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This represents, FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE PEOPLE, taking the average original: "du fort au foible," an idiom meaning to average high and low values, 504,480,500 livres for every million heads of household, or 562 livres for one head of household, which accidents reduce to approximately 530 livres. On this basis, a State is wealthy, and the people within it subsist in comfort.
The landed capital which produces annually for the benefit of the people 2,543,322,000 livres—of which 1,050,000,000 livres constitute the net product original: "produit net"—the surplus wealth created by land after all costs of production are paid.—is valued at the 30th penny original: "denier 30"—a method of financial valuation where the total value is calculated as thirty times the annual revenue, implying a 3.33% yield.. From this perspective, it represents a wealth of 33,455,000,000 livres, to which must be added the 4,333,340,000 livres of original advances original: "avances primitives"—initial capital investments in equipment and livestock.; the total is 36,788,340,000 livres, when combined with the 2,210,500,000 livres of annual product.
The value and product of livestock were not estimated separately because they have been included in the Farmers' advances and in the total of annual products.
We place land here because, relative to its market value, it can be regarded in some sense as movable wealth original: "richesses mobiliaires"—assets that can be valued and traded like capital, even though the land itself is physically fixed., in that its price is subject to variations in the state of other wealth necessary for cultivation; for lands deteriorate, and Owners lose value on their real estate original: "biens-fonds" in proportion to the decay of their Farmers' wealth.
The wealth of the class of Sterile Expenditures consists of:
1. The fund of annual sterile advances . . . 525,000,000 livres.
2. Original advances of this class for the establishment of manufactures, for