Can we have diplomatic relations with minor civs? IMO It'd be better .
I'm not sure that this is possible, and if it is, it makes minor civs nearly equivalent to the game's main civs, only players can't choose them. In this case, the diplomatic calculations that go on each turn increase tremendously and this causes really slow performance.
Rhye, in his mod (Rhye's and Fall of Civilization) has a good system where minor nations are at peace with neighbours until declared war on. Then, if there are several turns without conflict between the minor and major civs, peace is automatically declared. The attractiveness of this is that you get peace/war relations with minor civs, while at the same time, avoiding slow mod performance.
Just in general to Arbitrary Guy, the Europa Europa mod was one of my favourite Civ 4 mods. I loved the way it "included" the broader world, without it being part of the actual map. This was one of the massive improvements over other mods/scenarios, which kept things confined to one geographical area and completely ignored the rest of the world.
Since you mentioned in your last post that you've made little progress, I hope things pick up soon. A Warlords version of this map is at the very top of my wish list this year. I salute you for your fantastic ideas
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