Your map is much more balanced than classic or others already avaliable. Your country dispersion is 8, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, and the dipersion of classic (only for example) is 12, 9, 7, 6, 4, 4. Its good something new, I only dont know if its your intention.
I think you need change some bonus. See, Anatolia have 7 armies bonus, and 6 border countries. Ok, but take Assiria and borders will greatly decrease. Then, its obvious attack Balkans, and soon you can have 9 bonus armies with only 2 borders. Its much more difficult hold Africa, and the bonus for Africa is 6. Expand from Iberia is also much more difficult than expand from Anatolia. I believe the greatest bonus should be of a gigantic continent (11 - 12 countries) with more routes. Anatolia is linked only to 2 other continents. Italia (with some countries added) can be that continent, because its in a good central position. If you dont think how change the borders of continents, dont do it, only divide some countries in 2, fuse some others...
Regarding the Balkans, I suppose I could remove the connection between Greece and Galatia, or between Sicily and Leptis...what does everyone else think?
Yeah, I think you should remove this connections, and Greece - Cyrene too. Maybe add between Sardinia and Carthage.
These are my ideas, Im doing a constructive criticism. I dont need other people angry with me because of them.
