I think it's good not to transfer the lore. I kinda wanted to get on some of it, but felt that since I wasn't already a part of it, I wasn't allowed to join in. I feel like we have a hard time keeping our new members, and restarting the lore would be a good way to make them feel they can get in on the ground level.
I am a little sad to see nomad towns go though. When I was setting up Ruenge, I thought joining a nation sounded like it was going to end in being dragged into a war I had no part of. I felt that nations them selves were sort of a wasted idea, since it seemed people only wanted towns in their nation so they could be the biggest nation and not because they had similar RP interests, similar ideas, or even liked each other.
I like the idea of forcing people to be nomads though, I feel like nomad-ism is like puberty: it sucks but you learn a lot and it builds character. I was always dumbfounded with how people wanted to join a town the instant they got on the server.
Hopefully after I graduate I can be as invested in Kiwike as I've wanted to be since summer ended and I'll have a back story and what not written out and ready to use.