Recent content by Kram

I loved the vassal-states feature in Civ IV! I've been hoping they would bring it back ever since

Good point. I seems like the design spec for all included civilizations and religions is probably something along the lines of "those that have withstood the test of time..." Forget about America and Germany, though--including them doesn't follow this reasoning. But it's odd they failed to...

Yeah, the thing that makes Germany difficult is that it really has been a nation state for roughly a century and a half. But if you go back to earlier Germanic territories like the Holy Roman Empire, then you have some historically powerful rulers like Charlemange or Frederick the Great...

I thought that Japanese Shinto was a composite religion that was created by pre WWII Japan government to solidify Japanese nationalism. While Shinto does draw on classical Japanese mythology, Japan has historically adhered more to Buddist denominations.