but wars are also lost because the defence minister and king/queen can't be online at that point in time too. That is just one of those things that happen. If a civ wants something bad enough they can usually build it. may require a fire sale to get money to buy required GP but can be done. Few times it can't is the exception.They should let everybody build wonders as much as they want.... or have a rule that at least 2 or 3 people in a civ have to contribute at least one GP... but let the medal go to whoever puts more in, or if it's a tie, break it by market value at that moment...
Cultural minister should have a different function.... it's too big a responsibility... we just lost a huge war we may have won if the cultural minister had been around because that way we could have coordinated building a call to arms...
Another good question would be, do culture EVENTS count for medals???