Musketeer935
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I was playing a game on BNW and noticed that Venice had an Impi... the Zulus aren't in the game that I'm playing. And ideas where it came from?
Venetian.. Impi?
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Godswood
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A city state. Militaristic city states grant you troops, and sometimes those are unique units of other civilizations.
Musketeer935
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Good call, I played a couple more turns, and a city state gave me one, haha. Is it a bug that they give UUs? Or is that intended?
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This thread again? 
Militaristic City-States can give the UU of a civilization that is not in the game to their Ally.
Venice is allied with a Militaristic City-State that gives Impis, thus it gets Impis!
Interestingly, I also have Venetian Impis running around in my game!
Isabella was trying to conquer Venice, and she had a really hard time, even with a ton of units! 
In my case, Hanoi is the one giving Venice Impis! I also had Valletta in my game, and it was my ally, but Venice bought it before I could get any of the special units!
I don't even remember what they were anymore...
To know what UU they give, hover your mouse over their type (Where it says they are Militaristic and tells you their personality)!
Militaristic City-States can give the UU of a civilization that is not in the game to their Ally.
Venice is allied with a Militaristic City-State that gives Impis, thus it gets Impis!
Interestingly, I also have Venetian Impis running around in my game!
Isabella was trying to conquer Venice, and she had a really hard time, even with a ton of units! In my case, Hanoi is the one giving Venice Impis! I also had Valletta in my game, and it was my ally, but Venice bought it before I could get any of the special units!
I don't even remember what they were anymore...To know what UU they give, hover your mouse over their type (Where it says they are Militaristic and tells you their personality)!
Musketeer935
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Ah, thanks. I didn't know you could see what units they give, that's really cool.To know what UU they give, hover your mouse over their type (Where it says they are Militaristic and tells you their personality)!
George Abitbol
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This thread again?
Militaristic City-States can give the UU of a civilization that is not in the game to their Ally.
Perhaps Firaxis should warn new players with big ads " CAREFUL !!! CITY STATES GIVE UNIQUE UNITS !!!"
I noticed this feature by myself when I "accidentaly" hoovered the mouse over the city-state panel, and IMO it's a very good thing: these units add some diversity and act as mercenaries. And it can tell who is in the game or not. I feel very happy when I meet a CS giving Mohawk Warrior
Considering that it's implemented by not allowing Venice to build a settler, my guess is that they could (provided that unit was on a different landmass.)
My guess is that they could not.
Louis XXIV
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To add to this, Vanilla, after a certain patch, even gave a random chance of a UU appearing as well (it just was systematized like they did with G&K).
JanghanHong
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They can't, got conks as Venice, didn't have the option.
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