Well, you know... if the 2-3 strongest players on the forum challenge EVERYONE to a duel in turn, they'll grab all the land... not very fair, right? ;)
To avoid this, you could limit the number of duels a player can have for the purpose of capturing land (or something like that). Or, you could prevent players with different ranks from dueling. But everything needs to be carefully considered.
In general, I like the idea of a caste system, even though it means I might end up as a wandering, landless Necromancer :(