Sapien is no ordinary map, it is a map where you progress through the ages as the empire of your choosing. Every single country in the map will eventually get their own unique unit(s). Depending on where you start you may get worse units (until the modern age when everyone begins to modernize.)
Play as one of the Greeks and become the next Basileus Megale.
Conquer the Mediterranean as the Romans and make your legions feared.
Colonize the natives as the Spanish or Portugese with your carracks or conquistadores.
Take control of the Jamestown settlers and lead your tiny colony to world hegemony.
Spread the Islamic faith as the Arabs and make sure Tours does not repeat itself.
The possibilities are endless my fellow Afterwinders. Any country you pick can be led to world domination. Each era is four turns and they are the Prehistoric era, Ancient era, Classical era, Medieval era, Renaissance era, Industrial era, and the Modern era. Future era will come eventually. The game is ideally played with 20 people with joining limit set to 99. As empires fall new empires can form from the ruins. Strategies should be turned off as they can interfere with the units Sapien has.
That concludes my description of the game, here are some screenshots. Borders are not finished.