comments on the new northern germany

[Caligula Caesar]

A few comments:

-Prignitz: I've seen some people say "I want Prignitz". But I have never seen anyone say why exactly. It is a place with one of the lowest population densities in Germany, and there are plenty of areas with bigger cities that are not on the map because they are too close to others. (If you can present evidence that this was once not the case, I might reconsider).
-In general, we didn't want to make any province that was not a free city too small. The Pomeranian ones are already quite small, at least in Vorpommern. Wolgast the city had to move a few kilometres or Greifswald would not have fit. I am afraid it is not a unique case on the map - sometimes the vision you want to present must take precedence over total geographic accuracy.
-I saw no real reason in splitting Pomerania into too many pieces as that just means they will get swallowed.
-Lippe: Actually, if Bielefeld revolts, the revolter tag is Lippe and the province gets renamed to that too

 

[Caligula Caesar]

Schleswig: It is out of scope for this update. But we might look at it in future, who knows

Mark/Dortmund: My research suggested that Dortmund was a very wealthy and influential city at the time. Mark basically fell foul of us not wanting too many OPMs that are not Free Cities or subject and do not have specific reasons to exist.

Thanks for your feedback on Pomerania I will admit that I hated researching Pomerania, there are simply too many sub-duchies... It really is hard to work out who is who

I think, bearing in mind game balance too, that the best solution would be to keep Wolgast and Stettin but change a couple of things:
-Greifswald province should become Wolgast. The cities were next to each other, and it would be weird to call the tag Wolgast when the capital is not Wolgast.
-Wolgast province will be transferred to Stettin and renamed to Stettin (and become the capital). The city will be moved to border the river, Stettin was on the left bank.
-Stettin province will be renamed to Stargard, with the city moved a bit and some borders adjusted if need be (also in Dramburg-Stolp),
-Kolberg and Stolp will go to Wolgast. Wolgast then has 5 provinces vs Stettin's two, but Stettin's two should be more prosperous than Wolgast's.