Commuting's a bit of a modern concept, though. I thought most people in the medieval period, bar the nobility and some traders, would barely leave the village they were born in. Or is that one of those persistant myths?
The tiniest hope of a terrain/world editor was pretty much what prompted me to back the game. After watching the video where Madoc places a farmhouse, makes some little adjustments to the surrounding earth, I just can't imagine a more exciting set of tools to play with.
Fingers firmly crossed.