>Probably one of my surprises was finding a listing of the nations and what
>they produced, what they wanted, and specialty goods they sought. Yay! We
>can have shipping routes that make sense. Okay, perhaps you aren't excited
>by this, but I am, mostly because I know my usual group of players, and I
>know that this would come up in the first few sessions.

Wow. A system where I could use the standard setting without being highly annoyed by this. Amazing!