Merchant's Guild

[Esoteric]

it's no surprise that all of their citizens are relatively wealthy... an unsaturated market...

For the moment

I would join this guild, too, it looks like it is becoming more and more of a 'National Business Institute' or something- and as all of us would really want to join just in the interest of protecting our business rights and having a say in an 'empire-wide' organization, so will I.

But I am not going to be very active, as I will be busy building a vault for all my ill-gotten gains, and using it to fund the nation's first Lending Trader and Sundry Stonework business. I would call it a bank but we don't know what that means. Anyways- as soon as I figure out how, I am going to start providing loans for new business owners and anyone who needs some fast investment capitol.

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by Octavian X

First, there should be a limit to how high a city may set a tariff. 10-20% seems reasonable enough. Granted, this takes away from the rights of the city, but it's only fair for everyone else in the nation. And, at least I know I'd be less inclined to participate should my potential profits be taken away by excessive tariffs that are everywhere else in the nation, should Aeson's predicted scenarios play out.

I don't see that as necessary, if a city charges too high of a tariff no one will trade there as it would be unprofitable. If a city is so profitable that traders are willing to pay a high tariff to trade there, well kudos to the well management of that city.

Originally posted by Octavian X
Second, there should be some sort of restriction on tiles that are in two city radii. When this phenonom occurs, one person stands to profit greatly, especially since that very valuable double-city tile is acquirable by normal means. I'd propose either doubling the purchase price (as well as making them unavailable as first-time picks) to properly account for the doubled influence, or outright simply deciding that one tile belongs to one city, period.

I don't this as necessary either. Since they are more versatile, I believe the Players will bid more and drive the prices of these tiles up in auction on their own.

[Aidun]

The question is: how much government intervention in the market do we want? Ghenghis is a typical liberal as I am accustomed to: no or little intervention.

Aeson is of more of the interventionist side. Opposed to the liberal laissez-faire idea.

Personally I think that we should leave the market alone and see how things develop. If things go out of hand, we can always intervene. You have to watch out with intervention: when you regulate it too much you take away the creativity. Also the market is very well able to regulate itself through the competition between the cities. Perhaps competition is now still small because there is only a road between Feudality and X, soon there will be competition between X and Green city as well.

Aidun

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by Aidun
The question is: how much government intervention in the market do we want? Ghenghis is a typical liberal as I am accustomed to: no or little intervention.

In the US its the exact opposite. Conservatives are opposed to government intervention and want it to stay out of everything whereas Liberals are trying to make more and more government and social programs and champion government intervention.

[General Locus]

Raise Taxes!!! SPEND! SPEND! SPEND!!!!!

....well at least that makes more sense then what the conservatives do:

Lower Taxes!!! SPEND! SPEND! SPEND!!!

[=OttomusCeasar=]

I would like to sign up for this guild.

[Esoteric]

Now that there are a few members of this Guild of Merchants (whatever those may be) what are our next steps? Is there some form of incorporation or corporealization that we need to perform to get some more spam er...dialogue going? Is their some function to this Guild? Do we do anything?

Shouldn't we at least be holding meetings and banquets and stuff like that where we can get liquored up and go golfing?
...or even hunting- I have a nice stretch of prime hunting grounds around my estate, and the dang wild beasties are so friendly you can walk right up and snap their little necks.