The Civilized World and Known Parts of the Wild

[Lingon]

Yeah, that's what I thought. Thanks for the quick feedback! I'll start removing rivers tomorrow The scale just happened to become a nice 1cm=10km on the paper, making the map about 380x280 km. The "civilized world" in this setting is very small

Populus… means something about people, but that's all I know… English isn't my first language, I feel the need to say Maybe I'm not answering your question here, Miranda, but the region will have a single city and a few small villages – if you were asking about something else I'm really sorry!

[Hai-Etlik]

I'd suggest staying away from Google Earth/Maps for a data source. They probably aren't going to take notice but you are violating their copyright (or rather that of whoever licensed the data to Google). There are other data sources you could use instead that are public domain or under open content licenses like OpenStreetMap (CC-BY-SA) or Natural Earth (Public Domain)

[TempyTheCleric]

Populus… means something about people, but that's all I know… English isn't my first language, I feel the need to say Maybe I'm not answering your question here, Miranda, but the region will have a single city and a few small villages – if you were asking about something else I'm really sorry!

You answered it perfectly. That seems like a good size for where the map seems to be heading - design wise. If you had anything more than a single city i would be concerned!