Time is the key to Neuland: Doing less means having more turns, but can also mean coming too late.

In the beginning only hunters and lumberjacks inhabited the woods of Neuland, but the desire for prosperity and progress inspired the work. Soon mines began to spread in the mountains to dig ore for precious iron or silver. Then farming and weaving found their way to Neuland. Finally the finest cloth and sharpest swords were delivered to the senate and the best paper and clanging coins to the cathedral...

Neuland offers simple rules, but demands complex solutions and has no luck. Everything is controlled by producing goods, so new buildings can be built where new goods or the desired progresses are produced.