[Gandalf Parker]

Hmmm.. well a program to me would be very simple. Only a few lines. If I do it on my system to run maps thru it then it wouldnt even have to be a "program" in a programming language. It could just be a text script.

But on seeing your examples it strikes me that a special "library" of small files including those examples and others could be created for Ballbarians SemiRand program to use. That way it would already have a nice menu for running a map thru it or creating a new map with it. It supports things like "only put on coasts". People who like NI play could install the NI library into SemiRand to get mostly-empty-provinces with special ones scattered to whatever percentage they like. Maybe you could look at that after your map is done. After all, at that point you would already have done most of the work (the designs and map commands).

But I do like the "search for the sites" aspect. Basically it adds a level of effort like in other games where you must build a structure or something to get units there.