^ Gucumatz, did you see my post?
Well, no. By all indications, they can't found their own cities, which means they won't start taking from other city lists, they'll be taking cities on the map. It's like the screenshot that shows Kabul in the Zulu city list. The Zulu conquered the city, therefore it is in their city list. That appears to be the claim that Venice is like.
If they were allowed to build settlers, they almost certainly would be given a city list. It's really easy to add the cities if they neglect to do so for any reason.