Good idea.
For true exploration it would be great to have a fog of war map and only shows areas once you have explored them or purchased / obtained a map of an area. The play area would have to be random as well.
You seem not to care about the state of the game. You only focus on yourself and EU. Very sad. Think about how great it could be with the mechanics Texas and others have mentioned.
Your nearsightedness will be the downfall of this great Game.