Some very good points, but many others are part of roleplaying. Most of the rules are located in HELP files, but others are player rules as part of playing their roles (if you weren't a newbie you probably would have just been attacked, instead of told that you were trespassing).
I would have to disagree that it is not like real life, these city states are at war, if (back when they were split) an East German walked into West Germany what do you think would happen?
Hyathin: If you were in the introduction (which I assume you were as it's the only part of the game that "forces" you to do things) you can change the speed by using SPEEDUP and SLOWDOWN as commands.
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