Now I am not saying the maps you play on are too small, just that mine are better and bigger. This area is the Kingdom of Tarth. Roughly the size of a tiny map. It generally takes me 100 turns just to fully colonize it. Then I make contact with the other nations. 

This is known as the Caucasus or the Colonies to Tarthans. It consists of some provincial colonies the Resoln built to stop the Gilden Kingdom from moving south. Having declared war on me without cause, I took it upon myself to wipe out the Resoln in the area, saving the Gilden, who have become useful allies. 

Still not getting why people don't like the art style of Elemental. This is my capital, Moskva. That's Moscow for you Altarian types. I can't wait to see this map with FE graphics though.