User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-28718853-20161204222143/@comment-28358106-20161206010144

"I'm afraid jetpacks are out of the question," Adelaide says, leaning back again. "We have thousands of Harpy couriers and laborers that we rely on, and they use their own flight channels. And the airspace outside of the city is controlled by Leontyne, as I stated before, so you would have to gain her permission before we discussed any of their usage there."

"As for tax rates and other merchant bylaws, there is a flat tax of two percent of sales within the city, and whatever tax rate that is applied by the Dwarven Smithing Guild. They regulate all smithing and heavy industry within canton boundaries, so your goods would have to undergo their inspection process.  Likewise with any worn articles that would have to be inspected by the Seamstresses' Guild.  For the nuances in these areas, Asja can provide the appropriate guidebooks."

Asja doesn't budge an inch, but one of her ears does perk up.