Questions - Victory Conditions & assasins

[mac5732]

I have several questions concerning the game which I have been unable to find in the manual, is someone could answer them I would appreciate it... tks in advance

1. victory conditions, game shows, standard, by province etc, however, no where can I find any explantion for any of them, such as ok, what are the standard victory conditions, or what is the win by province mean etc. If someone could please explain each of the victory conditions or head me in the direction they can be found would be appreciated

2. assassins & spys, it shows you may be attacked by assasins, however, can the player direct assasins or place them himself and if so, how, same with spys or are spys considered hidden scouts etc.

3. If also doesn't explain well as to the strenght numbers concerning neutrals,, ie' 3,4,5,6, etc, which is considered average and which is considered stronger numbers etc, and how do they affect them

tks