In short it's a mix of strategy, RPG and simulation for adult players.

I am not sure what you mean by "for adult players". What features of your game makes it more suitable for adult?

It means kids are not allowed to swear (in the in game communication channels) and horny teenagers are not allowed to post links to porn sites :)

Also, the game play intensity is acceptable for someone who work long hours and come back home and launch computer to relax. Also there are relatively big letters because the player is assumed to have poor eyesight and there are no fast moving objects on the screen :)

The game is also playable to all ages at least to some degree (I have families like mothers playing with their kids and other huge age disparity cases).

Anyway, there is not much to read into that statement. It's familiy friendly, adult friendly and easy enough for a not too bright kid to play it at the basic level at least.

Is the intent to have gameplay that is historically accurate?

Not exactly. It's a game first, it has to be fun first. Still, I want to save as much realism (more in terms of the medeival mood, not the exact letter) as possible.

Do you mind elaborating?

Sorry, but I don't want this topic to go off topic :) The question is how to make more things to do in the game, how to make it fun and how to make the game finished and ready for release. I need to focus on this and the rest is a minor detail :)

I got a bit more desparate, willing to do more crazy changes if needed :)

I was thinking and maybe I diagnosed the problem wrongly. The problem with this project might be the lack/weak of player's progression. I have a tendency to make elegant and longlasting games, and I was worried what will happen after X years of playing, what will get broken then what will be boring then. The longlasting fix is making slow progression :) But then, it makes no/slow progression at the beginning and maybe too boring game at the beginning :) So I wonder, maybe I should dump the longevity and assume a player plays it for one year and all (content and mechanics) is balanced to last for one year and then it gets more or less stagnant?

For example, now you almost can't increase your rate income (daily). You have skills that let you produce more, but you can max out these quickly and they increas a small bit (up to +30%). It's nice for balancing since everyone is assured around the same income (2-6 gold coins per 1 point of stamina used, depending on player's skills and brains and dedication) but...

The problem your having is your controlling the element of gameplay to much.

War, unfortunatly is something that players love to do. The reason being is competition. Mind you not everyone wants to do it, but there is 0 competition in your game right now. You need some element that keeps everything at bay, keeps you holding onto the game, keeps you coming back for more. Right now as it seems, what you do in the game is...well nothing. There is no penalty for not doing anything and no penalty for just doing things. The progressional chain that you have reeps no rewards towards a show off system.

You could add some way to make it so you earn items, collectibles etc that give an advantage. Or hold a social aspect of voting for best town, house, farm something. What you need is a socially driven magnet on making someone better than the joneses. Or add in PVP and allow people to kill eachother off. That will form alliances, guilds. Maybe accelerate your time a little, you said you wanted it close to historically accurate right? Why not have contributions towards a war that happened, have people make blackmsiths, do missions making weapons etc. You can have alliances that attempt to make more resources for the war.

This game reminds me of the minecraft sever Kingdoms at war. You can choose a country and fight for it and declare wars. When you said about having minigames its reminds me of how when you declare wars on the server, there are seperate maps called battle fields where the players can fight. So I suggest that when a country is at war with another, there should be a seperate map where thebattle take place. Also instead of religions they should be called professions or classes, because an aristocrat doesnt have to be religious. You should also have a sense of trade and commerce for the countries, as well as alliances between them. Also each country should have a special economy, for example, Country X is an agricultural based country while country Y is a manufactoring country. While at war, the player shouldnt be allowed to enter the oposing country. Also there should be clans or political parties, such as the Republicans or Democrats who compete to rule the country. The clan with the most members gets to rule the country for a certain period of time. This political system is similar to the one of the united states. And as other people have said, there is no goal in the game. I suggest to make the game better, to add a goal. Try something like to gain enough money or members to start a clan so you can get control over the country. If this sounds to advance for your skill, make a more simple mmo like WoW or runescape. Please reply if my suggestions sounds ambiguous or to vauge. Thanks for your time.

Please dont tell me my clans idea is not the old style. The clan idea gives every player a chance to take part in polotics, and the election of a king in a game would make no sense. In clans, there would be a king, but the decisions of war should be passed to the congree. The king cannot vote in congress, but has the ability to choose if the vote in congreas is tied.