I'm gonna be 17 soon. So, hypothetically, if this were established before my birthday, how much would I get when I turn 17? I can't figure out exactly how much I would be getting, based on your two examples. Am I tacking two zeroes onto the end of my age, like you did to determine that a 1-year-old would get $100 (in which case I would get $1,700) or would I multiply it by a thousand, like you did to give a 100-year-old $100,000 (so that I would be getting $17,000)? Or is the amount that I am multiplying my age by, to figure out how much money I'm getting, changing every year? Sorry, two data points make it kind of hard to be sure of the pattern.
Either way, cool! I get a bunch of money (I don't quite have a job yet, so this would be kinda exciting). I can get all sorts of stuff! A new laptop (I've been meaning to get one for a while), maybe a car? Plus whatever I want throughout the year. I'd save plenty for when I'm older, of course. Maybe for a house, in a few years?
Wait, this money is given annually? I mean, I can't complain too much, especially if it's the $17,000 that I'm getting. That's definitely more money than I've ever had at once. But what about adults living on their own? Even if a 25-year-old is making $25,000 per year and not the $2,500 that could also be assumed from your examples, that doesn't seem like nearly enough to pay for all of a person's bills. If they were to budget out their $25,000 for the year, they would have around $2000 a month. Depending on where you live (and assuming I'm working with USD), this may or may not even be enough to rent an appartment, much less buy food for the year or take college classes.
Also, if everybody is getting this money every year, I can't help but think that there would be at least a little bit of inflation. How would that work?
Sorry if I don't completely understand what you're getting at, or about the world or prices of things. I haven't exactly had any experience with having to buy food or rent an apartment or anything like that, since I'm not quite 17 yet.