Implementation Roadmap

Phase 1 — Economic Core

1. Map + frontier auctions
2. Tile ownership model + Harberger self-assessment
3. Tax basket + resource-based payment
4. Resource discovery with rarity assignment
5. Distribution of auction revenue to owners

Phase 2 — Social & Strategic Depth

1. Local tax mix influence from neighbors
2. Neutral/protected zones for newcomers
3. Manual market UI and order books
4. Basic resource routing tools

Phase 3 — Deterministic Military

1. one army per tile
2. movement + cooldowns
3. deterministic combat scoring
4. simple subversion/scrape behavior (partial effects first)

Phase 4 — Hardening and Balance

1. anti-grief controls
2. anti-monopoly throttles
3. governance parameters
4. analytics and economic dashboards

Open questions

• exact combat action model (conquer, hold, raid)
• token standards and tax settlement currency mix
• final tax rate function and anti-correlation controls
• launch incentives and onboarding caps