Has anyone given any thought about what civs will found religions on this map? Its pretty important now given the new victory type.
If the max amount of religions that can be founded is the same as in Civ 5, I think the major contenders would be:
China (semi isolated, wonder bonus)
India (mountains, civ focus)
Brazil (isolated, rainforest bonus)
Greece (mountains, early wildcard)
Japan (mountains, leader agenda)
Spain (mountains, leader ability)
Arabia (mountains, mostly speculation)
Well founding a religion requires Great Prophet Points, not Faith... so all you have to do is
1. Prioritize building your Holy site+Shrine
OR
2. build Stonehenge
OR
3. some other source of Prophet points
So (mostly) its not a matter of ability* (and mountains/rainforest don't help), but a matter of Wanting to.
*exception is civs that get a Bonus to constructing their Holy Site (no UD so far..Japan gets Holy Site bonus...Egypt/Aztecs general district Bonus) or early Wonders (China/Egypt)..or some weird benefit (Greece)
so I'd say
For Human Civs getting religion
Egypt/Aztecs/Japan...faster Holy site
Egypt/China...Stonehenge
Greece...wild card
Germany? can build holy Site even if they have another District
For AI civs getting religion (all of the above+)
India/Arabia/Spain...they will (probably) want it badly
Unlikely to get Religion
France, Norway, England, America, Brazil (no help on getting 1st Great Person), Russia, Scythia, Rome, ???Sumer???, [Kongo obviously]