Argyrian Empire map

[Ghostman]

I aimed for a fairly simple atlas-esque style that would hopefully not look overtly modern. The text labels for some state and settlement names are faded to indicate places that aren't part of the titular empire. What do you think of this method for representing political boundaries? I want to avoid drawing any actual borders on the map because those do not really exist within the setting -- sendetary civilizations such as the AE do not rule land so much as they rule key cities, and these cities in turn extend their domination over the smaller towns nearby, and so on down the pecking order until you've got villages that may or may not agree with their neighbours over which parcel of (arable or otherwise exploitable) dirt belongs to whom.