Okocim wrote:In the end it is about limiting fast travel without hindering trade too much.
It would pretty substantially delay the formation of markets until after gold, which is currently necessary for realm formation, and province expansion, which is currently quite slow. So I'd expect by week 8, which is quite late into the world, realms will only be a few provinces.
It'd be less of an issue if proto-realms - we'll call them "Tribes" - could be formed in week 1, and more rapidly expand than currently. Clay tablets should also be able to be minted like coins day 1 as well.