Thank you for taking the time to read and comment! I am not terribly familiar with the economics of the soccer industry, but I do agree that Splinterlands is a bit different from real world countries and has a large first mover advantage. My guess is that you are correct that income will be strongly correlated with the wealth distribution - players with greater card value can earn more rental income and compete in higher leagues with greater rewards.

You make a good point that an uneven distribution of wealth is bad if it prevents a large portion of the population from participating. My understanding is that this is often the case, and I am very interested now in taking a look at the Netherlands to see what they are doing differently 😄. In any case, I think that is why it is important that newer or less-invested players still have a good game experience - I hope the game developers do a great job with it too!