But yea a global auction house sounds cool, or like a neutral/central village where anyone can enter shinobi or rogue. Essentially a trades town of sorts... Like the Sabaody Archipelago island in one piece.
A global auction-house in this type of game could be...good an bad. With a global market, the villages might not be as self/alliance-reliant as they *should* be. A neutral village where anyone can go would be more interesting, but it'd have to be strong enough on its own--talking competent NPCs--to keep the peace within its territory...certainly wouldn't want two villages going head to head INSIDE of your own.
Sort of like if the Hidden Waterfall decided to become a global trade-hub; neutral enough to allow for free-trade, but powerful enough to protect said free-trade.
Plus, this kind of setup would allow for some...interesting scenarios. For example: A group of nin go to sell a certain item within said neutral-village's borders, but are sold-out by an insider and subsequently ambushed by a raiding party *just* before they can make it within the neutral--"Base!"--boundaries.
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