The board at this stage...
First casualty! Ian gets wiped out in Europe by a two-pronged attack by Cochran and Stephen. Sophie manages to take North America. The two remaining hamsters Matt and Eric are bottled up together in South America.
Stephen is looking very strong, having expanded out of Australia and into Asia unimpeded. Not only does he get the 2 armies for Australia, he is getting an extra 2 armies from the 16 territories he holds. He has a spoiler armies (7 each) in NE Asia and in England.
Sophie holds North America, for now... she is vulnerable to an continent-busting attack by Stephen from both the NE and NW, and one of the remaining hamsters could decide to hit her from South America.
Cochran looks strong holding Africa, but he could be open to attack by the two hamsters in South America.
Matt and Eric are in a bad position, bottled up together in South America and any movement out of there by either (or both) of them is bound to get bloody.