Astatine Standard

The Astatine Standard is a monetary policy which directly bases the value of currency to the value of astatine.

Astatine is notable for being the rarest element in the world, which approximately only 1 gram being present on Earth at any given time. Due to astatine being a very unstable element, it has a very short half-life and will last just over 8 hours before it decays. It is also a very hard element to create in labs.

The Astatine Standard is off-compass on the economic deflation scale.

Friends

 * [[File:Scientocracy Small.png]] - Please hurry and create more astatine, we've got trillions leaking every second!

Frenemies

 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] - Wouldn't it be based if only one guy in the world had all the money? But only for 8 hours though!

Enemies

 * [[File:GoldStandard.png]] Gold Standard, [[File:Bimetal.png]] Bimetallism & [[File:SilverStandard.png]] Silver Standard - You're all going to ruin the economy by throwing money at everyone!
 * [[File:OxygenStandard.png]] Oxygen Standard - OK, this is absurd!