[quote=@AdorableSaucer]

Regarding the Wastes: There are villages and traders out there who can help you transport your goods for you and help you turn a profit, like with the Silk Road. These will have to be discovered using actions.

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This doesn't make any sense either. The more hands something passes through, the more expensive it gets as people take their cut of the pie. These villages aren't just going to send money back because you're at the start of the road, you yourself would have to control them so that you could personally tax goods and supplies and stuff. Persia or the nomadic tribes never sent tax money back to China or Rome despite the road leading through their lands.

[quote=@AdorableSaucer]

Gotta admit, you guys are asking lots of questions about stuff I had never thought of. Starting to think I may have overestimated my capabilities.
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NRPers are a special breed. Nations actually tend to be extremely complicated things with lots of moving parts and small details. Who would have thought.