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=== Establishment ===
Pax Drones as an official policy were established in 1983 after the Second Packilvanian Civil War by the victorious [[Bedonite dynasty]]. The transition away from the communist economic model had brought with it the resurgence of private lending. Access to credit was vital for not only newly privatized former-state entities but also for a recently reestablished and rapidly developing class of small business owners and farmers.
The exact reasoning behind the Pax Drone policy and its formulation remains hazy and obscured by both general disorganization in the post-war government, and the opaque nature of Packilvanian decisionmaking. The policy has in part been attributed to a desire by the government to provide a sense of security for lenders, who were already operating in a deeply uncertain environment. It was in the government's interest to foster economic activity and thus access to credit. Strong political pressures that had emerged as a backlash against communism limited the degree to which state institutions were allowed to meddle in economic matters, and this precluded any efforts to provide serious state financing or support for businesses, or forms of debt relief or bailouts that might allow investors and creditors to easily recoup losses from failed ventures. Additionally, bankruptcy was itself viewed as a moral failing and a betrayal of trust, and it was feared that the institution of bankruptcy laws similar to those used elsewhere around the world might only add to the unease of creditors.
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While the Drone policy had been established with the protection of private creditors in mind, its longevity is sometimes attributed to the fact that the burden primarily fell on these underrepresented groups, particularly as local governments sought to effectively offload undesirable homeless populations onto the national justice system.
=== Impacts ===
The Pax Drone policy remained in effect from 1983 to 2022. At its height, it is estimated that some 10 million Packilvanian citizens were designated as Drones. These were almost exclusively drawn from the lowest classes.
The Drone policy was widely criticized by sapient rights activists as a form of state-sponsored slavery. Drones were typically assigned to penal colonies that would then either utilize them on government projects, or else lease their labor out to private industries. Pax Drones had no control over who they worked for or what work they were required to do during their period of imprisonment, which was capped at 21 years. Drones had their movements and actions controlled and dictated in a manner similar to regular prisoners, and were frequently imprisoned alongside hardened convicts and subjected to levels of violence that were commonplace across the Packilvanian prison system.
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