But that can happen on a realistic map, too. The only things you know going into a premade map are geographic features and locations of capitals. What the other Civs do beyond that is up to them. I often find, for example, that the French put Paris in France and then all their other cities are off in Siberia somewhere. Even after I've taken enemy capitals, I can still get to the point where I'm practically tearing my hair out trying to find their final city, which is god-knows-where, and even if I do know the terrain just by virtue of the fact that I know about geography and history, there's nothing keeping the AI from deviating from that. They'll put cities wherever they 'feel' like putting them, and I still have to search for them, and I may sometimes end up sending my armies off to the wrong place as well.
We're not so different, you and I. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/lol.gif" border=0>
[This message has been edited by Loaf Warden (edited April 21, 2001).]