Current date - January 1st, 1870 Every nation gets 1 province per 5 million population they have, once again, population is determined by how many troops a corp has. For example, a corp/player with 100k troops will have a population of 10 million, getting a country 2 provinces. :p New territories must be adjacent to already owned ones. Colonies and enclaves will not be permitted, thank you. Colonies can be established by the players of fleets physically moving to colonize an area(land corps will require fleets to ferry them to move across sea) which takes time based on the distance and speed of your ships. Do de math!