Overland transportation

The most common means of overland transportation is walking 😅 It takes a while to get where you need to be but it's cheap and you get a lot of fresh air. Coaching inns are so common along major thoroughfares that even walkers will find a place to stay the night. If not, there should be a village or farmstead nearby where a few shillings will buy a hot meal and a bed (or a place in the hayloft).

If you can afford to buy and keep a riding horse that's of course way faster and more convenient. A rider with a good steed can cover more ground than even the most determined foot-slogger. For most people, however, that's not an option. 

If you can't ride and don't want to walk, coaches are an option. Coach services run between all major cities and numerous smaller towns (the smaller the settlement, the less often they run). Coaches come in various sizes (most can carry 6 inside and a couple on the roof), levels of comfort, and speed (4 horses is the most common version). The very best lets you ride in relative comfort in less than a quarter of the time you'd use on foot.

Goods are typically transported in 4-wheel wagons like the one shown in the picture. Oxen are sometimes used but in the Empire, draft horses are much more common. If the load is heavy two horses can be hitched up. Some very heavy wagons might require 4 but that's an exception - many country roads can't handle such heavy loads anyway.

But the best way to transport passengers and goods is along the many waterways of the Empire. Major rivers reach all parts of the Empire save the north-central portions of Hochland, Middenland, Nordland, and Osterland. In Reikland there is an extensive network of canals as well.