There goes civilisation...

The state will feed them. Or concerned members of their community. Or themselves. Etc.

You could get a much harder job that pays a lot less, tutoring kids in maths and science; or something.

Superior numeracy skills amongst Easterners owe a lot to the interface between working memory, and the simpler phonotactic structure of your number system. Lucky, if you enjoy maths ;)

Um... where do you think the state gets money? It doesn't grow on trees.