In election year, all of Egypt came down with sinus infections. Enter Schnirrk, whose head was large and pus-filled, whose nose incessently dribbled a constant stream of phlegm, and who could not speak because his throat was swollen to the size of a tree-trunk (historians should note that the game Charades was invented by Schnirrk specifically so that he could communicate with his fellow Egyptians). Schnirrk, seeing a perfect campaign opportunity, ran on the slogan "I feel your pain" and was elected unanimously to the position of Prime Minister of Egypt.
As soon as Schnirrk ascended to the office of the Prime Minister, he took stock of the situation in Egypt. He was appalled that Egypt still merited a "weak" rating as compared to other countries. Schnirrk wanted to see the lands of the other countries to determine just what made them so superior to Egypt. However, Schnirrk saw that Egypt did not possess an updated world map! One is immediately purchased from Rome for 59 gold plus 10 per turn.
Schnirrk was also disturbed by the lack of improvements to Egyptian land despite the industrious nature of Egyptian workers. To this effect, a bill is passed stating that further arrests by the fashion police should be drafted into forced labor for the common good of Egypt.
Finally, Schnirrk was equally disturbed by the slow growth of the Egyptian population. Contraceptives were immediately banned and state-subsidized, uh, "massage parlors" were established throughout Egypt (many cities are constructing granaries). This last move, although exceedingly popular with the male segment of Egypt, outraged many feminists in Egypt, and Schnirrk was promptly impeached.
Miscellaneous notes:
Am I the only person here who builds granaries? There was only one in all of our cities, and that was the one I built in the capital.
Our workforce is still pretty small, despite my efforts to increase its size, for although I said that we need workers, we still also need settlers, infrastructure, granaries, and military.
However, I'd recommend pumping out workers continuously for a while, since all of our territory is so unimproved. Any cities far away from the capital could probably build workers after they finish their temples, since these cities will be corrupt and workers only require a few shields to build.
Lots of wonders are getting caught in the cascade. So many, in fact, that I stopped paying attention. Unfortunately, we're not likely to get any wonders up to the industrial age.
Sorry if this report is less detailed than usual, but I played my turns a while ago and I can't quite remember everything that happened during those turns.
Some of the city placements were pretty weedy.
I don't claim to be Sirianesque in my city placement, but the overlap in these cities was pretty bad and the city placement left lots of territory near the capital unexploited. Most of the cities I couldn't do anything about, but in Epheseus and Mycenae rush settlers and move. Normally I wouldn't do this, but
1. Both cities were recently founded
2. Both cities are in the jungle, so they are more of "works in progress" than anything else.
Mycenae is already moved, and as soon as Epheseus gains a population point, I would rush its settler and move it further north to take advantage of the unexploited territory near the capital (possibly one square north and one northeast). All of the territory near the capital should be exploited because of the corruption benefits cities near the capital receive.
Here's a screen of our current situation:
), so don't expect a summary until then.
