The list of cities controlled by a nation is not published. To get a list of cities, new players should contact an established player in the nation they are joining and negotiate for that information. Optionally, the new player can choose to start randomly in some city controlled by the nation he is joining. If all else fails, the initial noble will be created in the nation's capital, even if that city has been conquered by another nation. If a player attempts to create an initial noble in a city that is not controlled by his nation, the noble will be created instead in the nation's capital.
New players start with a variable number of noble points and gold.
The amounts are determined by how well each nation is doing. The approximate starting amounts for each nation are published each month in the Game Newsletter, but the actual amounts will vary from the numbers published there.