Alas, negotiations are tense in faraway lands. It turns out that 3 Civilizations that are for some reason called "human controlled" are sharing the same continent. The land is just about all claimed, Iron is in extremely short supply, and plots and counter-plots swirl around. Without the buffer of what is for some reason called an "AI controlled" Civilization to provide a common enemy, tensions are mounting.
The Dutch have led the way in technology for almost the whole game, and rumor has it, they have even deposed their despotic tyrant and are looking for a King at this point.