This would be perfect if you added in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Each of these nations have their own disputed territories and Georgia has unrecognised states of their own. You'll have to do a bit of research if you want to get them right. Overall it looks like a great map and I'll be happy to test it. I've been hoping for a new middle east map for a while now since the others lack detail.

I have seriously considered adding nations such as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as Afghansitan and further. However I decided that those nations would be best suited for a 'Greater Middle East Map' which I will be making. Also, thank you, I wanted to make a map in a region that didn't have many maps yet deserved some more and this is why I decided to make this.

I looks awesome! :D

found some missing connections: kadirli and elbestan in turkey, gaziantep and osmaniye in turkey, darab borders Fasa which it shouldnt and it doesnt border Jahrom in Iran, azaytun and southern marsa matruh in egypt

Thank you chuck norris, I'll put those in when I next go to edit the map. Also, Cyprus has now been divided from 3 territories to 5 and the naval connections have been reworked to ensure that Cyprus isn't too overpowered.

List of corrections in Turkey and Cyprus(from left to right):

Turkey
Begmama -> Bergama
Soke -> Aydin
Bodrum -> Mugla
Nazilli -> Alasehir
Akhisar -> Manisa
Kutayha -> Kutahya
Beypazari -> Bolu
Cubuk -> Kizilcahamam
Emirdag -> Polatli
Askaraya -> Aksaray
Bosyazi(literally means "Unnamed" lol) -> Anamur
West Afsin -> Nevsehir
East Afsin -> Yozgat
Viransehir -> Sanli Urfa
Sanli Urfa -> Mardin
Adyaman -> Adiyaman
Sankamis -> Sarikamis

Cyprus
Karpassia -> Famagusta
Turkish Cyprus -> Kyrenia
^ TRNC should consist of those two territories in bonus

LOCALIZED COUNTRY NAMES(in map list order)

Egypt -> Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah OR Gomhoreyyet Maṣr el-ʿArabeyya
Israel -> Medīnat Yisrā'el
Lebanon -> al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah
Palestine -> Dawlat Filasṭīn
Turkey -> Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
Jordan -> Al-Mamlakah Al-Urduniyah Al-Hashimiyah
Oman -> Salṭanat ʻUmān
Qatar -> Dawlat Qaṭar
Yemen -> al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah
Bahrain -> Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn
Kuwait -> Dawlat al-Kuwait
Syria -> al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah
Cyprus -> Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Iraq -> Jumhūrīyat al-‘Irāq
Saudi -> Al-Mamlakah al-Arabiyah as-Sa'ūdiyah
Iran -> Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
UAE -> Dawlat al-Imārāt al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah

Kurdistan -> Herêmî Kurdistan
TRNC -> Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

ISIS -> ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-Shām
Houthi Rebels ->al-Ḥūthiyyūn
Al Qaeda -> al-Qāʿidah
Syrian Opposition -> al-Muʕaraḍah as-Sūrīyah

...and yeah, I like Turkey a lot ;)

Edited 4/16/2016 12:21:59

No harm meant on my side, I was just doing research.

As you can see, I won't be putting flags in for al qaeda, daesh or the houthi rebels. This is due to some profoundly offensive phrases found in Arabic on the houthi flag. I won't repeat what is on them but I know that lots of people on warlight can actually read Arabic (me included) and I'm sure they too would be offended, flags for Al Qaeda and Daesh will not be included because the feature Muslim phrases that are wrongly used by these terrorist groups, and using them could offend many Muslims on warlight. The syrian opposition will however have a flag as they are not religiously motivated and not a terrorist group, as well as their flag not being offensive to anyone as far as I know.

Also, very importantly if any of the flags found do offend, please let me know and I will remove them.

Edited 4/15/2016 21:23:22

I have added a trade line but in my opinion it is rather ugly and clogs up the map, especially in the persian gulf which is already full of connections. I think it is rather something that I would prefer to not have, I'll leave it up temporarily to see what you all think though.

Yeah, I don't think it's going to worth it; most of the connection points in trade line aren't too far anyway.

Maybe you could just exclude out the Persian Gulf and extend the line only to Socotra, just thinking out loud here.

Stewie, I will be implementing your name corrections in Turkey and Cyprus after the testing phase, it's just a bit tedious so I'm going to do it after and the trade line has been removed completely now, it's just ineffective and an eyesore no matter how I do it.

Edited 4/16/2016 18:07:27

Ok, so the map is nearing completion now...just the final stages need to be completed and soon we will have a completed map. Hopefully by Monday I should've sorted out all bonuses and started the first test game, so thank you all for your support.

In light of this map coming to a finish, I'd like to announce a new map that I'm making...much in the same style as this one, it is of West Africa and should be around the same size, you'll find the link for it and everything else in it's own forum post called 'West African Nations 2016'

^^

Please finish it. ;)

I'm working slowly through the bonuses, I want them to be accurate and not randomly just thrown in.

*hype* :D

The first Test Game will start on the 5th May probably, by then everything will be done and complete! All bonuses and corrections!

YAY!

Turkey's religion is now done and I'll be moving on to Iraq and Iran next which should be done soon and then just country bonuses. I've decided to not do culture bonuses any more, it seems like a bit too much of a bother and may not be very useful in a game. But i will do it if you really want it.

Don't. It isn't really important, and I can't wait for this to come out.