I'm glad this is getting such a positive response!
And i am in the US, that's what i am shooting for, but i think we should try to get one in EU to.
Field by the river sounds good, and yes i plan on making (or at least helping make) maps for this, and like i said, i think at some point this will make a good mod, but in the meantime this is how it would work,
To exchange money- the admin would take X amount anyway from one player, and give X amount to another player.
The area talking will be harder, any ideas on how to make it work in-game right now?
The rest is up to the players, i think we should get some very basic back ground, like which sides the villages our on, who will be the lord etc. etc.
Well now we need to look into maybe getting a server reserved.