Ugh, answered my own question. Started with the following:
#nostart 1
-- #nostart 2
#nostart 3
#nostart 4
That won't work, but the following method will:
#nostart 1
-- nostart 2
#nostart 3
#nostart 4
So as not to waste a perfectly good thread, here's a small preview of the map that I am working on. Have been working on a hex map editor for dominions2 and made this as a small test map: