[wyager]

You should look at civcraft. It's basically the same thing, but with a bunch of "realism" mods (realistic natural resource distribution, the ability to protect structures, etc.) and there is (was? I haven't played in a few years) a ton of automated production machinery players have built.

The market in civcraft was really impressive. I remember when Bitcoin was less than a dollar, you could buy 60 diamonds for a Bitcoin from one user.

[the_gipsy]

Civcraft is quite impressive regarding giving players actual needs such as transport and commerce.

I made this map here http://txapu.com where you can see rail connections. The map tiles are collected and submnitted by players, and the live player list comes from an in-game bot.