Here is a rundown of Provinces:
Number of.Adjacent Provinces - Name (Number of SC's adjacent)
12 - Bacino delGiglio (6)
11 - Channel of Corsica (4)
9 - Laguna di Venezia (3), Eastern Thyrrenian Sea (3), Channel of Sicilia (4), Inner Ionian Sea (3), Foggia (4)
8 - Gulf of Genova (4), Western Thyrrenian Sea (1), Bacino Avventura (2), Terrazzo delle Tremiti (2), Catanzaro (3), Adria (4)
7 - Eastern Ligurian Sea (3), Northern Sardinian Sea (2), Arcipelago di Spalato (2), Litorale Adriatico (3), Dalmatian Sea (3), Aosta (3), Cremona (4), Milano (3), Spoleto (3), Chiusi (3), Sulmona (3), Torino (2)
6 - Western Ligurian Sea (3), Western Mediterranean Sea (1), Terrazo delle Lipari (1), Gulf of Taranto (1), Coast of Bari (2), Saluzzo (3), Asti (2), Vercelli (4), Casale (3), Lodi (4), Bobbio (3), Genova (1), Brescia (2), Verona (2), Vincenza (4), Chioggia (2), Mantova (4), Ravenna (2), Sarzanna (5), Ancona (0), Viterbo (3), Roma (1), Potenza (3), Messina (2), Catania (1), Oristano (2), Fiume (4), Pisa (1), Rimini (3)
5 - Southern Sardinian Sea (1), Fossa di Pantelleria (2), Coast of Amalfi (2), Stretto di Messina (2), Channel of Otranto (2), Central Adriatic Sea (0), Briancon (3), Nizza (1), Novara (2), Savona (2), Alessandria (2), Pavia (1), Sondrio (4), Arco (3), Piacenza (2), Treviso (2), Aquileia (2), Trieste (1), Ferrara (4), Comacchio (2), Forli (3), Castel del Rio (2), Firenze (2), Piombino (3), Siena (3), Frosinone (3), Napoli (1), Amalfi (1), Taranto (1), Reggio Calabria (0), Palermo (0), Argrigento (2), Aleria (2), Ventimiglia (1), Padova (1)
4 - Pantelleria (0), Eastern Mediterranean Sea (1), Outer Ionian Sea (0), Siracusa (1), Catanissetta (2), Brindisi (1), Benevento (0), Spalato (1), Zara (1), Bastia (0), Pescara (2), Fabriano (2), Urbino (0), Bologna (3), Modena (4), Parma (3), Bergamo (2), Grosseto (2), Arezzo (2), Livorno (3), Prato (3), Como (1), Sion (2), Geneve (1), Annecy (3), Chambery (3), La Spezia (1)
3 - Malta (0), East Gateway (0), Bari (0), Cagliari (0), Sassari (0), Ajaccio (0), Ragusa (1), Pola (1), Udine (0), Trento (0), Domodossola (1), Lucca (1)
2 - Africa (0), L'Aquila (0), Perugia (0), Venezia (0)
It would be interesting to speculate on some of the ratios of the provinces, For instance Modena has 4 provinces surrounding it - each with an SC on them does this make Modena a more or less desireable grab early on? Also Sarzanna has 6 SCs currounding it - with a sea province - should one expect this to be a strategic bottle kneck or a strategic corridor?