Ah, but if i nuke your country, then you wont get it.

Elite Bastards: The economy in Morrowind is widely considered to be somewhat broken. What steps have the designers taken for Oblivion to avoid repeating this game flaw?

Gavin Carter: Economy has been a much bigger focus for us in Oblivion than it ever was in Morrowind. Our designers have produced reams upon reams of spreadsheets, charts, graphs, and statistics examining player advancement and linking it up to the world economy. One major step we’ve taken is providing the player with higher level economic goals – things like houses and horses and high level weapons and armor in shops. These are meant to be goals to save your money towards over the course of the game.

Also, we’ve introduced the concept of investing as a skill perk. Once you achieve a high enough mercantile skill, you can invest in a store and permanently raise the maximum amount of money the merchant has to purchase items from you. Over time you can use his increased wealth to your selling advantage because he’ll have more money to buy your loot

Elite Bastards: Will NPCs move between interior and exterior areas or are they limited to the area in which they're placed by the designers?

Gavin Carter: Both NPCs and creatures can pursue you wherever you go.

Elite Bastards: Given how long you've been creating games in this setting, do you have a reference library for writers and other creative staff to refer to so that they can accurately create new in-game books for example? If so, have you ever considered making this library available online as an Elder Scrolls encyclopaedia?

Gavin Carter: We have just about everything ever written pertaining to the lore of the Elder Scrolls world on our servers. Most of it has made it into our games in one form or another. A small amount remains internal as it could come into play in future games. Any lore aficionados who want to read up on more of the backstory on the Elder Scrolls world should head over to the Imperial Library, a fansite that has collected every piece of Elder Scrolls lore out there.

Also, those interested in lore should keep their eyes out for the announcement of the Oblivion Collector’s Edition contents.

Elite Bastards: Has there been any considerations yet for a Deluxe/Collector's edition release of Oblivion for the PC?

Gavin Carter: Yes, we are definitely doing a Collector’s edition for both versions of the game. Look for full details on our website soon.

Special Collector's Edition includes: Pocket Guide to the Empire, Making of Oblivion Documentary and Septim Gold Coin.