The collateral is "it will kill you dead". I call this the Blood Standard. How many people can your organization / nation murder in 90 minutes? By comparing th

The collateral is "it will kill you dead". I call this the Blood Standard. How many people can your organization / nation murder in 90 minutes? By comparing the numbers, we get a rough idea of the baseline value for each nation's currency. It's one of the things that make nuclear weapons such a good deal; when you can kill a number of people equal to all of your neighbors, you become invasion-proof.