The Dock

The Dock was a large spelljamming port located in the middle of the largest glacier of the Wu Pi Te Shao Mountains on Toril. Controlled by the arcane and operated by many spacefaring races, The Dock's more than 300 dry docks continuously attracted business and visitors willing to trade, despite its relatively high taxes.

Geography
The Dock was constructed on a location chosen by the arcane due to its remoteness and near impossibility to be reached by land. It was considered a free trade zone chartered by the Shou Lung emperor.

Trade
The Dock charged high taxes from the moment of landing up to takeoff. Landing and dry dock rental fees included:


 * Docking maintenance fee: 1 cp per ship tonnage
 * Docking insurance (optional): 1 sp per 10 ship tons (sometimes called use of planet's air fee)
 * Rental fee: 1 sp per day spent at the docks

Trade taxes practiced at The Dock ran as following:


 * Import tax: 2% to 5% of the value of any item unloaded from the ship
 * Sales tax: 10%
 * Export tax: 5% of the value of every item leaving the premises

These taxes and fees were strictly enforced by guards and tax agents who were continuously kept updated on the trade values of even the most unusual items. Failure to pay the taxes could incur several forms of punishment, ranging from damage to one's ship to confiscation of all trade goods and even loss of ship and permanent confinement to the premises.

Despite these high taxes, The Dock attracted many traders. In order to encourage business, the arcane sold a large variety of ships at discounted prices.