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• You must be licensed to have a business here.
• Foreign companies can hire up to 50 foreign workers a month, but this is not a hard and fast rule.
• If your company produces weaponry, it will not be allowed to produce it here due to an Act passed in 1976 which prevents military-grade weaponry from being produced here. However, exemptions are made for military vehicles or for production of military equipment which benefits the public.
• Employees must have some ability to speak our other six native languages; Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Chinese and show proficiency in them.
• Certain nations with a poor human rights record are blacklisted.
• Companies that produce autonomous vehicles cannot produce these for consumer usage on the island; legally, all autonomous vehicles at Level 4 or Level 5 autonomy are prohibited on the island and cannot be tested or used here. All cars must be human-driven; a law in 2015 made this ruling.

• Business is often done over a meal, but this depends on the nature of the company.
• Business meetings do not get straight down to business (unless the nature of the job involves it); it is as much about making friends as contacts.
• Alcohol is commonly served and widely available here, this country has no dry counties or anti-alcohol laws. Expect to drink after-hours as a way to socialise.
• Chinese people here do business differently than mainland China, they consider themselves a separate culture. Do not assume because a business has a Chinese name it must be connected to China.
• Within the workplace, there is no deferring to elders or similar; it's a case of ideas bouncing off one another.

• Politics is not a forbidden topic; indeed, locals are interested in world politics and it makes for a good conversation topic.
• The automobile is popular here and you need it to get around. People really like their cars, and need them too. Anti-car politics has no place here, and is considered a rude thing to discuss.
• Alcohol is easy to buy, and the legal purchase age is 18. There are no dry counties or places that don't sell alcohol. Legal drinking age depends on parents.
• You will find it easier to get by with cash than credit cards; many restaurants or fast-food places are cash-only.
• Mitsubishi Motors is a revered and beloved brand here, so much so that the 1987-1992 Mitsubishi Colt 3-door hatchback and 1988-1995 Mitsubishi Lancer 5-door hatchback/Mitsubishi Lancer 4-door sedan and 1991-1999 Mitsubishi Pajero/Shogun are built under license here.
• Lady Tanya Abdul-Kader Shawky, a native of Palestinian descent (born 22 July 1978) is beloved by the island's people and considered the authority on certain types of food. Although not royalty, she's from an influential Palestinian family of Arab descent (who are not Muslim) and seen as the closest thing to royalty. She isn't someone who the public will criticize if at all, and actually has her own celebratory holiday in the island's calendar!
• The Chinese community here do not consider themselves as Chinese, but a separate group from Chinese people and have a dislike for their ancestral nation's government. To them, they see themselves as locals with Chinese heritage and culture.
• There is a small community of people of mixed Chinese and Italian descent or Chinese and Dutch descent; they are noted for their restaurant culture here and speak a creole of both languages.
• Also, there is a small community of people of mixed Yoruba and Chinese heritage who work as businesspeople, the majority being female. In their culture, business is done over a large meal and the deal is concluded with a bell being rung ceremonially.
• There are descendants of prisoners sent here by the Welsh in the 1800s, this family is still influential here now, and to criticize the merchant family, the Cadwalladers, is considered uncouth and offensive. There are many descendants of them still, and the surname is common.
• Food is a popular topic of conversation and social activity.
• In the South, there are small towns where German is spoken, of the Low German variety. You may find difficulty in using standard German. Also, English is spoken but the Low German is preferred. You will find the towns to be bilingual.
• Relating to the above point, the people are descendants of German immigrants from the 1700s when people from Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany and Schleswig-Holstein emigrated en masse.
• Bureaucracy is not as red-tape driven as here, it is far simpler. It can take 24-48 hours to get major things done.
• Money is not a taboo topic to talk about and it's not considered crass to discuss it; apart from discussion of the 1990-1992 economic crisis which still remains raw for some people.
• Vegetarian food is more popular than meat, so don't expect to be invited for steak on barbecue here (unless you're from the small Argentine expat community, but that's the exception rather than the rule)
• There are few topics that are taboo, although meat, animal rights, slavery and temperance are taboo topics.
• There is a very small Muslim community here, and they tend not to follow the religion strictly, and they do drink; for them, they cherry-pick what to follow and what not. Do not expect to see the abaya worn by Muslim women.
• Christmas is a highly important time in the calendar for the Island, but it is a sunnier one than most.

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Letter by Comrade Jose Molina Arturo to Ms. Governor Jacqueline Anne

Hello, and good day Ms. Governor, I am the chosen representative to personally write this letter by the Worker Cooperative 'Cervezas del Sol' which seeks to open a brewery on the territory, if possible, we also seek to open drinking establishments, we seek to hire an almost fully local workforce, but since we're aware most people probably aren't aware of how workplace democracy looks like or how it is in practice, we'll have to send Saralonian workers to introduce the way we organize our business.
Thank you so much for your attention, and we hope you have a good day.