Well, I am a very relaxed player, who really doesn't care if I loss. And, well, I love the idea of creating colonies, so over time, I usually create 2-5 colonies. I usually am England (and on top of that, Churchill) when creating colonies. The first time I tried that as England, I created America (Whats funnier wa I was playing the 1000 A.D. map of earth, and created America exactly where it should be). I next time I created a colony, it was France, so I thought it must choose countries pretty close to the ethnic group of england. The third time I tried, CHINA! I was thinking, "WTF?" I know Hongkong has some Brittish-Chinesse independence thingy, but the hole China? What is the chances of getting a leader or country when creating a colony?

BTW, I got it another time to create another England while I was England, so there flag was the English flag, but brown and green.

One time as playing the Mayans, I made Spain, then the Vikings. Go figure.

I made Catharge with the Portuguese. You really should have the option to choose the new civ's name and leader's name.

Another time I was Fredrick and they disided to clone me (since I was rocking) and so when I made a colony, IT WAS FREDRICK!!! I was happy, until he grew strong, and used my own mind against me, it was a huge war.

But still, you should choose the leader head, leader name, country name, and flag picture, but they use your guys characteristics and your countries options, that way they are just a break off of your country, over being a completely different place that is no way related to you expect city names.