The addition to republics seems a good idea, pretty cool that a long term republican leader can become king. Milan seems interesting to play, as as been in Eu III, plenty of possibilities, and I like the national ideas. It should be hard to keep Austria and France out of Italy, but doable, but I appreciate challenges like that.
The map looks very nice as well. However, if the country names are distorted by mountains etc as much a they are atm, it becomes uncomfortable to actually read them.
And to join some others here, could we soon have a DD about game elements instead of countries and small changes here and there? I'd very much like information on exploration and colonialization, please?