There are new players popping up next to me in one of the rim Ks.
Seems somewhat unfair really, but most of them have joined 4-5 worlds at once, so are not appearing to really try to grow here anyway.
I daresay it's a debate that's happened many times (likely within Innogames too) about when to close worlds for joining. On the one hand the world is not full - the corners still have no villages. On the other it would appear very unlikely that anyone joining now could grow strong enough to be a factor (even starting with morale 25%).
Other worlds have reported that activity increased once the players could see a possible end.
As it is I don't think that the top 60 players would be even close to controlling 70% of the world, although if we suddenly made a mega- family (a la W18) we might get there (ugh).
This world only opened just over a year ago & there appears to be quite a bit of life in it yet, although I note that player #1,000 only has 5 villages...
But it would be nice to have nobles cost under 300 coins again