I reckon the current "Eremos" province is a good solution to simulate the "unconquerable" desert regions.

Can Eremos be extended to the steppe area as well? Maybe isolating little pockets of hellenes and Skythians could simulate the wide open steppe. Maybe it could shape invasion corridors too.

Not that EB seems to bad in that regard, I rarely see civilised factions dominating the steppes...unless its me playing Baktria. It seemed to play badly in RTR and other versions, with civilised factions biting chunks of steppe and holding them in odd (historically unlikely IMHO) shapes.

Theoretically I like the idea of the wide steppeland being unconquerable between scattered coastal cities and isolated camps: does EB or EB2 need this solution?