I could have increased the turn timer but was not watching this thread those days. Sorry about that I feel like a bad host.
What should happen now?
As far as agreeing to an ending, IMO it is more common in games without victory conditions to have to agree to one, otherwise the game drags on indefinitely. At some point, there is simply no point in continuing to play. IMO, if the only nations with a realistic chance of winning agree on a pecking order, then that's good enough. BUT that is no rule, just my perception. What constitutes a "realistic chance of winning" is usually apparent but not possible to define.