Board Thread:Fiction Universe Discussion/@comment-25309944-20150418222705/@comment-25309944-20150418231335


 * 1. Erm.
 * 2. Currency, typically. Though many empires like France don't use money within their own economies, there are mediums of exchange which it does use internationally, like the Mimidian Credit, the Drodoian Colonial Dollar, and the gilo until it collapsed.
 * 3. More often than not, large empires will have burned through their local supply of andesite, which means that they will more likely have turned to refining. This will create a demand for andesite which its colonies and newer nations will rush to fill. Not only that, but as a nation gets bigger, its demand for andesite/ansite will increase dramatically, creating even more demand.
 * 4. Or they could set up a symbiotic relationship with that other user? One of them mines the stuff, the other refines it, creating a stable production chain. Alternatively, they could establish colonies elsewhere if the stuff begins to run low.
 * 5. I've talked this over extensively with Ghelae and Wormy, and they're helping me make it as scientifically feasible as possible. The element belongs to a group called the "Island of Stability," which is a theoretical group of elements which hasn't been discovered yet.
 * 6. That's free market imperialism for you. Found colonies elsewhere!
 * 7. I personally have a bit more faith in the maturity of the users on the wiki, but in order to avoid this problem, I'll be speaking to every user involved personally about their numbers.
 * 8. I'm not sure people will care as much as you think. Andasium is just a segment of the large gigaquadrantic economy which a lot of people might acknowledge but not actively partake in.