Any facets of the new economy, such as wood, metal, stone, etc. are far out on the long range radar. More like the Five Year Plan than anything else. There is a lot of other stuff that needs to happen before more trade goods are a viable option. The New Estates is one of those things.
I can't remember... why were they taken out? We did have steel for a while, not sure if stone and wood ever worked though but I think steel did.
