from the outside? I mean from other territories.
- It used to be very often. But in the last hundred years, most of the neighbors realized that it was useless. All businesses outside of Atlantis are protected around the perimeter with the latest automatic weapons to a height of up to one hundred meters. Even a bird or a snake cannot crawl through such protection. In the event of an attack, the territory is covered with a powerful force dome, which is not so easy to break through with a volley of a heavy spacecraft, and all the more impossible to damage with the imperfect weapons of the local population. In addition, at least three armored airships are hanging over each such enterprise in guard mode. Each person’s ammunition can destroy an army of between 100,000 and 150,000 opponents. If this is not enough, a salvo from one or the other Phaeton will calm any attackers. Although we try not to resort to such radical measures, but to resolve issues peacefully.

“If Atlantis is so developed, why didn't they build a single spaceship?” Why not get in touch with other civilizations?
- Chelnokov we have enough for Atlantis (more than a thousand pieces). We can build say a few dozen ships, even let a hundred. But can this fleet be able to protect the aggressor from the many thousands fleet? A decent space defense (and not ground) can only be built with at least a few thousand warships armed. It is within the power of the entire planet, but not one country. For this reason they did not build a space fleet, and for the same reason they did not establish contacts with other civilizations. You know very well what a tasty morsel civilizations represent without powerful protection. And not every civilization knows about us. More precisely about Atlantis is generally unknown to other civilizations.

When we entered the central building and the dragon saw the wind turbines, he even clicked his tongues.
- I did not expect such universality. It turns out that you not only collect atmospheric electricity, but also generate energy from the wind. Considering that the sea is near, the wind will always be. Which of the two of you invented it all? Who is a talented city planner?
- Drago, you will not believe it, but it was not we who designed it, but Phaetons. They were given the task of designing a city with an optimal location and the number of necessary associated buildings. And also with minimal changes and costs in the event of an upgrade. So they tried.

We visited most types of buildings: “churches” - energy sources and powerful communications, design offices (where every scientist had not only powerful computers, but entire laboratories with numerous robots for research). We visited educational institutions where Leah and Alex were greeted with respect, and viewed with genuine interest a fighter of an unusual appearance with a huge hammer under his belt (education in Atlantis was in the discharge category). Visited the bank. Drago was very surprised when he learned that we do not have our own currency. And indeed there is no trade inside Atlantis.

All that is available to all. And everyone can take for himself, whatever he wants. It seems to be really anarchy.But no one took anything extra, just what is needed. A bank was needed to trade with other countries. At the same time, there were hundreds of thousands of tons of gold in the vaults of the bank. As the currency did not use it. Gold went directly to the needs of industry from mining mines and quarries. Jewelers for making jewelry gold and precious stones also came directly from mining companies. And what remained remained in the vaults of the bank. Several times, robots analyzing the need for one production or another, entered gold mines in the closing column. But Leah and I did not allow us to suspend gold mining.

- I am very curious about how you select the range for the merchant caravan. And how often does it happen that merchants return after failing to sell their goods?
“We send merchants to places where we need something.” But before that, Phaetons scan this territory, study for which goods there is an increased demand. Then comes a team of developers to design the most scarce goods in this area. The necessary quantity of goods of excellent quality is made for a merchant caravan (and not more!), Goods are loaded into airships or on sea vessels and merchants are sent to these countries. Given that they arrive there with scarce goods, and even great quality, then absolutely all goods are sold and very quickly. And with the money we buy, we need the goods we need (this is mainly a variety of raw materials that are not on the island).

- And if the proceeds are not enough?
- The preliminary calculation is carried out in such a way that the money received for the goods brought in is sufficient to purchase the necessary raw materials. Most often, the proceeds are enough for double or even triple the number of necessary purchases. If our merchants have visited somewhere at least once, then they will receive huge orders for new products. But we limit excess trade. Why do we need what we do not need? Although, in principle, our products are for those countries with which we are selling like a drug. Once tried, they can not refuse. It even happened that they brought their goods to some country and competitors with the same goods were in transit. To remove us from the market, some short-sighted leaders of the competing countries tried to go to war with us (we must put the "upstarts" in place). But for them it’s like to rush into a battle with a sword against a heavy ship, - Thor even laughed.

- And your Phaetons are great. Actively participate in the life of Atlantis.
- Participated. Their participation used to be active. And now Atlantis has risen to its feet and can do without the help of the Phaetons. Therefore, now the Phaetons are only observers, scouts for Leah and me.
Drago was interested in everything. Even the way stormwater is discharged. But this was also thought out by Phaetons during the design and construction of the city. Although there are no showers in the city. The meteorological service constantly monitors this and regulates the required amount of precipitation anywhere in the island. They control where, how much and when precipitation should fall.

- Earthlings, it seems to me, time is running out for us. Sports should start soon. But I did not see any traffic flow in the direction of the amphitheater of the arena. When will everyone get ready?
- I have already said that most passenger traffic is carried out by underground transport. Ninety percent of the spectators and participants are already in place.

We still visited some laboratories, and also went into one of the apartments. The hosts were going to sports. But still, with pleasure and pleasure, they gave us a tour of the apartment. For four people (husband, wife and two children), three living rooms, bathroom and kitchen, all amenities. Several specialized robots (cooking, cleaning the apartment, laundry and the like). Although the kitchen was used more as a dining room, not a kitchen. Robots prepared everything that was ordered.If we take, say, the twenty-first century, nobody could even dream of such an apartment, not that it lived in it. With full confidence it can be said about those cool (raspaltsovannyh) "bags of money" that they, too, never dreamed of that. And if you consider that no one paid for these fabulous premises, it was exactly like a fairy tale. Among other things, each apartment was purely individual. Phaetons also developed design for each apartment taking into account the preferences of future tenants. I remembered with shame the time when Leah first appeared in my time and saw rubbish, scribbled graffiti and spitting on the floor on the landing. Everywhere was perfect cleanliness. Not because this purity was suggested by robots, but because no one was vandalized, no one was littering.

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