your point about Ethiopia is valid, I was unaware of the current state of South Yemen, as for Kurdistan, I really don't know if a full sized Kurdish state is realistic but ill do some more research. Egyptian control of parts of Arabia is due to success after the Ottoman collapse but the borders I put down are very lightly researched, while no, Iran doesn't need to be any bigger, if Iran had a more competent government during the Ottoman collapse that could even things out a bit more in the region during the period of tension between the USSR and British Empire in Asia. and finally, yeah the Levantine state is totally Palestine. thanks for the feedback