It’s not a subtle point in the film, and that’s not my issue. It’s the thousands of acres of forest, and starvation. It’s the ability to just create something out of thin air, and the rampant scarcity… Maybe these things are better explained in the books, or are being saved for plot color in future movies, but I didn’t get much of an explanation in the film. It was hard to believe a society like that could/would exist is all i’m sayin.