1. Sure, but they're far more destructive than they used to be. Just look at the regions near Coria that have seen the most battle and you'll see regions that have lost 6000 peasants out of an 8000 total. That's just the effects of normal, prolonged war these days and recovery of those regions will take months.
I doubt that. War itself does very little damage to regions. It is the result of looting, starvation or other side-effects. But looting is INTENDED to be destructive. That's what it is FOR.
