I thought this was a great idea. Basically, you buy tracts of land from a merchant in the Imperial City, and within this tract of land you can do a large amount of things, like: Cut down trees (ax + tree = wood; clippers + sugarcane = sugar, etc.)Build things from the wood (like your house, furniture, a stable, etc.)Make things from materials (sheep = wool + loom = wool shirt + red dye + blue dye = purple wool shirt, etc.)Plant things, grow them, and plant more (like trees, flowers, etc.)Raise animals and sell them or get their materials (cow = cowhide + tanning rock + smokehouse = leather = leather armor, etc.)Gather plant and animal materials and cook (pumpkin + mortar = pumpkin puree; wheat grain + water +egg = dough; dough + pumpkin puree + fireplace = pumpkin pie etc.)Rent out your land and get money ( renting traveler = 50 gold a day, etc.)Marry someone and have them do things for you (like your wife would cook for you, farm for you, etc.)Hire a butler/servant and have them do things for you (see above)Clip plants and make dyes (clippers + rose = rose hips, rose bud; rose hips + mortar + water = red dye, etc.) And a lot more stuff I couldn't remember or think of. I experimented with this, but I only got as far as the buying land part, and making/editing the land (I can't script to save my life). Just thought I would share this with everybody, because I think if someone were successful in this, then I and others would have something to do while waiting for Skyrim. Just a suggestion, please give advice.