While I'm open to recommendations, I first need to make sure I understand the game mechanics of founding new cities. I started in the bottom left of the pangea in Strard.
I've expanded my initial city five times. I had just learned about leveling up a district before the last expansion and was lucky to get two-for-one. But I just got a quest to found a new city and level up both it and one of its new districts.
Within your Empire, raise a new City Center and a new District to their Level 2.
However, all seven regions surrounding mine–first ring of Oyvinn, Horlaken, and Menavin and second ring of Ipedan, Dels, Lodera, and Garint–contain enemy cities. And the user's manual states that each region may host only one city.
Each region can host exactly one city, never more. It you want to conquer a region which is already claimed by another empire, you must first capture its city.
Since Kentamys has no city yet, to expand must I either take a settler there (or another region without a city) or conquer one of the regions listed above. Furthermore, will I be able to complete the quest by conquering an existing city?
Best Answer
I have since confirmed the rule in the user's manual: you cannot found a new city in a region that already contains a city.
Recommendation: Expand into nearby regions before they fill up.