Heathcliff
Tactician
Why is Poland so strong in Civ 5, when it is so weak in real life ?
Like all the other civilizations, poland also has Its strength and weaknesses. Its quick social policy adoption could make future social policies way more expensive for example. Im not sure but its possible. Another thing, not having cattle or stable animals around could make its ub useless.
No... Poland's free policies are truly free: they don't increase costs of later policies. So the free policies don't have a downside. Except that they make Poland unbalanced. But hey... it's fun to play an unbalanced civ now & again.