I didn't know that could even be done...
Is it permissible to do that just for fun and not send in your stats to the leaderboards? The limit *is* kind of a drag :p
PP, when you hex edit all you are changing is the counter, not the actual number of villagers you have. So at most all you can ever have is 52 or so villagers running around the island. The number that is getting changed is only the number located in your stat’s. So there is no reason to do that unless it is to get on the leader board. Does that make sense?