That looks really great! Excellent work on the mountains and plateau. I like the embossed effect on the rivers, too. As for the number of cities, I hear ya. I'm struggling with it on my map too. On one hand, it's a HUGE piece of territory, so of course there's gonna be a lot of cities, but on the other hand, the map still needs to be legible when fit into the greater Guild World map. Maybe the answer is two versions, City/Text Heavy, and Light?