Ok, I know so many civs have been wanted and discussed and many people don't want another european civ anyway. When it comes to relevance, sure Switzerland is a small country and it has never had much interest in shaping/changing the world. But I'd like to point out why Switzerland could be a different case from the others and, as far as I know, there was no thread for this so far.
Switzerland could be a very unique civ that plays different from all the others that we had so far and probably will have.
Switzerland is famous for its armed neutrality which is a national concept since 500 years. It has been in wars since then (and some civil wars too) but it never attack a neighboring country/started a war. Neighboring cities joined the nation of will that Switzerland is though. I like the thought that a swiss civ is not able to start a war or to capture enemy cities. It would not work if conquest is the only available victory condition, of course.
So my idea of an UA:
"Armed Neutrality" Not being able to declare war or capture cities. Attacking Switzerland leads to a malus in relationship with other civs.
An idea to help the swiss civ in the late game against large empires:
Unique tile improvement "disguised landmine". Available in the late game. It looks like a normal improvement (farm, sawmill...) to other civs, gives no extra yields but kills the first enemy unit walking on it (and also deletes the improvement). This is based on the swiss tactic during WWII.
Unique building:
"Swiss Bank" You earn a very very small % of the gold income of all other civs you've met. Might also be a special national wonder (that are not in Civ VI [yet]
).
So you end up like a turtle with a lot of money. What to do with it?
Since Switzerland would be restrained from winning through conquest, I'd like it to have another Unique building:
"Foundaton". You can create foundations (one per city) in your districts which enables you to invest your money and get science/culture/faith over time. This reflects the cultural/scientific powerhouse that Switzerland is per capita.
The leader problem:
Switzerland did not have too many great leaders in its history, and "leader" itself is the wrong term anyway. I would prefer that Switzerland would be reigned by the people, since it is, to my knowledge, the only direct democracy there is/has been that seems to work. So you meet "the People of Switzerland" instead of "Dufour of Switzerland". Of course, in reality you would meet a member of the 7-people-head-of-state-council called "Bundesrat". If direct democracy could disable you doing stuff in the game or require extra amenities is another thought, but it would probably be too complicated.
What do you think?
PS: this is not a commercial for Switzerland and I am also not swiss
Switzerland could be a very unique civ that plays different from all the others that we had so far and probably will have.
Switzerland is famous for its armed neutrality which is a national concept since 500 years. It has been in wars since then (and some civil wars too) but it never attack a neighboring country/started a war. Neighboring cities joined the nation of will that Switzerland is though. I like the thought that a swiss civ is not able to start a war or to capture enemy cities. It would not work if conquest is the only available victory condition, of course.
So my idea of an UA:
"Armed Neutrality" Not being able to declare war or capture cities. Attacking Switzerland leads to a malus in relationship with other civs.
An idea to help the swiss civ in the late game against large empires:
Unique tile improvement "disguised landmine". Available in the late game. It looks like a normal improvement (farm, sawmill...) to other civs, gives no extra yields but kills the first enemy unit walking on it (and also deletes the improvement). This is based on the swiss tactic during WWII.
Unique building:
"Swiss Bank" You earn a very very small % of the gold income of all other civs you've met. Might also be a special national wonder (that are not in Civ VI [yet]
).So you end up like a turtle with a lot of money. What to do with it?
Since Switzerland would be restrained from winning through conquest, I'd like it to have another Unique building:
"Foundaton". You can create foundations (one per city) in your districts which enables you to invest your money and get science/culture/faith over time. This reflects the cultural/scientific powerhouse that Switzerland is per capita.
The leader problem:
Switzerland did not have too many great leaders in its history, and "leader" itself is the wrong term anyway. I would prefer that Switzerland would be reigned by the people, since it is, to my knowledge, the only direct democracy there is/has been that seems to work. So you meet "the People of Switzerland" instead of "Dufour of Switzerland". Of course, in reality you would meet a member of the 7-people-head-of-state-council called "Bundesrat". If direct democracy could disable you doing stuff in the game or require extra amenities is another thought, but it would probably be too complicated.
What do you think?
PS: this is not a commercial for Switzerland and I am also not swiss
