well this is the version with the holy land:

it seems it would be a totally different game experience with more rpg element. this sounds weid for sure and also 'hard coded' but for example: one of my ideas was instead of factions, you could choose a number of generals /heroes/ if you like from both sides. and this could be done without great changes in the code. Changing the faction banners to general portraits on the campaign starter screen and when the game starts you would get an army on the campaign map and would advance like mongols in the normal game. i think that could be done. or if that wont work than also a 'hidden' region could be made. i mean something that you cant see on the map but it would give you backup and financial help as your far far away home country.
so the map would be replaced with a higly detailed map of the holy land and all the latin kingdoms there also containing damascus and other important saracen cities. the map would be divided not only to kingdoms, but smaller regions, counties etc. (like in the film kingdom of heaven, gotfried and later balian of ibelin: it was a bigger town or something witc a couple of oasis and villages). so the game would start with all these generals; the crusaders, who are helping the kingdom of jerusalem or any other kingdom against moslims. and as you advance in battles you'd be revarded by the king of jerusalem with these 'feudal gifts' or units, money. when you managed to get some land you'd be able to develop the infrastructure there get taxes and all like in the defaulf campaign. you can also have heirs and all. the fun part would be that the king of jerusalem would be elected like the pope now. so these generals would be the electors /through diplomats for example/ and the more land and power you have the more word you'll have in the election, so in the end you could become the king of jerusalem, which would only mean to obtain the city itself, though it would indicate a huge tax income.

so do you think at least this, if not the whole europe map could be done?