I took a look at the game, as well. I agree it doesn't look like things are going well for Quatronia on the Mavs home island either. Mavericks are also researching Engineering, which will reduce the effectiveness of our WEs.
I think it is time to coordinate activities with the other teams. Mavericks aren't nearly the push-overs we thought they would be, and our failed attempts aren't doing anything but giving there units XP. We also need to coordinate research. I noticed that Quat is also taching Nationalism (they don't know we know this, of course). I will try to draft a letter.
Also, everyone else has ended the turn. I didn't end our turn because I wasn't certain if we were ready to do so. I am actually more comfortable letting others do the turnplaying at the moment, since I haven't been following the game that closely recently.
Edit: Also, I am in favor of settling on Bode before Anjennida.