Let me know if this description of your team is sufficiently flattering and non-spoiler-ish.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5592/mapmerlot.png

"Expansive Team Merlot prospered under the benevolent rule of King Indiansmoke, achieving the largest population in the world."

I don't know how much we prospered when we are 8 techs behind....so yes it is too flattering and does not reveal anything spoilerish.