Leaving Modding to the Modders

I think my short stint with modding has seen its end. After spending the past 3 days (maybe 4) adding 75 provinces to Europe (Big Map MOD), I learned that there is a limit to the number of settlements the map will support (199). Unfortunately, since I am at 187 and only halfway through Italy, I find it hard to continue knowing that I will not be able to finish (12 more provinces is not enough to spread across the rest of the map). I have not played M2TW in over a week because I have been preparing this map that I now know will never come to fruition.

...so it was fun, neat and all that stuff, but I feel like I wasted so much time...

*If I am not correct about the Total Provinces allowed, will someone please let me know?