how do you choose to play a different map?
In the starting screen / main menu you can select what continents are in the game.
also there you can turn on and off if you want all cultures in the game to start as their own countries.
in the next update that will hopefully come out this week there will also be Easter egg nations and provinces/states that you can turn on and off if you want them to start as independent
thanks for playing and hopefully enjoying the game <3