Finally got around to playing it a bit.
Some random thoughts:
- Lingua Franca: the languages listed are not languages but nationalities. E.g. Belgian is not a language, in Belgium they speak Dutch, French or German. In Algeria, the speak Arabic, not Algerian. Etc.
Otherwise there is not that much to see yet. But what is there looks pretty good in my opinion. Definately a huge improvement!
One thing I did always find a bit confusing about Free Cities was the many places you needed to check on to find your girls (penthouse, brothel, club, school etc etc). I see that you have more or less the same structure, maybe you need to find a way to deal with this problem. You could have a look at the relationship system in Crusader Kings. It's a different kind of game but I like how they handle characters and their relationships.