<span>Their progress and wealth is highly dependent on the harvests, and
the price of grain. They probably have to import some industrial
products and if they had a bad year (weather, other catastrophies, poor
technology) they can't get the necessary amount of industrial products
in exchange for their surplus e. g. in grain. </span>
The pressure exerted by the air is said to be the atmospheric pressure and it acts as force over the surface of the earth. As pulls exerted by the gravity of the earth.
Commonly measured by the barometer, a device used to measure that atmosphere when values are measured or taken from the average mean sea levels.
Thus its defined be as force per unit area as air has weight. The development of high and low pressure is measured at the sea level which is 1013 pascal.