Redistributive granary state
About this model
Pharaonic Egypt, the Joseph story, c. 2600–1100 BCE. Fields yield grain that varies with the Nile flood; the state taxes a share into royal granaries and hands grain back out in lean years so the workforce survives. A teaching model: it keeps only this core loop and leaves out everything else a real economy has.
"Redistributive granary state" is a public Machinations diagram shared in the Community by Machinations, with 49 components.
It was created in October 2026 and last edited in November 2026.
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