Rural Trade on Duria

Much of the land on Duria, particularly in human societies, is divided into manorial estates where peasants work fields for subsistence and trade. These estates are ruled over by a noble, a representative of a noble or, in some, by an elected governor or mayor. Most of these people practice some form of communal agrarianism, where herds of livestock or land is held in common among all of the people of the area (or by their lord) and each person is required to assist in maintaining it. Unless some unique resource exists nearby (such as timberlands or a quarry) manorial estates rarely produce substantially more than they and their lord requires. In more fertile regions, certainly, agrarians are able to generate much more than they need for subsistence, but the difficulty in transporting fresh foodstuffs usually limits the range that they can make a profit on what they produce.