I guess the lack of sieges is explained by my low pop cap (25), but how can I incite the elves or humans to attack?
I embarked in an area with goblins, elves and humans. About 14 years, 30+million wealth, not a single goblin (no snatchers or ambushers etc.).
Supposedly the elves were 'at war' with my civ (reclaim), but I think that was actually war with an extinct civ with no survivors but a couple sites left, as I *think* the parent civ I was assigned is far away. When the elves showed up with diplomat+caravan they were listed as at 'peace'. One of my dwarves inherited a barony, and the elf diplomat started complaining about deforestation: I'm on a tundra embark so either they were complaining about cutting underground trees (i had only cut a few at that point), or they were complaining about another site my baron was in charge of? (If that's how it works, it says my dwarf is baroness of "Inkylashes", while my fort is called "Hoistpapers"; not sure if Inkylashes is just a title for the position or another site).
Anyway, I refused their demands every year but they keep coming back.
The humans initially were sending a vampire olm man diplomat. I left him alone for a few years until one of my dwarves was found drained of blood (10 years after my last migration wave, so obviously none of my current dwarves were vamps). Next year when he returned I sent the military out to kill him (which they did). But no retaliation from the humans. Next year they had a new liason (human this time) and the human caravan came as normal.