by Tommy Larsson
There are no special rules, but you should notice that the provinces of Ingria, Novgorod, Pomerelia, Warsaw, Crimea, Voronezj , Bessarabia and Cracow are canal provinces, making it possible to the otherwise landlocked powers of Poland and Russia to build fleets. Fleet movement between Cracow and Mazuria is not allowed. Constantinopel, Jutland and Zealand are also canal provinces just like Denmark, Sweden, Kiel and Constantinopel are in standard. Note that Holstein-Gottorp has two coasts, an east and a west coast, something that is not written on the map, as there was no room for the coast labels. The fleet movement Hol (ec) – Jut is allowed in non-judge games, but not in judge games as the judges can’t handle it. Switzerland is impassable. Stockholm and West Gothland does not border eachother and neither does Bergslagen and Smaland. These provinces are separated by the impassable lake Vättern.
Starting positions and province abbreviations
Listed below are the province abbreviations accepted by the judge.
The spaces has been abbreviated according to the following rules in order of preference:
1. If the province/body of water exists also in standard, the abbreviation I usually use for that areas has been used.
2. If the name of a land province consist of two parts, the first letter of the first part and the two first letters of the second part has been used. If the name of a body of water consist of three parts, the first letter in every part has been used.
3. The first three letters of the space has been used.
4. When two or more spaces start with the same three letters, the first three consonants has been used.
5. Pomerania is abbreviated Pon and Pomerelia Pmr.
In the following table, the provinces marked * are the ones not abbreviated with their three first letters.
| GREAT POWER | PROVINCE | ABBREVIATION | UNIT TYPE |
| Denmark (D) | Zealand | Zea | a |
| Jutland | Jut | a | |
| Scania | Sca | a | |
| Vestlandet | Ves | f | |
| Ostlandet | Ost | ||
| Troendelag | Tro | ||
| England (E) | London | Lon | f |
| Ireland | Ire | f | |
| Wales | Wal | a | |
| Cornwall | Cor | ||
| Yorkshire | Yor | ||
| Cumbria | Cum | ||
| France (F) | Paris | Par | a |
| Burgundy | Bur | a | |
| Provence | Pro | a | |
| Gascony | Gas | f | |
| Brittany | Bri | ||
| Champagne | Cha | ||
| Normandy* | Nrm | ||
| Languedoc | Lan | ||
| The Habsburg Empire (H) | Austria | Aus | a |
| Bohemia | Boh | a | |
| Croatia | Cro | a | |
| Silesia | Sil | ||
| Moravia* | Mrv | ||
| Slovakia | Slo | ||
| Styria | Sty | ||
| Tyrolia* | Tyl | ||
| The Ottoman Empire (T) | Constantinopel | Con | f |
| Anatolia | Ana | a | |
| Egypt | Egy | a | |
| Greece | Gre | a | |
| Bulgaria | Bul | ||
| Illyria | Ill | ||
| Libya | Lib | ||
| Syria | Syr | ||
| Poland (P) | Warsaw | War | a |
| Cracow | Cra | a | |
| White Russia* | WRu | a | |
| Great Poland* | GPo | ||
| Livonia* | Lvn | ||
| Little Poland* | LPo | ||
| Mazovia | Maz | ||
| Pomerelia* | Pml | ||
| Ukraine | Ukr | ||
| Volhynia | Vol | ||
| Russia (R) | Moscow | Mos | a |
| Novgorod | Nov | a | |
| Voronezj | Vor | a | |
| Archangel | Arh | ||
| Ingria | Ing | ||
| Karelia | Kar | ||
| Pskov | Psk | ||
| Siberia | Sib | ||
| Tula | Tul | ||
| Uralsk | Ura | ||
| Spain (I) | Castille* | Cst | a |
| Flanders | Fla | a | |
| Granada | Gra | f | |
| Naples | Nap | a | |
| Aragon | Ara | ||
| France Comte* | FCo | ||
| Milan | Mil | ||
| Navarre | Nav | ||
| Sweden (W) | Stockholm | Sto | f |
| Bergslagen | Ber | a | |
| Estonia | Est | a | |
| Finland | Fin | a | |
| Lappland | Lap | ||
| Smaland | Sma | ||
| West Gothland* | WGo | ||
| Sea Spaces | Adriatic Sea | ADR | |
| Arctic Ocean* | AOc | ||
| Baltic Sea | BAL | ||
| Barents Sea | BAR | ||
| Bay of Biscay* | BOB | ||
| Black Sea | BLA | ||
| Caspian Sea | CAS | ||
| Eastern Mediterranean | EAS | ||
| English Channel | ENG | ||
| Gulf of Bothnia* | GOB | ||
| Gulf of Lyon* | GOL | ||
| Helgoland Bight | HEL | ||
| Ionian Sea | ION | ||
| Irish Sea | IRI | ||
| Kattegat | KAT | ||
| Mid-Atlantic Ocean* | MAO | ||
| North Sea* | NTH | ||
| North Atlantic Ocean* | NAO | ||
| Norwegian Sea* | NWG | ||
| Sea of Bornholm* | SOB | ||
| Skagerrak | SKA | ||
| Tyrrhenian Sea* | TYS | ||
| Western Mediterranean | WES | ||
| Neutrals | Azerbadjan | Aze | |
| Bavaria | Bav | ||
| Bessarabia | Bes | ||
| Brandenburg | Bra | ||
| Bremen | Bre | ||
| Central Asia* | Cnt | ||
| Crimea | Cri | ||
| Eastern Hungary* | EHu | ||
| Georgia | Geo | ||
| Hesse | Hes | ||
| Holstein | Hol | ||
| Lorraine | Lor | ||
| Mecklenburg | Mec | ||
| Morocco* | Mrc | ||
| Netherlands | Net | ||
| North Africa* | NAf | ||
| Persia | Per | ||
| Pomerania | Pon | ||
| Portugal | Por | ||
| Prussia | Pru | ||
| Romagna* | Rmg | ||
| Savoy | Sav | ||
| Saxony | Sax | ||
| Scotland | Sco | ||
| Serbia | Ser | ||
| Transylvania | Tra | ||
| Tuscany | Tus | ||
| Venice | Ven | ||
| Western Hungary* | WHu | ||
| Westphalia* | Wst |