With the recent and soon-to-be conquests on both the Chineese mainland and the Dover continet we need to revisit our provinces. Currently Luna has 8 cities, Phobos 7 and Deimos 11. 3 cities need to be asigned a province with probably 4-5 more soon to come (the last 3 chineese cities, Oxford and Leeds). Our provinces should be about even in size and well assembled geografically. I believe that around 7 or 8 cities is a good size to aim at. With those things in mind, I see two options for our new provinces.
1. Two new provinces, one for the Chineese mainland and one for the Dover continent. After having destroyed the Chineese that province would include 5 cities, with the possibility to found one more on the same island. Dover, Marl Downs, Cambridge, Ormuz and Brighton are asigned to the other province, with Oxford and Leeds as candidates for the future. The result would be:
Luna, 8 cities. Phobos, 7 cities. Deimos, 7 cities. New province 1, 2 cities with 4 more soon to come. New province 2, 5 cities with 2 more tempting targets. The drawback here is that new province 1 (with the chineese cities) would be rather small.
2. We create one new province for all our latest conquests on the eastern fronts. It would the include Nanking, Beijing and Brighton, with 3-6 more cities to come. The result would be:
Luna, 8 cities. Phobos, 7 cities. Deimos, 11 cities. New province 1, 3 cities, soon with 3-6 more. The drawback here is that Deimos would still be too large and the new province would be geografically spread out.
I would prefer to go with option 1. About the names, Kev earlier suggested the excellent name Io. What do the rest of you think?
1. Two new provinces, one for the Chineese mainland and one for the Dover continent. After having destroyed the Chineese that province would include 5 cities, with the possibility to found one more on the same island. Dover, Marl Downs, Cambridge, Ormuz and Brighton are asigned to the other province, with Oxford and Leeds as candidates for the future. The result would be:
Luna, 8 cities. Phobos, 7 cities. Deimos, 7 cities. New province 1, 2 cities with 4 more soon to come. New province 2, 5 cities with 2 more tempting targets. The drawback here is that new province 1 (with the chineese cities) would be rather small.
2. We create one new province for all our latest conquests on the eastern fronts. It would the include Nanking, Beijing and Brighton, with 3-6 more cities to come. The result would be:
Luna, 8 cities. Phobos, 7 cities. Deimos, 11 cities. New province 1, 3 cities, soon with 3-6 more. The drawback here is that Deimos would still be too large and the new province would be geografically spread out.
I would prefer to go with option 1. About the names, Kev earlier suggested the excellent name Io. What do the rest of you think?