History Main / ProudMerchantRace

* The followers of John Galt in ''AtlasShrugged''

* This is one of the archetypes alien races can take on in ''{{Spore}}''. They're actually some of the easiest folks to get along with, especially if you're in the market for some powerups.

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* The Melnorme of ''StarControl 2''.

** YourMileageMayVary on that one. Some might think it disappeared when oil made making money to easy. The old Kuwait was rich but had to ''earn'' it's riches by doing quite dangerous things like shipping, caravaning, and pearl diving.

* The Arcane from ''{{Spelljammer}}'', later turned into Mercane in ''{{Planescape}}''.

* The Jews are often stereotyped as this, along with banking. Makes sense, since they weren't allowed to own land for the longest time.

* The Mercane from ''{{Planescape}}''.

** In RealLife for much of history the trade lanes were lawless places. In fact it was common for merchants to change to (non-metaphorical) {{Pirates}} on seeing an opportune target. Even merchants that did not go in for that sort of thing had to be constantly on their guard. The Vikings were better known, because they were unusually skilled as warrior-merchants and because they were unusually skilled as [[TheStoryteller braggarts]]. However there were a number of traveling peoples by sea and by land that had similarities.

* ''TheIcelandicSagas'': Vikings are both a Proud Warrior Race and a Proud Merchant Race.

A ProudWarriorRace is a culture whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is war. Conversely, a ProudMerchantRace is one whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is being [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]]. Has overlap with SpaceJews, but is often in a positive manner with implications of having a tradition of enterprise and exploration. However, on the flip side, aspects of the CorruptCorporateExecutive who will do ''anything'' for [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney a quick buck]] may be in place (since it's deemed less [[UnfortunateImplications politically incorrect]] to depict aliens or fantastic creatures in this fashion than real humans).

A ProudWarriorRace is a culture whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is war. Conversely, a ProudMerchantRace is one whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is being [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]]. Has overlap with SpaceJews, but is usually in a positive manner with implications of having a tradition of enterprise and exploration. However, on the flip side, aspects of the CorruptCorporateExecutive who will do ''anything'' for [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney a quick buck]] may be in place (since it's deemed less [[UnfortunateImplications politically incorrect]] to depict aliens or fantastic creatures in this fashion than real humans).

A ProudWarriorRace is a culture whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is war. Conversely, a ProudMerchantRace is one whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is being [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]]. Has overlap with SpaceJews of the literal kind, but is usually in a positive manner with implications of having a tradition of enterprise and exploration. However, on the flip side, aspects of the CorruptCorporateExecutive who will do ''anything'' for [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney a quick buck]] may be in place (since it's deemed less [[UnfortunateImplications politically incorrect]] to depict aliens or fantastic creatures in this fashion than real humans).

A ProudWarriorRace is a culture whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is war. Conversely, a ProudMerchantRace is one whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is being [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]]. Has overlap with SpaceJews of the literal kind, but is usually in a positive manner with implications of having a tradition of enterprise and exploration. However, on the flip side, aspects of the CorruptCorporateExecutive who will do ''anything'' for [[ScrewTheRulesIveGotMoney a quick buck]] may be in place (since it's deemed less [[UnfortunateImplications politically incorrect]] to depict aliens or fantastic creatures in this fashion than real humans).

A ProudWarriorRace is a culture whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is war. Conversely, a ProudMerchantRace is one whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is being [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]]. Has overlap with SpaceJews, but is usually in a positive manner with implications of having a tradition of enterprise and exploration. Also overlaps with MerchantCity and sometimes with SpaceCossacks. One difference is that a MerchantCity can be just a place where [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]] from elsewhere visit whereas a ProudMerchantRace has to conduct trading on its own. As trading long distances is dangerous and outlaws ever present, sometimes a ProudMerchantRace is also a ProudWarriorRace.

* WorldOfWarcraft: Goblins to an extend. The Tuskarr come off as this aswell, though their deity wants them to take up the fight alongside the horde and alliance.

A ProudWarriorRace is a culture whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is war. Conversely, a ProudMerchantRace is one whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is being [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]]. Has overlap with SpaceJews, but is usually in a positive manner with implications of having a tradition of enterprise and exploration. Also overlaps with MerchantCity and sometimes with SpaceCossacks. One difference is that a MerchantCity can be just a place where [[IntrepidMerchant Intrepid Merchants]] from elsewhere visit whereas a ProudMerchantRace has to conduct trading on its own. As trading long distances is dangerous and {{outlaws}} ever present, sometimes a ProudMerchantRace is also a ProudWarriorRace.

* The ancient Phoenicians.