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>Settlement management is pretty hands off I guess? Do they evolve on their own?
No. This isn't a 4x, it's just a land grabbing and battle game. You can use certain classes like the Baron to upgrade certain settlements. Settlements are generally just a resource point however.

>I've seen a monk Commander that converts swamp to farmland, and one mage that can burn forests down. Am I supposed to find other spells/commanders that mulch forests to swamp or something?
If you want to terraform, yes, but generally classes can only do so much to the world. Witches can turn farms back into swamps, Hoburgers can turn farms into hoburg villages, Enchanters can upgrade the output of villages and mines, the Baron can tun small towns into fortified castle villages, upgraded monks can turn something(farms?) into monasteries that count as temples, etc. There are classes that can do things with forests too but I don't think any one of them can grow them. You can generally upgrade the main kind of captured tiles you use in some way.

>Also are there any mods that let battles end in a draw? Feels silly that every engagement has to end in a complete bloodbath.
I dislike this in 4xes but I don't think it's possible.

You can try playing Age of Wonder 3 (or 4?) with the ability to make new towns turned off if you want something similar but with draws(retreat or avoid damage for several turns) and slightly more complexity and more terraforming.
In CoE, in theory the land can undergo lots of changes but this rarely happens. I think the most world altering faction is Warlock, who can make new fortresses, portals, temporary structures, volcanoes, burn up forests, and make permanent storms that generate storm elementals. The classes all play very differently and using certain spells (confusion and charm) you can capture other class's commanders and use their abilities as well.

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