What do the Dwarves think of us and our people?
That you're somewhat OK.
A: When will we next get the option to colonize?
B: Is there the possibility that a large portion of our population is practicing other religions in private to avoid persecution?
If there will be a rush to settle, you will be notified of possible sponsorship. Otherwise peeps do it (very slowly) on their own.
Why would there be persecution of religion, though? v:
what's up with that Mistemon lands?
Dorf hall also responsible for slight reduction of Elven forest to the west. Their ballsiest endeavour so far.
How densely populated is the Damdamian Republic? With Parsia under our influence and Cydwyl close to personal union with us we'll be pretty close to them soon in terms of land area, but if I remember right Cydwyl is mostly featureless steppe and Parsia is mostly featureless desert.
Related, what would annexing Cydwyl and Parsia do to our population score?
There are cities upon cities upon villages upon fortresses in the south and west, the coastal areas always were the Damdamian core lands and their first Republican capital was on the coast too (today's it would be in Spania). North and far east are considered somewhat of a frontier, and the central division lines are slightly less populated also due to decades of fighting between The Empire and The Republic.
Cydwyl would bump it up by a 1, Parsia would not.