Okay, I don't necessarily have to be Hamilcar. Question, though: Can I import units from other theatres if my own troop roster is lacking? The issue between me and Spoofa being a case in point. He can take Hamilcar, but if I get assigned something like the Lipari islands, can I order up troops from Iberia and Sicilia as well to go amphibious? Do we submit personnel requests to the Shophet? Because wherever I may be, if I don't land one of the plum governorships, I don't want to have to conquer a province for myself with Misteret Izrahim Ponnim. o.O

It would go pretty slow, since the save swapping is tough... It'd be interesting though if we eventually followed a Roman-style senatorial province allocation. Newly conquered provinces are reorganised, boundaries between provinces (groups of territories) are shifted, which would allow the same governors to continue having jurisdiction over theatres of action. I mean, it's pretty useless to have a governor of Bocchoris since he's practically going to sit there and do nothing the whole campaign, right? Or am I misunderstanding this?

I like the idea of the provincial governor calling out moves, so you're saying the Shophet is like the gamemaster, no? So am I to understand that the Shophet will have direct control over all lvl 1 and 2 governments, while we governors only control the 3s and 4s? Do we also control building in our own provinces, how is the budget allocated? And also, what if we need to convert to higher governments in order to access more advanced building options?

The Shophet is going to have to be one busy and active person. Or why not each governor takes turns to be both his own governor AND Shophet? Something like the UN Secretary General. That way everyone gets a turn, and we have more chances of not slowing down the game because someone is inactive. We could have a rule, for example, someone who is Shophet and inactive for more than a week will lose his post and have it handed over to the next person in the order of rotation? (I'm suggesting this because for the next few weeks at least, I will only be free on weekends. :D)