The dirty bankers ruin BM as well? I have only seen a single region bought, the Steepglades by a player named "Sin". He roleplayed it describing how he had gone about handing out bags of gold all over town until he was simply everyone's best friend. He left the realm shortly after this when he did not win the election for the region. I say yay for roleplays and interesting unintended consequences IMHO.
