228-278 CE (Superpowers)

229-239
In his first act as emperor, Marcus I passed an act that allowed for the interest being gained, from the money that his predecessor had saved, to be used in a new civil service project of his design. An overseer was employed to work slaves to clean the streets of the Empire's mighty capital. Though the initial work, of cleaning all the already dirty streets, was a great challenge, by the next year, business had gone down to a normal and steady level. As the quantity of money in the maco account steadily increased, it was steadily invested in the maco of other cities, spreading the money out more. The interest from these accounts would then be used in the financing of other garbage collection committees.

In 232 CE there was a second one founded, this time in the city of Londinium. Though a seemingly constantly measure, the programs were found to have positive externalities that were never considered beforehand.