Very sad to see this is essentially a bad review. I was considering to buy UR and UC for my custom campaign because the base rules are flawed, but given what you say, it makes no sense to do so.
I would like to know if UC alone is maybe better? at least if I don't care that much about rulership but I still want my characters to be able to expand the city.
In my game, the players are not rulers per se, but I wanted to give them the option to improve the initial village as the game goes on.
