Years after the formation of the Republic, a Capitol city is decided. All the representatives from the different tribes (in their cities) will convene monthly in the city of Gwapolis (located near Jerusalem).
We have also managed to create a fledgling 1000 man army. We have successfully stopped the invading tribesmen. And, once we were done with that, we were able to expand our borders. We now control a Republic stretching from the Nile to the Land between the two rivers (which means we control Israel, Southern Lebanon, Jordon, Western Iraq, Eastern Egypt, and parts of Syria).
Population has once again boomed, our Republic now holds over 25,000 people (lots of them from newly acquired cities). We have also taken a lot of technologies from those tribes and tiny cities we have conquered, including Iron Working, Masonry, toothpicks, etc.