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[Quietust]

Export bans aren't part of the economy - they'll happen even if you never let the economy activate.

[Kanddak]

Why are people posting as if export bans had anything to do with the economy? That's just an annoying feature of nobles. Mayors do it before the economy's activated, kings/queens obtained by striking adamantine before the economy's activated do it, and all the post-economy nobles do it just the same if you turn the economy off.

[Quietust]

kings/queens obtained by striking adamantine before the economy's activated do it

Er, no they don't - every king/queen I've ever gotten has had no Preferences due to being created during worldgen (see bug #000220), and they never make production/export mandates, only Demands for special furniture in their rooms.

[shadowsofwhite]

I keep nobles out of my hair by capping my population, and I also dodge the economy the same way. I hate the economy, and nobles, as well. They are detrimental to megaconstructions.

[petersohn]

I never had problems with export bans. It was usually on millstones, battle axes and other stuff I didn't want to export anyway. Sometimes mugs, but I had enough other crafts to cope with that.

[tylerb1230]

How do you turn off the economy?

[Skorpion]

I find the economy to be no challenge. I keep the peasants busy pretty much constantly anyway, with hauling stuff created by the producers, and pointless masonry projects.

Right now, I'm engaging in a widespread re-clothing operation for the legendaries, and training up a weaponsmith and armoursmith making copper weapons and armour for the masses in case I have a serious problem once I open the clown car.

Yes, copper sucks for weapons, but it's better than nothing and I have literally got shitloads of the stuff. 350 bars as a buffer, production of axes and shields on repeat, and two smelters turning out copper bars on repeat.
And I still have peasants hauling ore out from the depths of the mines.

[darkflagrance]

How do you turn off the economy?

...That's the beauty of it -- once it's started, YOU CAN NEVER TURN IT OFF!!!