Here's 1 random positive stat derived from victory screen. Our population represents 7.5 % of the world pop while the average in a 18 person game (assuming no barb cities) is 5.6 %. Of course, this stat will probably be going down as we don't really have any good city sites available and also while we don't get pop growth this turn. Moreover, I think comparison against rival averages is not too fruitful because we know with high certainty that at least 2 civs have lost cities and some other players are possibly playing bad. E.g. m_h's expansion seems oddly slow. Aaand therefore we also must be doing significantly better than rival average if we want to remain truly competitive. I guess it's time for me to update the sandbox... 