Anyone else try to fill up the land with cities before warring?

[s0nny80y]

I think there is plenty of room for politicking even in small maps before people should get the idea to invade each other...

 

[Toiletman]

I think it's even necessary to build an economy: virtues and affinities and production capacity. When that's set up you can mobilize and start producing a high strength war machine.