Kingdom trades and resources mid thread 15


                                            As of Year 3 Month 4


                                            Pending/ongoing projects:

                                            Ft. Minx shipyard and fortress construction (Long term project: About 50% done, limited shipyard capability)

                                            Road restoration and pavement: Currently working on eastern roads (almost complete), southern roads queued next (Can cancel queue for refund of 4 talents)

                                            Seaside sculpture park: Pending location confirmation (Can refund 3 talents if cancelled)

                                            Temple of Harmony restoration (Started)


                                            This years taxation of the nobles came out to be 35 talents


                                            Talents are a measurement of how much money from the royal treasury it takes to perform a project and the labor it takes


                                            24.5 talent units ready for instruction upon payment/labor agreement


                                            Open trade agreement with Brookwing: TBA, pending more information from Zyzmic


                                            This month you acquired (In units) +2 wine, +4 timber, +1 silver, +2 slate, +1 iron, +2 carrot, and +3 citrus

                                            You traded away: -4 timber and -2 gem units to Brookwing, and anticipate getting +3 silver and +2 salmon units in return soon, as well as giving -4 timber, -2 arctic linen, and -2 marineberry units to the relief effort to the west


                                            Kingdom trade resources (In units): 9 wine, 6 wheat, 5 apple, 4 citrus, 2 carrot, 1 Marineberry, 9 sugar cane, 3 gem, 8 timber, 0 Arctic linen, 4 Chitinite(Ore), 4 Changeling Dye, 3 silver, 2 granite, 1 titanium, 1 iron, and 3 slate


                                            Wine: Trade value high, usability low

                                            Takes one year to make after fall harvest, a specialty of the southern region


                                            Wheat: Trade value moderate, usability high

                                            Used to make many types of food once ground


                                            Apples: Trade value low, usability high

                                            Fresh and juicy, though a common crop for your climate


                                            Citrus: Trade value moderate, usability high

                                            A crop that grow south of your current borders, high nutritional properties


                                            Carrot: Trade value moderate, usability moderate

                                            A more common cold weather crop, nutritious for herbivores but not in demand for meat eating creatures


                                            Marineberry: Trade value moderate, usability high

                                            Berries that grow in very cold and dry climates, known for it's deep blue color used in dyes and paints


                                            Spices: Trade value very high, usability low

                                            Intensely flavored powers and grinds from plants that grow to the far south


                                            Salmon: Trade value moderate, usability moderate

                                            A fish that swims in rivers and seas of the north, delectable to meat-eaters and omnivorous ponies alike


                                            Timber: Trade value moderate, usability high

                                            Wood, good for everything from homes to ships to pyres and rams


                                            Arctic linen: Trade value moderate, usability high

                                            A fine, soft cotton fabric, great to use for most garments from nightgowns to generals uniforms, loomed by House Regalia for generations


                                            Iron: Trade value moderate, usability moderate

                                            Basic metal in pure form right from the mines, needed extra refinement to create steel


                                            Titanium: Trade value very high, usability moderate

                                            Newly discover metal with superior qualities in the right hooves


                                            Copper: Trade value low, usability moderate

                                            Can be used to create bronze, very conductive of certain energies on its own


                                            Misc metals: other types too low to be counted in units until discovery of major source is found


                                            Chitinite: Trade value high, usability moderate

                                            A metal that forms under ancient changeling hives, very hard to work with but has magic properties


                                            Silver: trade value high, usability very low

                                            A precious metal, mainly used in currency and jewelry (Can convert to 1 talent per unit)


                                            Gold: Trade value very high, usability low

                                            A precious metal, mainly used in currency, jewelry, and some obscure magic (can convert to 2 talents per unit)


                                            Granite: Trade value moderate, usability moderate

                                            Natural stone, beautiful when polished, harder than marble


                                            Marble: Trade value very high, usability moderate

                                            A beautiful form of pressed limestone, used in art and ornate architecture, with varied types


                                            Slate: Trade value very low, usability high

                                            A dark grey stone good for construction and stonecraft


                                            Gems: Trade value moderate, usability moderate

                                            Beautiful tiny geological formations, used in jewelry and magical items


                                            Elkflax: Trade value moderate, usability moderate

                                            A new material from the north that can make strong but flexible fabric, string, and rope


                                            Arctic cotton: Trade value low, usability moderate

                                            A soft cotton that grows in a tough plant in tundras, used to make arctic linen, hard to process without tools and training


                                            Changeling dye: Trade value high, usability high

                                            A dye made from ground changeling corpses, dark and surprisingly non-reflective


                                            Fruit dye: Trade value high, usability high

                                            Various dyes of bright natural colors, smells vaguely of the fruit it looks like


                                            Blood dye: Trade value moderate, usability moderate

                                            A dye made from concentrated blood and iron, gives a rich, ruby red color to nearly anything


                                            Marine dye: Trade value high, usability high

                                            A dye made from marrineberries, a specialty craft of the House Regalia, hard to create and takes time