Overview
Fictional economies fail when they are invisible: characters have money when they need it, goods appear when the plot requires them, and the economic logic of the world is never examined. Or they fail when they are simplistic: the rich are evil, the poor are virtuous, and the economic system is just a backdrop for moral allegory.
An economy that works is one where the distribution of resources produces specific power relationships, where trade creates interdependencies and vulnerabilities, and where economic inequality is structural rather than moral — the result of systems, not individual greed.
The Economy & Trade System Prompt generates a complete economic system with resource distribution, trade networks, currency, economic classes, and the structural inequalities that produce the world's political and social conflicts.
What you get: - The world's primary resources and who controls them - Trade networks and their vulnerabilities - Currency and its manipulation - Economic classes and their relationships - Structural inequality and its justification - How the economy generates the story's conflicts
Built for: Fantasy and sci-fi worldbuilders, game designers, and any writer who needs an economy that produces conflict rather than serving as backdrop.