Err. You're young. I'll forgive you for not knowing, but I led Thakria for over 2 RL years. Check my help file. It's hardly an enemy city for me.
Edit: Unless you're saying, keep your friend in an enemy city and suck them dry for info, in which case, all I can say is that I didn't even know he was gonna play. All I did was rave about Avalon a lot, until one day he was like, sup, I made a newb. Guide me. He wanted to be Thakrian on his own, I just logged in to make it easier for him, impatient brat. <3