New update:
- removed gold in Shandong, to spawn later, probably around Qin period (immediate access to gold is just too powerful)
- moved silk in Shandong south
- added a river near Sydney
- adjusted terrain in the United States, see below
- added Charles River for Boston
- added Potomac River for Washington
- added Savannah River
- added mable in New England
- removed deer in the Carolinas
- added tobacco in Virginia
- added tobacco in Kentucky
- added corn in Ohio
- added Maumee River for Detroit
- added fish in Lake Erie
- added copper in Upper Michigan
- added marsh in Upper Michigan
- added iron south of Lake Michigan
- removed aluminium south of Lake Michigan
- added marsh west of Lake Superior
- moved corn west of Lake Michigan to open the Chicago tile
- reshaped the Ohio River
- reshaped the Tennessee River
- removed the Wabash River
- added hills in Piedmont / southern Appalachia
- changed one Florida rainforest to jungle to represent the Everglades
- reshaped the Alabama River
- added rainforests around Mississippi delta
- added salt at the Mississippi delta
- added islands at the Mississippi delta
- added another hill in the Ozarks
- changed jungle at the Texan coast to rainforest
- moved oil in the Gulf of Mexico north to be within reach of Houston
- reshaped the Rio Grande a bit to approximate US-Mexican border better
- added oil and salt in Texas
- added aluminium at the lower Mississippi
- removed coal along the Mississippi
- added the Platte River
- moved rare earths near Denver further into the Rocky Mountains
- added marble and coal in Wyoming
- moved gold south of Denver and oil north of Denver for more accurate locations
- adjusted the course of the upper Missouri somewhat
- added iron in Minnesota
- added semidesert hills to represent the Montana badlands
- changed the entire plains region to steppe terrain
- added forests to the Rocky Mountain foothills in Colorado
- reshaped Sierra Nevada mountain range to be more open in the south
- added two gold resources within reach of California
- changed coastal terrain south of San Francisco to plains
- added forests north of San Francisco
- moved silver closer to Nevada
- added fish near Los Angeles
- moved clam near Los Angeles to be in reach of San Diego
- added whale near San Francisco (not shown)
- added semidesert around the edges of the Great Basin
- added semidesert in Baja California
- removed gold in Oregon
- added fish near Seattle
- moved fish north of Vancouver island north to encourage Vancouver
Phew, I hope I covered everything. Unlike China, the US is still subject to resource spawns after the Columbian exchange, I expect some existing resources to be adjusted along the way so the locations here aren't necessarily final.
- removed gold in Shandong, to spawn later, probably around Qin period (immediate access to gold is just too powerful)
- moved silk in Shandong south
- added a river near Sydney
- adjusted terrain in the United States, see below
Spoiler :
- added Charles River for Boston
- added Potomac River for Washington
- added Savannah River
- added mable in New England
- removed deer in the Carolinas
- added tobacco in Virginia
- added tobacco in Kentucky
- added corn in Ohio
- added Maumee River for Detroit
- added fish in Lake Erie
- added copper in Upper Michigan
- added marsh in Upper Michigan
- added iron south of Lake Michigan
- removed aluminium south of Lake Michigan
- added marsh west of Lake Superior
- moved corn west of Lake Michigan to open the Chicago tile
- reshaped the Ohio River
- reshaped the Tennessee River
- removed the Wabash River
- added hills in Piedmont / southern Appalachia
- changed one Florida rainforest to jungle to represent the Everglades
- reshaped the Alabama River
- added rainforests around Mississippi delta
- added salt at the Mississippi delta
- added islands at the Mississippi delta
- added another hill in the Ozarks
- changed jungle at the Texan coast to rainforest
- moved oil in the Gulf of Mexico north to be within reach of Houston
- reshaped the Rio Grande a bit to approximate US-Mexican border better
- added oil and salt in Texas
- added aluminium at the lower Mississippi
- removed coal along the Mississippi
- added the Platte River
- moved rare earths near Denver further into the Rocky Mountains
- added marble and coal in Wyoming
- moved gold south of Denver and oil north of Denver for more accurate locations
- adjusted the course of the upper Missouri somewhat
- added iron in Minnesota
- added semidesert hills to represent the Montana badlands
- changed the entire plains region to steppe terrain
- added forests to the Rocky Mountain foothills in Colorado
- reshaped Sierra Nevada mountain range to be more open in the south
- added two gold resources within reach of California
- changed coastal terrain south of San Francisco to plains
- added forests north of San Francisco
- moved silver closer to Nevada
- added fish near Los Angeles
- moved clam near Los Angeles to be in reach of San Diego
- added whale near San Francisco (not shown)
- added semidesert around the edges of the Great Basin
- added semidesert in Baja California
- removed gold in Oregon
- added fish near Seattle
- moved fish north of Vancouver island north to encourage Vancouver
Phew, I hope I covered everything. Unlike China, the US is still subject to resource spawns after the Columbian exchange, I expect some existing resources to be adjusted along the way so the locations here aren't necessarily final.
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