Tales from a Small Republic – Tayna’s Story
After the recession hit the small Republic and many of the mines which had previously employed both men and women below ground were forced to close, there was a coup d’etat by the Generals and a much harsher regime imposed in an attempt to return some stability to the economy. One of the problems the Generals promised to deal with was the number of girls and women who turned to prostitution simply to try to get enough money to feed themselves after losing their jobs. The middle classes were affronted by the sight of these filthy half starved young women showing as much flesh from beneath their rags as the cold night air allowed in often futile attempts to get custom from the few men who could afford them, which might include the very soldiers …