We have the same thing in France. They say it’s important so that you view the exchange as a transaction and not just you trauma dumping or whatever.

I say they are definitely not declaring all that cash to the State.

Afaik french haute couture shit (like Vuitton) really don’t. They’d rather play with all the grey areas of the law of various European countries to buy their leather from some factories in Italy where work safety standards are seen as more of guidelines than rules and they illegally employ immigrants to pay them the shittiest salary possible. Then get that shit to France and pay someone a pittance to make the bag even though it’s very tedious and precise work, so you can say it was made in France with European leather.

I am having so much fun with path of Giants Karlach. Shadow magic sorcerer is also pretty cool