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First a simple example:
My Kingdom has 24 hexes so I can claim 2 per month.
I claim 2 hexes so I have 26 which means I can can now claim 3.
Can I take a third hex now to get to 27 or was my "size" locked in at the start of the month?
That is when does the size change apply?
1) Immediately
2) End of Step
3) End of Phase
4) End of Month
Per RAW I'd say 1, but it isn't explicit. The other various improvement and building bonuses and penalties seem to start counting immediately.
The ruling here might impact the timing of some other stuff, such as the timing of building discounts.
I would say 3, so that the number of improvements you can make is set based on the size of the kingdom at the start of the edict phase. All modifiers from improvements to kingdom statistics happen immediately, but because improvements are considered to be happening over the entire course of a month, it would be a bit odd to be able to do what you suggest, claim your allotment of hexes, and then be able to claim more.
Please note, I would not be at all surprised if a designer said I was wrong and that changes happen immediately. I just don't think this particular one should.
Buildings can, it seems, go in concurrently like a house and inn in an example. Building discount would seem to apply immediately.
When I claim I think I can clearly claim 1 and then the after that and then build roads in both on the same turn.
It probably just simplest to say everything happens right always. The aren't enough places to break anything that it would matter.
I also go with #3 (End of Phase).