Unwillingly

@un-w We should...

6 hours ago, rukio said:

Can we remove pvp goons for 9.0 and just see what happens

yes please 

I'd say to add a wilderness system of some sort. Tiles next to a nations region tile have no region owner but cannot be built upon. Any tiles which are not directly next to a claimed tile are free build (with the rule that there can't be griefing and builds that are abandoned after a certain number of time will be removed or turned to ruins). An event mechanic can also be added which requires nations or upstart settlements to complete a difficult event storyline in order to claim previously unclaimed tiles.