Every adult (The definition of adulthood varies from commune to commune. The threshold generally lies somewhere between the age of fifteen and eighteen.) member of Free Outer Eugenian society participates in several of the many activities absolutely necessary to run the essential industrial and agricultural production and infrastructure of the Federated Anarchist Communes. This generally amounts to an average fifteen-hour workweek. The people of Free Outer Eugenia spend the rest of their time studying various fields of personal interest, engaging in many sorts of creative labor and generally enjoying all that a free, comfortable and stimulating life has to offer. Because of this the Outer Eugenian GDP is not a very good indicator of either the quality of life or the productiveness of the people of the Federated Anarchist Communes.
As the Federation economy functions on a mutual aid basis, the production plans of the workers' associations are informed by the needs of other productive associations and the communes. Though the educated opinions of various experts and thinktanks are of course taken into consideration by the productive associations and communes, these learned savants act only in an advisory capacity. The economy of the Federation is certainly not centralized, but it is both planned and non-competitive.
