Coin # your remark about POB economy is very good stuff , actually i posted sowhere about plug in to have vieq on POB bases buy/sell/price/amount list in real time, what exists for NPC Bases. That tool would greatly improve POB RP capabilities.
NPC objects and in some meaning whole universe is just a lore , predeterminated status quo, in some metaobservation lifeless and meaningless, and everything what players make are actually real values. Such relation shopul apply as for ship so for POBs.