I found a super convenient bug! If you turn battle speed to 2x, and then pause and unpause after you kill all the enemy beasts, the 2x speed will persist out of battle! great time saver lol
To Synalle's comment, I had 2680 people and the Sultan came by and said asked if it would be ok to have one of his caravans camp in my *city*. He called it a city! So it can't be more than 2680...
Everyone else is talking about no checkpoints but WHY IS GRASS AN OBSTACLE?! Like grass should be scenery and its so annoying when it just pops up to drain you