Lo-Fi Games

This could be prevented by, say; instead of generating random faction names from a list, just prepare WHOLE TEMPLATES for possible factions beforehand, and have them energe from that list. As a possible way to make factions even more distinct; factions could have something similar to 'Civics' from C...

During a construction project, the characters merged and won't come off. Moving one of them moves all of them.

Some focus on roleplay elements could do tons to aid the rpg/simulation feeling of the game and make it dynamic; such as -more factions, quests for reputation (that spawn randomly and are chosen from a list) -dynamic relations between NPC factions (possibly wars/alliances that break out/cease random...

You've got to be kidding me.. I have my own Akatsuki and my Sunagakure..