Extremely Basic MP Question

[rylen]

This is incredibly basic stuff. I'm sure it's on a FAQ somewhere, but I skimed the ones here and didn't see it.

I'm ready to join my first MP game on the Mosehansen server, nunezs2000's "Newbie-Intermediate Only." How? I've picked out my faction and pretender. The options I see are "submit" and "reset" which do nothing. How do I proceed?

Other questions --
Map karan -- is that like Aran?
Research 1 == ?? Fast, slow, regular?
Event rarity 1 == Normal, rare?
Richness 2 = Normal, rich?
Other important abbreviations.

Is province strength 9 typical? Why? To prevent blitz expansion?

Thanks

Rylen