myrrh

...i always read those as slaps back-and-forth across the face for emphasis...

...are you talking about M.A.N.T.I.S.?..

hamlet: small settlement with residents serving surrounding resources
village: modest settlement with a church serving surrounding hamlets
town: midsized settlement with a market serving surrounding villages
city: large settlement with a cathedral serving surrounding towns

...they're each surrounded by satellite instances of smaller settlements, until industrialised resources give way to the wilds...points-of-light settings may balance that heirarchy more sparsely so the wilds dominate industrialised resources but, despite the comparative isolation of settlements, the same general principles still apply...

...difficult to discern through the image filters...

...stateside historic protection typically kicks in at fifty years...