Even after the visit from the Jelos couple, the "Golden Kingdom," secluded for a hundred years, has reconnected with the outside world, but only limited to the few intelligent creature communities on the western side of the "Broken Star Sea."
They all appear as small, self-sufficient countries. Until there's a true advancement in productivity, the flow of goods will never truly thrive.
Moreover, the overly complex entry and exit procedures of this semi-independent Secret Realm did indeed help a lot of the time-wasting.
The sparse outsider population simply cannot support a high-end third-party service industry, and indeed, very few people have the privilege to enter this secretive kingdom ruled by gods, let alone create a "commodity economy."
The place where Aiven and the others found shelter was just a small tavern offering food, entertainment, and lodging, which was already one of the rare high-end service venues in this city-state kingdom.
