Chapter 234, Page 166
D: Where is Villa? In Vol. 11, it's having a "coup d'état", in chapter 228 it's a "merry town". What's going on?
O: Oh. Well spotted. 400 years ago when Noland visited it, Villa was indeed just a merry town, but these days it's a violent and dangerous country in the midst of a coup d'état (rebellion). But it's not really so much what's happening in Villa, as what's happening all around the world at this time.
I think you'll discover what I mean in the near future. Not as large as Alabasta, it's just a small country in the Grand Line.
So hold off on your sightseeing trips