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B) PROVINCE GROUPS

All provinces, inland or costal alike, have been grouped by a set of criteria. Some regions fit into more than one group. This organisation dictates which units are trainable where.
[*] Feudal West

This set includes those provinces that classical feudality has lived for centuries depending upon firmly planted historical roots. Although Russia dropped feudal system completely not before the 1905 revolution, that doesn't fit into our timeframe. Hungary and Poland roughly mark the border between East and West in our context.

Feudal and chivalric units can only be trained in these provinces.

Scotland
Northumbria
Ireland
Mercia
Wessex
Cymru
Norge
Sverige
Danmark
Sachsen
Brandenburg
Pomerania
Prussia
Franken
Freisland
Flandre
Lotharingien
Bayern
Cechy
Österreich
Schwaben
Champagne
Normandie
Bretagne
Switzerland
Aquitaine
Anjou
Ile De France
Burgogne
Tyrol
Veneto
Lombardia
Liguria
Di Stati Pontifici
Lazio
Toscana
Campania
Sicilia
Malta
Corsica
Sardinia
Provence
Toulouse
Navarra
Aragon
Castillia
Leon
Belensiye
Portugal
[*] Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Realm

Unique Roman units such as the Pronoiai Allagion can only be trained in these.

Trebizond
Asia
Nikaia
Konstantinopolis
Kypros
Rodhos
Kriti
Peloponnesos
Bulgaria
Srbiya
Hrvatska
Campania
[*] Ottoman Realm

Yeniçeri and Sipahi units are restricted to these provinces.

Sakartvelo
Hayastan
Rum
Kilikia
Ruha
Antiokheia
Suriye
Nejd
Trablus
Filistin
Sina
Masr
Berqa
Ifriqiye
Jezairiye
Kypros
Rodhos
Kriti
Asia
Nikaia
Trebizond
Konstantinopolis
Peloponnesos
Bulgaria
Srbiya
Hrvatska
Wallachia
Bogdan
Erdel
Krym

The scope of the area exceeds the Ottoman borders ever reached until 1453 (original game end). This is on purpose. (Hint. )
[*] Memluk (Mamluk) Realm

Unique Memluk units can be trained in the following provinces.

Masr
Berqa
Sina
Filistin
Nejd
Trablus
Suriye
Antiokheia
Kilikia
Ruha
[*] Italy

Guess what? This is where Italian/Sicilian/Papal specific units can be trained.

Veneto
Lombardia
Liguria
Toscana
Di Stati Pontifici
Lazio
Campania
Corsica
Sardinia
Sicilia
Malta
[*] Russia

Druzhina, Boyars and alike (if any) can only be trained here.

Novgorod
Smolensk
Moskva
Ryazan
Chernigov
Volga-Bulgaria
Pereyaslavl
Kiev
[*] Catholic Spain

Portugal
Leon
Castillia
Aragon
Belensiye
Navarra
[*] Magrib

The heart of the Muwahhid Empire. They have to train their mighty AUMs or Murabit Jav.s here and ship elsewhere.

Belensiye
Qurtuba
Grnata
Magrib
Jezairiye
Ifriqiye
Berqa[/list]
Even making this post, I changed a couple things. Therefore, this is not necessarily the final grouping.
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