I hope that there is more internal population shifts. As the world became more industrialized, people moved to cities en masse. The large number of provinces allows some to be rural areas and some to be cities.
The "focus" regions the OP was talking about would be quite nice IMO. The state/region focused upon could be the target of inter-state and inter-country immigration, where craftsmen, clerks, and high-class pops would move to the city (or cities) in that state, and farmers and laborers would move to the rural areas.
The "focus" regions the OP was talking about would be quite nice IMO. The state/region focused upon could be the target of inter-state and inter-country immigration, where craftsmen, clerks, and high-class pops would move to the city (or cities) in that state, and farmers and laborers would move to the rural areas.