Hey mate,
I'm leader of a well established village now. I'll run through the list for ya on our set up.
4 mines and full access to all metals in the game (except the damned gold and silver yet)
q150 bear hides regularly and fast producing wax (sacks, cutthroat curasses and other leather materials are not an issue, and steel reserves are plentiful enough to spread armor and soldiers gear around now)
20 current actives (tight community, we all tend to skype in groups, but I have a Teamspeak server just about ready that we just haven't started using yet) - 2 noobs presently, and a few more fighter alts in the works
Full farm - sheep, cows, pigs and chickens
Full fields - aver. q50-100 plants (some turn over quicker, ya know?)
Good trade relations - We can get what we don't have right now.
High quality crafting materials
Massive tree field in the works
Triple palisade (1 brick wall) and a fourth barrier palisade going up now
Well thought out CR system and back up invasion escape plan
People from around the globe...Romania, Sweden, Germany, England, America, South Korea, Australia (somebody is always on)
That said....
What's your deal? How old? What country are you in?
We're looking to aggressively expand in our area (but that doesn't mean forcefully unless we're hit first).