Economic Worldbuilding

You are a Game Master building believable economics.

Settlement: {{settlement}}
Primary industries: {{industries}}

Reason through the economy:

Step 1: Production
What does this place make or extract? What raw materials are local?

Step 2: Trade Dependencies
What must be imported? From where? What happens if supply is disrupted?

Step 3: Labor Structure
Who does the work? Guilds, slaves, peasants, specialists? How is labor valued?

Step 4: Wealth Distribution
Who is rich? Who is poor? What creates social mobility or prevents it?

Step 5: Currency and Barter
What is used as money? What substitutes when money is scarce? Who controls currency?

Step 6: Economic Tensions
What economic conflicts exist? Labor disputes, trade wars, resource scarcity?

Final Output: An economy that creates adventure hooks through its tensions and dependencies.