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[Lyrax]

If DF economics were applied to a medieval European country, sand would be a hotter export/import commodity than food.  But it would still be dirt cheap.

They would not have wanted to come to the New World for gold, or anything less than aluminum, really.  Or maybe flux.

No one would ever starve in that country, unless they got trapped in a place that had no access to the food.

The Moors in Spain could have been bought off with a few stacks of cooked meals.

What else?

[Duke 2.0]

Bowmen determine wars, but because of the need to deforest the landscape for arrows to use, there are not too many of 'em. Champions are still used.

The Spanish Inquisition would just be a large jail full of hammerers.

Nobody would head to Africa. To damn many elephants.

Egypt is abandoned: Too many hippos.

Great pyramids are made of glass.

[Kagus]

Castles would be scrapped in favor of a simple wooden wall surrounding the entire city, since nothing can get through walls anyway.

Oh, wait, this is for economics.  Right.

Kings would've proudly displayed their treasure trove of anvils and gem-encrusted arrows.

"I'll pay you later" would be taken as legal tender.

Cities would quickly become flooded with the discarded and unusable clothing of Asiatic raiders.  Merchants would then sell them to other cities.

Wheat would be sold over great distances, since flour was too expensive.

Peasants would pull sticks all day, because they would otherwise be unable to pay off their homes.

Merchants would make mass amounts of profit from new lords, by selling them large amounts of nothing.

[Rictus]

Coins would fall out of usage, to be replaced by mugs, crafts and toys due to their consistency and sheer quantity.

Quantum storage dumps would eliminate the needs for expansive warehouses, sewers, garbage sites, etc

[Jack A T]

A single high-priced metal coin would not be worth a single buck.

Not economic, but great:

*The number of kings killed by falling bridges would be increased.

[ May 13, 2008: Message edited by: Jack A T ]

[ShunterAlhena]

All garbage disposal problems, up to the modern ages, would be eliminated by the invention of the atom compressor (constructed from three planks of inexpensive wood and two rock cogwheels).

[Dasleah]

I would tear down my rock-salt Fortress and become a Medieval Squillionaire.

That that, Eastern Europe.

Also - I, for one, would welcome the Holy Crusade against those Infidel Carp.

[NikkTheTrick]

quote:Originally posted by Dasleah:
<STRONG>Also - I, for one, would welcome the Holy Crusade against those Infidel Carp.</STRONG>

Who will drag every single crusader into the river and drown them...

[Forumsdwarf]

Even people of modest means would dress like Liberace.  The REALLY wealthy could afford their own crossbow bolts.

Cats would be treated like pigs.

Wood would be more scarce than food.

Great wars would be fought over volcanoes and other sources of precious magma.  The Monarchy of Hawaii, having both sand and magma, would become a major economic power.

A Chinese philosopher discovers a way to domesticate the Giant Cave Spider, ushering in the era of trade on the Giant Cave Spider Silk Road.

Hydrologic engineers would achieve fame and celebrity while talented musicians would practice their art in obscurity.

Babbage would've claimed the Catacombs of Paris and built the Analytical Engine out of pressure plates and floodgates, succombing in the end to insanity for want of uncut gems to carve into numeric readouts.  There was plenty of green glass around, but Babbage thought green such an ugly color for a numeric display ...

[McDoomhammer]

Can carp really be described as infidels?  As far as lack of religious faith goes, they're right up there with... um... every other nonsentient animal.

[NikkTheTrick]

quote:Originally posted by McDoomhammer:
<STRONG>Can carp really be described as infidels?  As far as lack of religious faith goes, they're right up there with... um... every other nonsentient animal.</STRONG>

Carp are sentient. They will kill all humans, dwarves and elves and rule the world (by voluntarially becoming undead and attacking everyone as skeletal amphibians).

[Keilden]

quote:Originally posted by NikkTheTrick:
<STRONG>
Carp are sentient. They will kill all humans, dwarves and elves and rule the world (by voluntarially becoming undead and attacking everyone as skeletal amphibians).</STRONG>

When the rivers are full the dead will walk the land.

[Deon]

"When there's no place in water, the dead will walk the earth".

And a bunch of survivors-dwarves, stuck in the legendary dining room wih a waterfall.

[Kidiri]

quote:Originally posted by Duke 2.0:
<STRONG>The Spanish Inquisition would just be a large jail full of hammerers.</STRONG>

Nobody expects the Spanish Hammerers!

[McDoomhammer]

Our chief weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Duke, and nice purple unifor... Oh, who are we kidding, our chief weapons are great big hammers.

[ May 14, 2008: Message edited by: McDoomhammer ]