function ware_helptext(tribe)
   local helptext = {
      -- TRANSLATORS: Helptext for a ware: Gold
      default = pgettext("ware", "Gold is the most valuable of all metals, and it is obtained out of gold ore in a smelting works."),
      -- TRANSLATORS: Helptext for a ware: Gold
      atlanteans = pgettext("atlanteans_ware", "Gold is used by the armor smithy, the weapon smithy and the gold spinning mill."),
      -- TRANSLATORS: Helptext for a ware: Gold
      barbarians = pgettext("barbarians_ware", "Only very important things are embellished with gold. It is used as a precious building material and to produce different axes (in the war mill) and different parts of armor (in the helm smithy)."),
      -- TRANSLATORS: Helptext for a ware: Gold
      empire = pgettext("empire_ware", "Armor and weapons are embellished with gold in the armor smithy and the weapon smithy.")
   }
   local result = ""
   if tribe then
      result = helptext[tribe]
   else
      result = helptext["default"]
   end
   if (result == nil) then result = "" end
   return result
end
