Australia are a perfectly valid Civ, yes they are part of the Commonwealth, but the Commonwealth holds no political power over Australia, it's a very different entity from the Empire. Australia stopped having legal ties to Britain since the 1940s when they essentially took total control of their own military (prior to this the Australian military were subordinate to the British military, in return Britain accepted responsibility for the defense of Australia). When Britain declared war in 1939, Australia went to war under the British declaration. Can you imagine the response if Britain attempted to commit Australia to a war now? The current links between Britain and Australia are due to an alliance derived of common culture. In most respects it is no different to the links between Britain and the USA. The Commonwealth is a free association, members are free to leave if they wish, though they have to apply to join (some members are Republics and a few were never part of the British Empire, Norway had an application to join rejected, and Charles De Gaulle even suggested that France should apply, though this was rejected by the French government).
To say that Australia shouldn't be in the game because they didn't exist in 4000BC makes no sense, neither did the USA, England, France, Germany etc etc.
The problem with the SASR is that (if they are anything like the British SAS) in order to make them realistic, you have to make them overpowered in the game, I don't think playability should suffer for realism. That said, I see no problem with them as a unique unit, Delta Force were modelled on the British SAS but that makes them no less American.
In all honesty though, If I were try and transcribe the SAS into CIV4, I wouldn't make them a unit in their own right, but would see them as Marines with about 15 promotions! They are very few in number due to the extremely high standards required, and thus cannot be produced en masse.
What about the Australian Defence Force? Maybe Infantry with a bonus in City Defence and maybe Forrestry I promotion?
To say that Australia shouldn't be in the game because they didn't exist in 4000BC makes no sense, neither did the USA, England, France, Germany etc etc.
The problem with the SASR is that (if they are anything like the British SAS) in order to make them realistic, you have to make them overpowered in the game, I don't think playability should suffer for realism. That said, I see no problem with them as a unique unit, Delta Force were modelled on the British SAS but that makes them no less American.
In all honesty though, If I were try and transcribe the SAS into CIV4, I wouldn't make them a unit in their own right, but would see them as Marines with about 15 promotions! They are very few in number due to the extremely high standards required, and thus cannot be produced en masse.
What about the Australian Defence Force? Maybe Infantry with a bonus in City Defence and maybe Forrestry I promotion?
Of course it is modular.
