We'll make our own village to start off.  As far as people in the village go, so far I've got an idea for a master Monsterkin that trains others and is in charge of the city guard, who has a Combusken (he bought it from a trader as a baby Torchic) and a Charizard, plus an herbalist Monsterkin that is an old, retired woman with a Sunflora and a Roselia.

As for buildings, I think we'll need houses, a meeting hall/longhouse, a storehouse, a few shops (including an herbalist), a training academy for the Monsterkin (lead by the master, it's like a gym in later games), and maybe a temple and an inn.