Resources

Several Resources are available to Nations and Old Ones, but they use them in different ways.

Nations

 * Lumber and Gold help build and run a Nation, allowing for the building of new Buildings, creation of military units, keeping of the peace and so on.
 * Food is consumed by the people to sustain themselves. Generally cities consume more than they make, and depend on outlying villages to supply them with Food. Food shortages cause popular unrest and lower a POI's Order; thus infiltrating and exerting control over a city can be made easier by attacking the surrounding farmland.
 * Lore is generated primarily by cities. Generated Lore can be used to research new spells, and can help Sages research the Old One and raise awareness.
 * Trade is a resource representing the exchange of goods and services with other POIs. It can be exchanged for small quantities of any other resource, or it can be used to improve relationships with another Nation as mutually beneficial trading brings them closer together.

Old Ones
Old Ones have their own pools of each of the above resources, but do not build Nations in quite the same way. Instead they may
 * Offer resources as gifts and payments to friendly Nations or similar.
 * Spend resources on constructing Buildings at a POI.

Strategic Resources
King Dinosaur Games has also mentioned the existence of Strategic Resources, but have not divulged what role these might play in the game.