Fernando Torres-It doesn't matter. Just start to edit the map. We first have to agree how many years would present 1 year of the game.
Lord Finnish-The Japanese will exists. For the areas not claimed by any nation, I plan to create a special nation with the name Tribes, Thief's, Pirates... The nation would be laid still. Eventually more and more of its territories would be given to nations who would historically get them. Well there is a second less realistic option. We use garrisoned divisions as colonists. Get 6 garrisons in a unowned provinces, the province gets owned by you.