Hi Lanyards, nice work so far. I usually don't like maps of US states because they lack appeal, but Alaska is such a mystery even to Americans that this might work.
You've got the beginnings of a cool color palette that represents an arctic climate... can you develop that a bit more? The yellow is especially bright compared to everything else.
I'd love to see some Alaska-specific features... Denali? Glaciers? Bears?
To the east of Alaska you have the same blue background as the ocean, giving the impression that Alaska is a big island. If you were to show the northern border of Canada you could fill it with a more subtle color and use that as your legend background instead of the fuzzy rectangle, which doesn't really match anything else on the map.
The mountains look like bits of twine... if you're working in photoshop I can suggest a tutorial for an effect that may better approximate mountains. Once the mountains are figued out you can just say in the legend that mountains are unpassable borders and lose the box.
Somebody has probably already pointed out that "Fairanks" may be missing a letter.
In terms of playability, it's very straightforward, which could be good or bad. You might want to add some features that spice up game play... bonus for oil rigs? Control of the pipeline? And if you're going to add oil bonuses, you could also give "enrivonmentalalist bonuses" for controlling protected lands.
OK, these are my initial thoughts. Keep up the good work!
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