[Spoilers] Fintourist and Old Harry have nothing to see here

[Dhalphir]

Well yeah, you guys have been at a state of hot or cold war with mackoti for the last couple dozen turns, to say nothing of the conflict with suttree for the rest of the game. It's possible to keep up horizontal growth during that time, as your food numbers show, but vertical growth is a lot harder. Once you can get your capital up to turn 20+ like the leaders and get some GAs rolling you'll be able to tick along. It's mainly a question of how long until scooter or mackoti makes (or is forced to make) a fatal mistake, handing the other the game.