The Greek government decided to post a complete Demographic Report at the beginning of 1982, after increasing inquiries into the status of the empire from its citizens. The Demographics screen comes first:
Many categories have set records, but the population especially has greatly increased. With 59,866,000 citizens, the Greek Empire comprises 57% of the world population of 105,028,070. The Empire's primary statistician took a minute to look up previous statistics and found that just nine years ago, at the beginning of 1973, the population stood at 47,210,000. That's 12,656,000 more citizens in nine years - 27% growth
! The world population has actually declined by 2.2% in that time, making it likely that a good portion of the Greek population growth came from conquest.
In the same nine years, production has increased 33% from 3000 to 4000 megatons, and commerce has increased 25% from 2000 to 2500 gold. Land area has increased 25% from 227,000 square miles to 283,000 square miles. Both the old, growing parts of the Greek Empire and the newly conquered parts are greatly helping it ascend to world domination.
Quality of life has also improved. Literacy, at a meager 67% in 1973, is 85% today. Medical advances, though more moderate than educational ones, have nonetheless increased the average lifespan a respectable 3 years to 66 years since 1973. Disease has also been reduced, from 3% to 2%.
On a slightly less rosy note, pollution has increased from 48 tons to 54 tons. A recent effort at significantly increasing the number of Australian workers apparently hasn't turned the situation around yet
. However, the government is pleased to announce compared to land area, the amount of pollution is actually lower than in 1973.
In terms of real-world comparisons, the population of Greece is approximately equal to that of present-day Italy, which is 23rd on the world scale.
As can be seen, Greek power is quickly becoming a juggernaut. The score of 2018 indicates an increase of approximately 21 points every turn.
The Culture meter shows a similar, if less drastic, story. Spain and Korea appear to be the main contenders for cultural dominance. Greece's total culture is at 72,047; a rough estimate of the total worldwide culture places it at slightly over 600,000. The culture of the defeated civilizations would likely push that to around 800,000.
The formerly French city of Orleans, in South Austrlia, holds the current production trophy at 70 shields per turn. It is at this time the only city in the Empire powered by nuclear power, most having hydroelectric power and the remainder coal power.
Athens contributes the most money to the treasury, at 50 gold per turn with 60% science, thanks in no small part to tourist income from The Colossus. Groningen, a Dutch city in Malaysia, ekes out Athens for the science trophy at 77 beakers per turn.
Athens also is the single-city cultural leader, at 5523 culture. Lyons is second at 2835.
Ephesus, on the east coast of India, is the most populous city in the Empire, with a size rating of 24 and a population of 3,032,000. Gergovia, on the east coast of the Mediterranean, is nearly half a million citizens behind, but is quickly catching up.
Maintenence costs for the Empire ring in at a tidy 1047 gold per turn. No one ever said maintaining a powerful empire was cheap!
The military contains 286 units, with up to 498 supported for free. The five largest sections are as follows:
78 - Tanks
65 - Mechanized Infantry
29 - Hoplites
13 - Artillery (noncaptured)
12 - Bombers
Take a guess which one is mostly in city-defender roles
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Thirty-eight percent of the land area has been captured. America is now our closest rival in both land and population, at seven and six percent, respectively.
And finally, the National Cartographer has arrived just in time to attach a copy of the latest official map.
Got the Denmark part, had Jylland and Sjælland switched before double-checking though. Only the mainland is on the Civ map, so it's safe to say, welcome to the Greek Empire!
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They're probably lucky to still be around given their declaration of war in 1635 AD, really. At that point they were my worst enemy, somehow they later became my most important trading partner and a decently friendly civilization.
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