City demands its own goods ( :confused: )

[rah]

Bribing foreign caravans is usually not profitable. They're too expensive in terms of what you'll get as a trade bonus, and that the routes they set will be minimal.

[samson]

Not my catch, SG. Cyrion knew about it.

Not sure yet if it's really valuable though. Even for a super-trade city, the self-trade routes will pay less than one to even the most minimal of foreign cities, until it has an airport.

One thing that's interesting about this is that while it establishes two routes, the NONE caravan ties up only one supply commodity. This leaves two commodities available (in a virgin city) for delivery. The trick then is to find a foreign city (preferably off-continent) which demands both of these commodities. When delivered to that city, the first establishes a trade route and the second replaces that route and will (usually) free up the first commodity for resupply. This allows a continuous supply of commodities in your source city, the key to a successful trading strategy.