Quote Originally Posted by ezoons
Doesn't income from the exact same resourse differ from faction to faction?
Not as much as you'd think. The great resources are still the great resources for every faction... gold, ivory, chocolate, tobacco...No matter what faction you play, those are what you really want. Wine? Meh. It just doesn't make that much for anybody. (And why do official merchant representatives of Muslim factions get to trade in it anyway?)

There is still an inherent value level for each resource.