Main occupations and products CHAPTER XIII
Returning to economics, instead, I shall now relate about the main occupations and products of our thriving realm. As it is often the case with the richest countries, the inhabitants prefer to occupy themselves in artistic and intellectual activities, leaving the most tiring jobs to foreigners. But that is not always the case: many Pirin do not despise agriculture nor an artisan’s job. Weather in Lothriel, the realm of Neverwinter, naturally favours all agricultural activities, as much as gardening. It is told that in our realm there is at least an exemplar of all species of trees and flowers growing in our world. I do not know whether this is true, but it is certain that our woods, our fields, our verdant parks, abound with thousands of diffe
