It's likely that ancient cartographers had a tendency to make the country their commissioner was lord over look bigger than it really was. Flattery goes a long way when there's no proof that things are otherwise and you might be executed for making it look smaller than the last cartographer did.

Can't do that today, of course - except by changing the projection. I have always wondered why each country hasn't produced their own hemispherical projection with the heart of their own country at the centre.

Here's a preview of the form using just the shading.

Nice use of the fishes... es. :)

The scale of symbol is usually conveniently organised within a single style, but where you have mixed styles the comparitive scales between houses and hills (for example) is at your discretion. It's a blend of what is recognisable for what it is, and what looks right to you.

A map symbol doesn't have to be accurately scaled to life. A good example of this is the size of overland mountain symbols, which are many more miles wide than a mountain could be in real life. However, they do need to be that big so people can see that it's a mountain range and not a line of squashed ants.

If it bothers you I believe you can hide that column if you right click the column header. Tags aren't normally visible. I know that because I've never messed with the column settings so this is the default setup.

The forest grew back faster? I wonder if that might have something to do with a very abrupt cull of browsing animals, increased light at ground level for germinating seeds, and a slight enrichment of the soils?

That's how I did it when I wrote The One Day Wordlbuilder, but I'm sure there are better ways even than that.

The majority of us use a mouse because it's actually easier than using a drawing tablet. I have a perfectly good large Intuos Pro, but I never use it with CC3 because mouse is better.

However, I get what you are saying since there are users who cannot use a mouse, though I am out of my depth regarding any kind of alternatives - not being a coder myself.

This thread might help

That would be this one?