I believe I have been saying that from the begining, the AG is the long term success of the company,
simple math, you can replant and area harvested of food, you can't replant gold to grow once you have harvested that area.
but, in order to make deals for land the locals only know this, Gold and Diamonds are a currancy to buy food to feed their people, until they have farms similar to what N.A. has producing enough grain and veg to feed thier country, they need to exploit thier resources.
SL 2012 = N.A. 1869 yes just after the US civil war.
JMO
glta go SGCP