I'm quite interested. How many territories do you think the new diplo map should have?

Merge countries? Don't think it's a good idea, Xapy.

Though I agree in some points.

Better territory names - ++. I'm seriously tired of seeing "Krakau" -.-

I completely agree with splitting Urumqi, this territory is horrenduously overpowered and a nightmare for hosts.

>Splitting Germany, Romania, Austria, Poland and Ukraine better
>Splitting Riyadh, Islamabad, Tehran and Delhi in 2 each

Definitely agree with both of them. Romania should have 2-3 territories (Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldova), Poland's split is awful (some people like to pretend the territory named Poznan is "Prussia" and it has indeed a big number of territories that were once in Prussia, but then again, it's a bit too big if you ask me. Poland should have 4-5 territories (Mazovia, Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Pomerania and Silesia). In Germany, Ruhrpott should be divided (North/South?) and more details certainly wouldn't hurt. As for Austria... I personally find it OK enough.
Hungary should also be splitted (west/east) and so should Serbia (North/South).

Dunno about S. America so gonna just stay quiet on that matter.

The world nations maps should remain similar to each other with each country being independent. many of Xapy's suggestions would mean removing countries which is against the idea of the map. Also, Xapy was looking at 2012 when the map which needs improving is 2014

What would be nice to have changed:
-Merge Madagascar
-Make Bhutan independent
-Split Urumqi
-Split Chile
-Split Riyadh
-Merge Far East Russia
-Merge San Felix, San Ambrosio and Robinson Crusoe.
-Split Ruhrpott
- Raise value of Japan
-Split South Korea
-Split Delhi
-Make Kochi and Madurai territories bigger (like rest of India)
-Raise value of Peru
-Split South Brazil more
-Merge Maritimes and Prince Edward Island
-Split Tehran
-Split Islamabad
-Make Krakau border Czech
-Change Swedish borders
-Correct Alaska's borders
-Merge Indonesia a little
-Split Ethiopia
-Fix Yemen's names.

EDIT:
-Delete Daito

Edited 10/31/2015 15:35:40

I agree with Zephyrum and Death, Big territories can be split into 2 say west and east sakha, but im no map creator so I don't know the challenges map enhancements posed, as for a Africa shall as well be split some nations shall be split by north and south, or east and west , north east south west etc , s combination to make the world more "complex", as for income and all diplomacy related challenges that is left up to us custom scenario makers' . we are just giving ideas that can make the final product much better than the current world nations, Canada shall be expanded and or split to include let's say north and south Quebec (with the north not touching the us mainland ( this creates depth, meaning longer war campaigns, each Territory split shall be split in a way that creates depth in strategy'

Coastal Brazil is just too merged up. Aside from "Eastern Brazil" one (which is basically a lot of states where slavery and a noob desert run through), it should be better split. Several states of much higher importance are "engulfed" such as Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Paraná and Santa Catarina.

In addition, Chile is just... nope. It definetely deserves a split.

Argentina, Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela are good as-is. Bolivia and Peru could use a few changes.

Small but not too small nations like those Central America and Balkans shall be split, for example El Salvador is too small to split but Guatemala and Honduras are not so those could be split in two' north and south Guatemala, and east and west Honduras , so for Balkans. Serbia could be split into two, while Romania into 3 wether you want to name regions base on real world regions is up to you, as for an island chain more islands need to be added in the pacific.

In overall let's say and extra 100 territories is perfect. My original times twice as I start thinking about it. Also when I say split a nation I don't mean just adding a straight line, you could be creative and make it seem like a realistic border with slight swerves etc

That's very nice, but we need the creator's SVG unless we want to draw a completely new map, enough said.

Merge countries? Don't think it's a good idea, Xapy.

Though I agree in some points.

I don't mean merge it all into one territory, I'm saying to merge it more, make it less total territories.

The world nations maps should remain similar to each other with each country being independent. many of Xapy's suggestions would mean removing countries which is against the idea of the map.

I don't know where you're getting "the idea of the map" but many independent countries are not shown. The countries I put are all pretty insignificant and can be split.

In addition, Chile is just... nope. It definetely deserves a split.

Chile much less deserves a split - it's a weak-ish power, and doesn't connect to too many territories. Same with Bolivia and Peru.

Small but not too small nations like those Central America and Balkans shall be split, for example El Salvador is too small to split but Guatemala and Honduras are not so those could be split in two' north and south Guatemala, and east and west Honduras , so for Balkans.

