function ware_helptext(tribe)
   local helptext = {
      -- TRANSLATORS: Helptext for a ware: Marble
      empire = pgettext("empire_ware", "Marble is the beautiful stone which is cut out of the mountains or produced in a quarry. Marble is used as a building material and gets chiseled into marble columns in the stonemason’s house.")
   }
   local result = ""
   if tribe then
      result = helptext[tribe]
   else
      result = helptext["default"]
   end
   if (result == nil) then result = "" end
   return result
end
