That’s grafting present-day thinking onto the future though. With replicators any world could create almost everything it needs. There are a few exceptions like dilithium and Romulan ale, but most planetary economies should be self-contained. Non-exportable things would mostly be genuine experiences, like surfing down a 3-mile waterfall on some world.
That’s grafting present-day thinking onto the future though. With replicators any world could create almost everything it needs. There are a few exceptions like dilithium and Romulan ale, but most planetary economies should be self-contained. Non-exportable things would mostly be genuine experiences, like surfing down a 3-mile waterfall on some world.
Presumably the prime directive prevents just handing out replicstors willy nilly?
The Prime Directive doesn’t apply to Federation planets, stations, colonies etc.