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Well I know this is more than likely to be impossible.
But is there any way you could add an option to sync your world with your friends?
Like, not coop, as in you play at the same time.
What I mean by that: Allowing you to sync the world that you created a town on with your friends.
Which would allow them to play on that save and start a new game, however not as the town you made, but a new game, seeing your town as an NPC town doing the jobs you assigned them to before leaving.
[However the resources would not be added to the game when you start playing because I don't think that would be considered fair]

And once your friend quits, it auto saves allowing you to see his characters either afking in the town he left them in, or pretending to be NPCs in the town he left them in until he comes back.

But as I said, I doubt that it will ever be possible

[That is the best I could explain this, I am sorry if it's still unclear. I tried my best trying not to add the word co-op into, after all this isn't exactly about co-op

Chris would have to replay to this mostly.
but i think you would be able to do somthing like that with Mods. and it is possible that would most likely be the only real way.

This has been requested before. It does sound really cool. Though I'm not sure this would have to be an online feature. Rather let us save our map as is (turning our faction into NPCs), and we can just email it or put it on a filesharing website ourselves. Maybe even steam workshop/items?
Online Ideas (no, not co-op)

It's also been requested as a way of having a personal new game+ sort of thing so you might have to deal with your own old faction.

Also see: keep factions restart option