I love your muted colors. I'd be worried if I ever tried to print them, but since none of them push to the edge of the CMYK color gamut, they should work well enough.

The the mountians have this long straight ridge that I'm not used to thinking of in mountians. That might be what is making people step back from them.

I personally got really into the map and enjoyed it a lot. The shadows in the oceans was a nice touch.