1) 2.0 Yoshida has expressed something similar to this. Free Companies and Estates.

2) ^, though I'm curious for a straightforward answer that I may have missed.

3) This confuses me, what do you mean?

4) I think I remember reading that this was slated for 1.21

5) Get over yourself, that said, more variety would be nice. More colors, shapes, and choices in general would be really cool.