Board Thread:Fiction Universe Discussion/@comment-4242472-20150730124646

One thing that I came to realise in a previous post is that despite how vital trade is to the development of nations, trading in the first gig could maybe do with some love.

I've spoken with a few users and its agreed among them that rarely does a trade agreement here go beyond a connection between two powers and a boost in friendship. There have been efforts though to expand on the trade scene:
 * The page on lists leading extrators and refiners, with a strong implication that the refiner powers purchase raw andasium from the miner powers.
 * GITO's member lists include the main imports and exports for each power.
 * There is a suggestion that lately the, and  have been pooling their talents into creating new-generation software technology.
 * I tried creating a list of the Draconid Imperium's key organisations, which included public and private companies. A while ago I agreed that of these:
 * Utopis Fleet Concern, could be a popular foreign provider for luxury starships (liners, yachts, high-end personal vessels and the like) in Cyrannus.
 * Domcar Manufacturing (along with companies from powers such as France and the Drodo Empire) would exploit the outlying parts of the as source of cheap labour and materials.
 * Another DI example is that wines from Alvadia IV are becoming the most expensive and hard-to-find drinks in the Xonexi Cluster. To the point where owning or drinking from a bottle of Genuine Alvadian is a sure-fire way to show a character is quite rich.

The exchange of goods (and the quality or nature of said goods) has done impressive things to the reputations of the exporting countries in the real world largely because foreign import/export makes access to another nation's culture much easier (Those who don't come from the United States often have strong perceptions of it because US food, clothing and media coverage is exported everywhere for instance). It could provide more varied interpretations on the various species beyond their general appearences and personalities. 