Attacking Alien may be harder than you guys think so. His islandic nation makes conquest slower and more tedious. He could bring all his troops onto one island with all the supplies available, and hold out until your armies starve, considering his territory is economically poor. Your armies won't have much resources to pillage or scavenge on these islands, and the more land you take, the less land Alien has to administrate.
Bro it would be extremely easy
Dragon, you best not be planning to attack me.
Have trade initiated with MT. And do both sides of the map loop to each other?
Have my troops in the South build a port on the East coast and build 100 ships there. Send 100 ships in the North to the Eastern port
It'll take more than 2 ships to carry 30 000 troops
Send 2 warships with 30k in them to cross MT's "Man made river", when they cross it.... I'll tell you when they cross it.
And give my peasants jobs that require no actual knowledge.
And by sh*t, I mean trading.