[quote=Flooby Badoop]For whether certain things can inspire soldiers, there are a few things on the list that can fill what you're looking for, but only battle can be the test for your ideas.[/quote]
I'm basically banking on the exalted Blindseer, which has been described as being an icon of inspiration for the army, to actually function as such during a battle, as not doing so would invalidate its purpose to an extent (I still will enjoy the loving hell out of writing her involvement IC even if it does nothing). Other than that, sounds reasonable, even if finding out during the battle that your tactics don't work is a bit of a late point of realization.

Concerning storehouses, I actually don't think a limit on them is that necessary. The numbers, as I've put them, sound pretty huge, and in perspective they are, but they don't really break the game I think. Peasant value aside, realistically, every store house still only gives you a direct benefit of 400 crops per annum added to your total. At 5 storehouses, you gain 2000 crops. Measure that up to my current crops surplus of 35.432 crops per annum, and it's not that huge, turning it into 37.432 crops per annum, ergo a 5,6% increase. This means each storehouse would give my personal economy only about 1.1% more crops per annum, and my food economy isn't even strong - it's functional. These percentages become even smaller for someone who produces more than I do. So, personally, I believe that if somebody wanted to build like 20 storehouses to give themselves roughly 20% or so more crops production without wanting to (or being able to) upgrade their fertilities, is perfectly reasonable, considering storehouses aren't free either.

Thanks for clearing the rest up, yo.

[b]Edit:[/b] Are [i]all[/i] towns connected via trade routes, no matter their distance? If there's no range limit, that would technically mean that a town gains tariffs from trading with every single other town on the continent? It feels pretty unreal, so I'm asking for clarification here. If there is a range limit, where do we draw the line? I looked at the positioning of all towns, and it turns out that pretty much none of my direct neighbors bothered to get any, so most towns are a huge distance from he, and I want to know how many I can access.