Hmmm.
Have you read this thread: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=103698 ? First post has all relevant information. To be sure, please redownload the emergency fix from the link in that thread and overwrite existing files with it.

Then, please post a screenshot of your m2tw folder (not your VM folder)

Search your hard drive for:
data\descr_geography_new.txt
data\descr_geography_new.db

If you have them, delete them.