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They stack, but you only get the 17% increase from Rationalism once. The most powerful science city modifier you can get is 50% University + 33% Wat + 50% NC + 50% Observatory + 50% RL = 233%. A very interesting strat is to delay Tradition and use the 4 free culture buildings for Wat. Top that...

GS, GE, and GM are all linked. GWAM are the independent ones.

Consulate isn't about ally, it's about free friendship and the huge benefit that comes with it. Also, You only need classics to get Patronage. It's totally possible for Consulate to be your 3/4th policy.

Commerce (Medieval Era) 8 - Commerce Opener: Boosts Gold output in the Capital by 25%. Unlocks Big Ben. (Big Ben + Mercantilism and potentially Autocracy for units or Order for buildings) 3 - Wagon Trains (leads to Entrepreneurship): +2 Gold from all your Land Trade Routes. (This is a joke)...

The thing is civ that bully a lot generally are not well liked. Angering them does carry a bit of risk, but if you have friends, you'll probably get the bully universally hated much faster. The diplomatic hit for standing your ground is actually very small. I've had games with 41 city states...

You went Freedom, did you get New Deal to go with your Landmarks? They can go up to 15 culture per tile which translates to 30 base tourism with Hotel, Airport, and the national wonder.

The effect expires in 50 turns.

I am pretty sure I have Longbows upgraded to 2 range Bazookas. Probably just a misplaced unit.

Just park 1 horse and 1 ship next to Venice. Move them around to track his MoV movement. If you see them heading for a CS, you know what to do. It's quite tedious, but it's also very effective since the AI doesn't seem to escort their MoV.

I had one game where a city state capture another city state. Both of them were my allies. The victor ended up keeping the new city and gave me the extra resource.

Except the shortcut key is the 'V' key, which I fat-finger a lot. At least they tell you which resources you can trade to another civ.

Bismark is a surprisingly good Autocracy candidate. His 25% reduce maintenance cost stacks with Autocracy tenet, giving you a really cheap way to maintain a large army. Combine with Commerce, Big Ben, and Mobilization, you can buy the newest army and keep paying for it easily. This all synergies...

No. Nothing upgrades to missile cruisers. They should but they don't.

I almost never use nukes. Nukes for me are reserved for Gandhi. Anytime I have Gandhi in my game, I must build a nuke a use it 1 turn before end game. The satisfaction of seeing a ~45 pop city go down to 15 pop is really gratifying.

Just call them unskilled laborers. Makes perfect sense that when you want to make a big project. You need engineers as well as some unskilled laborers drafted from farmers (and merchants/scientists lol) to work on the project.