Just some random questions about modding MTW... Thanks in advance for all replies.

1. What is the maximum number of provinces? I've heard 100, 108, 110... does anyone know exactly what it is, and does it include sea provinces, Sahara-like empty areas etc.? This is very important...

2. Can mercenaries (note that I mean REAL mercenaries in the MTW bought-from-an-Inn sense, not just normally recruited troops CALLED mercenaries!) be restricted to a specific area, so that no Alans show up in Ireland and no Bonnachts on the Steppes? Basically I'm asking if the excellent region-based merc. system of RTW could be replicated at all?

3. Is there any maximum number of factions?

4. Can you have a unit available for recruitment as long as a specific building is NOT built (so that, for example, you can only build peasants as long as you HAVEN'T built 20%+ farmlands)?

More might be coming, keep fighting the good fight!