Woke up in the middle of the night last night, and decided to do something I had been thinking about doing for a while. I'm not crazy about the green background either, but it will do for now. The last one was the first one I did, and would've done them all like that, but couldn't find the same map for CT. Whaddya think?
Very nice! However, the green background helps to draw the eye to what's most important, whereas the multicolored map strikes me as too busy and distracting. Even if you find the green not as pleasing as hoped, I think it a fine choice and excellent job.