I just finished Medieval II Total war as the English in the Grand Campaign. I did what I was supposeed in the game as usual: complete outright domination of the map. I controlled Britannia, Eastern Europe, some parts of the Iberian Peninsula, a small part of Northern Italy, half of Scandinavia, the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Antioch, etc.), some of The new World (Americas) including North America, South America, part of Mesoamerica, and lastly the Carribean. All together equals 45 provinces.