Ara: History Untold gots its first update! This update includes Jonn Mcdonald as leader for Canada, a new overview screen to see your whole economy, a new advisor system to get you easier into the game, a battle viewer, and many more things. Read the whole list here. EDIT: Sorry for the confusion, this update is NOT yet live, but will only come in November.
Ara seems to also allow easy modding. We have created a section in our download database for Ara, and the official modding guide is also available in the forum here.