I cannot wait to bypass the Kingdom/Empire filter in the Faction selection menu... between other things.
Same here. That's a definite must for making sure factions start out "Truly Neutral" to one another. As it stands now I think they automatically don't like one another if one is of a different alignment. Not too sure if I agree with the "not the casual modders" part though. Even as a casual modder I would want to change the land spread type for custom races. Especially when you start getting into races that like certain types of environments and elemental types.
Well, this won't do what you wanted in the start. I mean, I think you wanted swamps to spread inside your influence sphere. This won't do that.
Ahh, damn, I was hoping that was what you found the work-around for.