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Nudého da Bohesaihen - On the Usage of Goods

Excerpt from Dlheihí da Melå's Nudého da Bohesaihen - On the Usage of Goods

(Annotations have been added in this format by the University of Lhaléihiya to clarify historical context)

A good which holds use value can be classified into one of four categories: a Necessity, a Seminecessity, a Luxury, or an Infrastructure.
Necessities are goods which people strictly need to survive. Primary examples of these are water, food, housing, and institutions of health. (Healthcare.)
Seminecessities are goods which are needed to survive within the context of one's environment, or goods which without, life would be far more difficult. For example, in the towns of the grasslands east of Våtseiden (modern-day Melå da Botaide), a horse and carriage is hard to live without. (A better modern-day example would be the difficulty of living without electricity in the modern world.)
Luxuries are goods that better the quality of life of those who use them. Everything from sweets of excess, to a comfortable bed, to anything to do with cosmetics, are all luxuries. They are not necessary to our lives, but find their value in making them more pleasant.
Infrastructures are goods that open the way to the creation of improved or more efficient goods. Oxen plows, bridges, hammers, and even medical research are all infrastructures. Plows allow for the more efficient production of grain, bridges allow for more efficient transportation of goods, hammers allow for the production of ironwork goods, and medical research allows for improved medical treatment. While none of these in themselves directly impart value, they open the way for greater accumulation of goods that do impart value.
In relation to these concepts, it is the duty of a government of the Nudého (common people) to provide them with plentiful necessities and seminecessities, the security of these items, and to provide them with as many luxuries as possible, to achieve as high a quality of life as possible.

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