OK, here's what I sent to CH and HG:
Quote:Hi Classical Hero and Halvgud,
As we said in our in-game message, we fear that our borders are so close that things might escalate out of control easily. Therefore we'd like to start discussing borders before the situation gets too explosive.
We already noticed that your city of Leather Face is actually closer to our capital than it is yours. That is understandable since you get stone resource out of that city. However, if you continue to expand this far to east, it'll leave us very little room to expand peacefully. So we suggest a following agreement as basis of our further dealings:
1) You will not settle any more cities further east than the longitude that goes 2 west from Leather Face.
2) In exchange we will not settle any cities any further west than the longitude that Leather Face is on. And we will not settle within 3 squares radius of Leather Face.
3) Previous points apply on the settlements on the continent we are on.
4) Exceptions can of course be done by mutual agreement. Hostilities will cancel the deal automatically.
How does that sound to you? If we can agree on a border agreement we believe we can have a mutually beneficial relationship. E.g. our close borders give us perfect opportunity to initiate foreign trade early and get an early boost to our economies. Hoping to hear from you soon.
Best Regards,
Aivoturso and Bowsling