Fanney Margrét Eiríksdóttir
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In the wake of the energy crisis following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the French government established a new LNG importation facility in the mouth of the Seine. Desperation following the fall-out from the resulting energy crisis forced the EU to sanction what then became a free port in France’s otherwise high-tax jurisdiction.
A Plague on Both Your Houses
The free port was leased to Europe's largest company, luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. This has seen the benefit – in relation to recent trends based on the use of biological materials (in fashion and the fetishisation of bodily elements of celebrities to produce luxury products.
The deregulated and low-tax free-port inevitably attracts the wealthy. It also opens the opportunity for advancements in controversial sectors of the rising biotechnology industry, free from regulations constraining scientific testing with biological materials.
The resulting secluded micro-state 'Le Péché' combines disparate activities at the extremes of production and consumption, where the ultra-righteous scientific knowledge workers exist in close proximity to the cancel-worthy super-rich.
Le Péché is a free-port where people with extremely opposed life principles are forced to coexist, ending in dire consequences.
