Heya Alsace,
I saw your comment in the Review game for your Holy Land map, but don't get discouraged about creating a circle-type map. 3 of the 8 most popular boards on the site are circle-like, so people like to play them as long as they are fun and clear.
Circle maps have a bit of a bad wrap but if they are well thought out and the designer goes to the work of creating the circle-like territories then they can definitely pass review. If your still up for board designing then invite a few of us to a Dev game...and your map looked drastically better than many of our first maps, so very nicely done!
Thanks and hope to see ya around!
=Yertle