Somehow lost the screenshot, but from loyalty pressure I can see that Archduke's capital is just over the crest of those hills where his scout is in the picture I met him, which makes sense because he likely finished it at most 2 turns ago and it's rough terrain.
One thing I realised is that he mercifully didn't take the oppertunity to go straight into an Eagle Warrior rush, which probably would've been able to straight up kill me here. The scout means at least a few turns' delay behind him getting his second Eagle Warrior (if he intends to do so at all, he might just go into a Settler at pop 2). I'll keep an eye out, maybe this forces me to go into second Slinger or a Warrior and going AH--->Archery just to be safe. Hopefully he doesn't want to roll the dice quite this early, though he has done some pretty fast rushes before.
He'll probably spot that NW in a few turns, so I have to get a Settler up there ASAP to claim it. Unfortunately he's putting 16+ loyalty pressure down that river valley north of Hunza already, so may have to cede him the ground. Can't really contest it with how slow St. Petersburg'll be growing. I hope there's some good land to the east of the natural wonder
One thing I realised is that he mercifully didn't take the oppertunity to go straight into an Eagle Warrior rush, which probably would've been able to straight up kill me here. The scout means at least a few turns' delay behind him getting his second Eagle Warrior (if he intends to do so at all, he might just go into a Settler at pop 2). I'll keep an eye out, maybe this forces me to go into second Slinger or a Warrior and going AH--->Archery just to be safe. Hopefully he doesn't want to roll the dice quite this early, though he has done some pretty fast rushes before.
He'll probably spot that NW in a few turns, so I have to get a Settler up there ASAP to claim it. Unfortunately he's putting 16+ loyalty pressure down that river valley north of Hunza already, so may have to cede him the ground. Can't really contest it with how slow St. Petersburg'll be growing. I hope there's some good land to the east of the natural wonder
Hope the scout finds a way through the range at the Natural Wonder. Or we're all the way boxed in. If that is the case I might have to conquer Hunza (I'd rather not, it is a great CS, and its terrain is bad) and fight Archduke to be able to grow past 2-3 cities, I hope not. 
