Iryna's economy is diverse and robust, mainly defined by its healthcare and technology sectors. It is the Corvidan Archipelago's largest economy by most metrics.
Iryna's densely-populated urban environment creates a variety of employment opportunities for its citizens. The vast majority of workers are employed by the city government in areas such as sanitation, postal delivery, maritime shipping, and healthcare. The largest private employer is the SmartStone Company. Irynians in need of temporary or part-time work often find employment through the Adventurer's Guild. Despite a relatively low percentage of unemployment, the city's high cost of living still makes it challenging for many Irynians to support themselves financially.
Like the rest of the Corvidan Archipelago, Iryna uses coin-gold, or CG, as its standard unit of currency. Older, less valuable denominations of copper and silver coins have been phased out of circulation, although they can still be found in numismatic collections. Coin-gold is not actually made of pure gold for two reasons; firstly, gold is too soft to be practical for day-to-day use, and secondly, pure metals are easy to counterfeit using magic. Each coin is also stamped with the Irynian national symbol, the truss, to indicate its island of origin. 60 coins weigh approximately 1 pound; typically, Irynians only carry 10-20 coins on their person. Coins worth 6 CG, 12 CG, and 24 CG are used for larger transactions, but most people in most situations use single-CG coins. To protect their wealth, Irynians of all social classes keep their savings in safe deposit boxes operated by local postal offices. Large sums of money are transferred using high-security couriers.
Most Irynians work during 1 of the 4 quarter-days, with businesses typically open for 2 or 3 consecutive quarter-days. However, all essential services remain operational 24 hours a day. Irynians work for four of the five weekdays, with the final weekend day being a work holiday except for essential workers. This means that an Irynian working a full-time schedule will work 24 out of the 30 days of the month, with 6 days off per month, for a total of 144 hours of work per month. Any hourly employee whose daily work exceeds a 6-hour period is paid overtime; freelancers, who set their own hours, instead receive a fixed per-day or per-job pay rate. 48 CG per day or 8 CG per hour is a typical entry-level rate. For some professions, tipping is encouraged but not expected.
In Oxana, one of the defining privileges of nobility is exemption from and collection of taxes. Wishing to distance themselves from the trappings of the noble class, Iryna abolished taxation in its early years. However, Irynian citizens are subject to many "fees" which are functionally identical to taxes in most cases. The amount of fees that each Irynian is obligated to pay is determined by their place of residence; as such, these fees are often referred to as "residency fees" or "residence fees". Employees of the District Housing Administrations visit residences in person to collect fees. Money collected through fees is allocated to maintenance of the building in which the resident lives, as well as district-wide and city-wide public infrastructure such as the subway system, roads, schools, law enforcement, and more. Those who are too poor to afford residence fees are forced to live without a permanent residence, becoming homeless.