Absolutely not. These are on the edge of inclusion of "ok" as is - they're really close to me wanting to merge many of them. Split El Salvador, not Guatemala - it has more population. These are tiny, insignificant countries; the only country that most needs splitting that you listed is by far Romania, but not really even that.

as for an island chain more islands need to be added in the pacific.

More useless, insignificant islands? This is one of the things I hated about 2014. More absolutely useless territories.

As weird as that might look, I would disconnect Urumqi from -stan countries. It's way too easy to go in every direction possible from there which don't seem too natural for this territory.
Many territories have straight-lined borders, they need more real borders.
Siberia should be worth much less, it's basically white desert.

Onoma, splitting it in several territories would be a better option.

I completely agree aout the borders though... they are just done on the mapmaker's whim, their shape is completely arbitrary at times.

World Nations 2014 is perfect as it is.
It just needs much more islands. For colonial scenarions and epic sea battles.

Less islands!

Onoma, splitting it in several territories would be a better option.

One does not negate the other, would split it too.

>China+

You can't be serious. China is OP in 2012 and 2014 to the max. China shouldn't even come close to the US because they don't even come close to the US in military strength. China's power is so fucking overrated in every game because people think population = strength when it really doesn't. If bonuses = military power (which they should - more realistic) then the US should have a strong lead, followed by Russia and then China.

Some changes I'm thinking of (that haven't been said yet):

+Svalbard

-Split California into two (maybe three) California has a huge economy and owning it should make you very powerful.

Tbh, a good update doesn't need 100 new territories. At best, 30 new ones.

Romania, Greece and some of the balkans need to split up better. Croatia could use a split, havng dalmatia separate from the rest of croatia would be good on many scenarios.

Urumqi should be split in two to nerf it's amazing expansion power.

Coastal Brazil needs some more states.

Chile needs to be split because it's just uttely underpowered for what Chile actually is. It's income should be at least comparable to northern SA countries.

South Africa and Nigeria could have like ~6 territories each.

Australia and Canada could use a few new ones, too.

Germany should split Ruhrpott and Hamburg in two, each.

Portugal can also get it's own split, in Lisbon and Porto.

India could have Delhi and Uttar Pradesh split.

Malaysia should be better set so Kuala Lumpur and Brunei aren't stuck. Same for China's Tianjin.

Riyadh and Islamabad DESPARETELY need to split. Pakistan is too weak and Riyadh is overly gigantic...

California could use a split, economically it's about as powerful as Italy.

Edited 10/31/2015 20:13:03

America's military capacity after you occupy it is huge because Americans have TONS of guns (you have no idea) that you could TRY to confiscate along with the places that build state of the art ships and planes.

Castle Bravo, bonuses should not be based on military strength. In real life, you can't build new armies quicker because you already have a strong army. You can build new armies quicker because you have a high population and a strong economy. Existing military strength can be shown in a custom scenario by setting the number of armies in a province higher. Also, 100 new territories is way too much, should be 30 new at max. Xapy, can you give some examples of countries which aren't represented (other than island nations and microstates).

Edited 10/31/2015 21:12:27

I believe 2014 got Somaliland, but maybe not. (sorry if some others have also been righted in 2014). If not...

Over 1 million folk

Somaliland
Donetsk and Luhansk (not really the mapmaker's fault; didn't gain independence until early 2014)
Levant
Puntland (not precisely a country but should certainly be made its own territory)
Palestine
Hong Kong-Macau (same as Puntland)
Qatar
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Kosova
Bahrain
Trinidad

Over 10 000 KM^2

Artsakh
Vanuatu
Fiji/New Caledonia (separation)
Solomon Islands
Sikkim (incorporation into India, not Bhutan; and so that India could connect to east territories)
Svalbard (autonomy)
Sahrawi/Morocco's south (separation)
Antarctica (weird case)

Somaliland, Puntland, Hong Kong-Macau, Svalbard are autonomous, not independent.
Levant isn't a country- I'm not sure where you got that from.
Donetsk and Luhansk, Palestine are not internationally recognized as independent states.
Vanuatu, Fiji/New Caledonia, Bahrain and Trinidad and Tobago are island states.
Artsakh does not exist today.
Sahrawi is represented on the map.
Antarctica doesn't really count for various reasons.
The others should be represented (as well as Bhutan)