Thanks for the comments guys. I made a slight update with some additional details on the forests and mountains:
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Quote Originally Posted by Llannagh View Post
I'd like to see a merged version of geography and political/cultural maps, since geography is a big influence on those.
I'll have to work on that.

Quote Originally Posted by Pixie View Post
I like your take on sea coloring - it's pretty vibrant/eletric and works well with the solid color of the political entities. Not so well on a "sort of satellite view" like your geographical map.
Not sure if I can agree on them not working on the geographical map; I originally had a much lighter outer sea and that worked fairly well, but I feel like the contrast works better on this version. I'm open to suggestions however.