So yeah I ordered volume 30 and got it yesterday. Finished it today after work and I quite enjoyed it. Definitely liked the twist with Michonne and Elodie.
While I do think the entirety of the Commonwealth is an amazing idea of a community in a post-apocalyptic world, it clearly has its flaws. There are laws, jobs, a functioning and well-trained military, and a political system of some sorts, Pamela's way of thinking will no doubt cause issue.
The class system she lives by, as do the 50 thousand citizens of the Commonwealth, obviously is bound to cause some sort of conflict. It's like the class system in India, which makes the poor poorer and the rich richer. Eventually it'll collapse. Rick made some good points against her, and I'm interested to see those two ideologies clash together.
Im very much eager to see where this will go, with people like Mercer and George who obviously disapprove of Pamela's stewardship of the Commonwealth.