User blog comment:Ricizubi/Economics of One Piece/@comment-3202520-20170108000247/@comment-3986064-20170108000904

Well they can take care of food production and all other necessary resources for living. But... it depends on the limits Big Mom has on producing them. Because if food is guaranteed, you either get a monopoly (where BM sells all the food to her citizens for whatever price she chooses) or there's social support for everyone, basically free food for existing!

Just because I can't think of the citizens having a say on that. Big Mom will decide what jobs are available and which not. It only depends what her interests are