Been playing a little bit now. I'm at 1709.6, 1564.4
Seems I'm pretty far from everyone.
Belated welcome!
You're not that far away from the big bulk of us. I see De-Legro (bright-blue) moving about near you. If you look south a bit, you'll see a bright green empire, that's Addridae. Below that is me in purple-pink, Kai in blue-grey, Tom in murky-blue, slapsticks in purple, Vellos in light green.
In fact, I can draw a straight line between me and you, only hitting Addridae on the way.