Graphics Contest - Sirius Political Map

[Teerin]

Hello!

We are in need of a new map, to go along with @Error's awesome NavMap, inspired partly by this old 4.86 Regional Map.

With one big difference - political boundaries. The idea is that the system circle's ring will designate the region the system is a part of, and the bubbles will illustrate political control. Whoever enters into this contest should take note that these borders change over time, so you should save your work in such a way where it may be edited at a later date. Also, the bubbles should be on a layer behind everything, except the background star map. There will not be regional titles as on the 4.86 map, but instead titles (Agency FB, bold, white, and whatever size works) for factions that have territory.

Here are the colors you should use. I realize that this may change the existing ring markers somewhat from the old days, but it will probably make things much easier in the long run. Also, by giving you broad color ranges (light, medium, and dark can be ambiguous), sufficient leeway is granted to make it work well and be visually appealing.

Colors

Bretonia
- Region Ring Marker: Medium red
- House Government Territory Bubble: Medium red
- Molly Owned Territory Bubble: Dark red

Gallia
- Region Ring Marker: Medium purple
- House Government Territory Bubble: Medium purple
- Council Owned Territory Bubble: Dark purple

Kusari
- Region Ring Marker: Medium Yellow
- House Government Territory Bubble: Medium Yellow
- Imperial Owned Territory Bubble: Light Yellow
- Dragon Owned Territory Bubble: Dark Yellow

Liberty
- Region Ring Marker: Medium blue
- House Government Territory Bubble: Medium blue
- HF Legion Owned Territory Bubble: Dark blue

Rheinland
- Region Ring Marker: Medium green
- House Government Territory Bubble: Medium green
- Hessian Owned Territory Bubble: Dark green

Hispania
- Region Ring Marker: Medium orange
- Corsair Territory Bubble: Medium orange
- Outcast Territory Bubble: Dark orange "Cardamine, cardamine ... everyone wants cardamine ... "

Independent Worlds, Ring Marker: White
Border Worlds, Ring Marker: Light Gray
Edge Worlds, Ring Marker: Dark Gray
Nomad Worlds, Ring Marker: Magenta

Crayter Republic Territory Bubble: Bronze (medium on the tan to brown scale)
Gas Miners Guild Territory Bubble: Cyan
Order Territory Bubble: Silver
Sirius Coalition Territory Bubble: Brown (dark on the tan to brown scale)
Core Territory Bubble: Tan (light on the tan to brown scale)
Nomads and Wild Territory Bubble: Magenta

For reference, here is the current territory/political situation. These are to designate bubble locations, not ring locations (use Space's NavMap for that). For the parts where I note that the other half of a system should be empty, or split between two factions, have the territory line simply bisect through/behind the system marker to indicate incomplete control. All systems not listed should be outside of the bubbles.

If I messed up the ownership of a system ("Nomads own Quebec, not Liberty") please just let me know. FYI for faction leaders, this is meant for objective and functional sovereign control, not propaganda or exaggerated claims.

Territory

Bretonia Government: New London, Newcastle, Manchester, Cambridge, half of Omega-3 (other half empty), half of Dublin, half of Poole, half of Cortez
Mollys: Half of Dublin, half of Poole

Gallia Government: All of Gallia sans Champagne, Orkney, Edinburgh, Tau-23, Tau-31, Leeds, Magellan
Council: Champagne, Roussillon

Kusari Government: New Tokyo, Shikoku, Hokkaido, Hiroshima, Rishiri, most of Honshu, most of Nagano, part of Tohoku
IKN: Kyushu, Tottori, half of Tau-29
BD: Chugoku, part of Nagano, part of Tohoku (thirds, KNF/BD/Wild)

Liberty: New York, California, Colorado, Texas, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alaska, New Hampshire, half/most of Alberta (other half/portion empty), half of Cortez, have the bubble touch/get close to Magellan.
HF Legion: Vespucci, half of Kansas (other half empty)

Rheinland: New Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Bremen, Hamburg, Munich, Koeln, half of Omega-7 (other half empty), half of Dresden, half of Omega-11, part of Sigma-13, half of Sigma-15
Hessians: Omega-54, most of Omega-47, half of Dresden, half of Omega-11, half of Omega-5

Corsairs: Omicron Gamma, Omicron Omega, Omicron Xi, Omega-41, half of Omega-5, half of Omicron Kappa (other half empty), part of Omega-47
Outcasts: Omicron Alpha, Omicron Beta, Omicron Phi, Omicron Tau

Crayter: Coronado, Tau-44
GMG: Sigma-17, Sigma-19, Sigma-59, most of Sigma-13, part of Honshu, Okinawa
Order: Omicron Mu, half of Omicron Epsilon, half of Omicron Sigma, part of Delta (thirds, Order/Core/Nomads)
Coalition: Omega-52
Core: Rho, part of Delta
Nomads/Wilde: Omicron Major, Omicron Iota, Omicron Psi, Omicron Chi, half of Omicron Epsilon, half of Omicron Sigma, part of Omicron Delta, Omega-58, Drake, Unknown, part of Inverness, part of Tohoku

EMPTY: Omicron Minor, Omicron Lost, Omicron Theta, Omega-55, half of Omega-3, half of Omega-7, Omega-49, Baffin, half of Tau-29, Tau-37, Sigma-21, half of Sigma-15, half of Kansas, most of Inverness, Cassini, Kepler, Galileo, Bering, Hudson, Puerto Rico, Cayman

Final Deliverables:
- Full nav map with political territory bubbles, at least 900x900 in size, PNG format, uploaded to a common imaging website such as imgur
- Background of nav map with political territory bubbles, same size/format/upload, but no system circles, rings, or jump connections. This will be for Error to potentially use as a toggleable background for the NavMap

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