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Six. Significantly better than last time. Counting the tiny pieces along the edge, as well as the two islands technically touching according to the map, I have 38 territories left in Turkey.
Another six. Things are going well. Should I bother with those tiny territories on the edge, or delete the lines between them or something? (The same goes with all those tiny islands along the coast)
Matt, aside from breaking the rules and not waiting for another empire before taking your first turn, you used a .jpg image. I recommend not doing that, because this relies on the fill tool, and saving as a jpeg virtually ensures that will never work again. I redid your empire on my last .png, and I recommend you wait for an empire aside from mine to go before taking your turn, since you're essentially a turn ahead. Also, try hosting with either http://bb.ohsk.net or http://bb.xieke.com/.