[Administrative divisions of Packilvania|provincial and local governments]] under the national government via the Ministers of Housing and Urban Development, Mining and Energy, and Transport in the [[Council of Ministers of Packilvania]]. When the [[Bedonite dynasty]] took over from the [[Packilvanian Communist Party]] they continued and amplified the reliance on infrastructure and real estate expenditure to encourage economic growth.
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