@Magnificent One:
In the case of Germany, vassals don't count for your UHV, you have to control more than half of the cities in every mentioned area. When vassals count, its specifically mentioned like in Arabia's UHV.
@noxnox:
The mod RFC is not supposed to be played in multiplayer mode. You're right, "hotseats" means everyone plays from the same seat, i.e. PC (which is still possible because it's not different from playing singleplayer). There is a modmod for RFC that allows a limited amount of civs (I think it was four) to be played in "real" multiplayer. Just take a look into the modmods subforum.
If you only look for a good world map and don't care much for the gameplay changes of RFC, there is also the possibility to download only the map (with the new marsh terrain and cotton ressource). It's definitely better than 18civ earth, because there is much more room in Europe in Rhye's map, while Sibiria is the unpleasant place it's supposed to be.
Ah, thankyou, how and where can i download just the map?