Yea agreed honkey. I have no clue how the mechanic would work. It would be very interesting if it increased world size but who knows.. not I.
That is the thing though without great locations/drop/spawns to fight over conflict will always just be grief in nature imo. Grief will be part of the game but it would be epic if the main reason for conflict was actually structured in game design that makes it rational.
Would America be in the middle east for giggles without the oil?;) Scarce resources are the stuff nations are built on (towns in our case)