Just reached the first milestone; fifty matryoshka people. \o/
A couple of monument / towers (complete with nice little fireworks display) went up which seemed to increase the potential building area of my town by quite a bit. I was getting warned that I was getting near my “mandate limit” but I think this has sorted that.
Currently in a really bloody annoying and intricate island where just as I finally manage to get across to another bit of it, I have to dive back across to the town to fend off a Godzilla or three.