I was mainly thinking about Poland compared to the Aztecs.
The more culture you accumulate as Poland throughout the game, the more your free social policies are worth, in terms of raw culture.
Assuming that you focused somewhat on culture as Poland in order to maximize the value of your free social policies, do you think that the Aztecs could possibly earn enough culture through war to match the value they would have gotten from being Poland?
I don't have a good general idea of how much culture the Aztecs can accumulate through war. But assuming that it is less than or nearly equal to 6 or 7 free social policies, I might reason that the Aztecs face pressure to battle for what Poland receives for free.
In that sense, Poland might make the Aztecs obsolete, save for their floating gardens (which is pretty awesome nonetheless) and Jaguar.
BQ: Since acquiring as much culture as possible is necessary to maximize the value of Poland's 7 free social policies, does that make a CV the best suitable victory type for Poland?
The more culture you accumulate as Poland throughout the game, the more your free social policies are worth, in terms of raw culture.
Assuming that you focused somewhat on culture as Poland in order to maximize the value of your free social policies, do you think that the Aztecs could possibly earn enough culture through war to match the value they would have gotten from being Poland?
I don't have a good general idea of how much culture the Aztecs can accumulate through war. But assuming that it is less than or nearly equal to 6 or 7 free social policies, I might reason that the Aztecs face pressure to battle for what Poland receives for free.
In that sense, Poland might make the Aztecs obsolete, save for their floating gardens (which is pretty awesome nonetheless) and Jaguar.
BQ: Since acquiring as much culture as possible is necessary to maximize the value of Poland's 7 free social policies, does that make a CV the best suitable victory type for Poland?