 RADE IS THE WAY TO CREATE WEALTH, and hence power. All territories - rural and urban - will produce a range of goods, and will generate demand for those they produce themselves and for goods produced elsewhere. The more prosperous and organised an area, the more it will demand, both in quantity, and in type. The commodities listed below are divided into country and town commodities. There are sixty country commodities, and each honour will produce one or more of these. There are twenty town commodities; each town will produce one or more of these.
 OME COMMODITIES ARE RARER THAN OTHERS. As you might expect, there will be many areas producing grain, leather or timber; far fewer will produce gemstones (rough uncut stones straight from the mine), spices or silk. Demand for the basic commodities of life will be almost universal, but the need for silk or cosmetics will only appear when the inhabitants of an area become more wealthy. As demand increases, the price a commodity can command will increase; as production increases, the price will decline.
ECONDARY COMMODITIES are those produced by processing a raw material, or primary commodity: gems are produced from gemstones, linen from flax, leather from hides, and so on. These products will generate a demand for the primary commodity. Note that many of the secondary commodities are produced in towns.
 RODUCTION of any given commodity in an area will be subject to fluctuations - random variations that will occur from year to year. Changes in demand will also affect prices, thus encouraging or discourgaing people from producing that commodity. In addition, medieval industry and agriculture was relatively inefficient, and by investing in research you can increase the productivity level for a commodity, or class of commodity.
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