Alexander's Hetaroi
Deity
That might be a better option for opening the branches, than what I suggested. Of course, maybe founding a pantheon might add in the option of Devotion in the decision, or instead if you've discovered the Writing tech the option might read "Look what we have accomplished. We shall need to record our great achievement." > RATIONALISMIm for the civics/policies/ideologies to be more organic based on an action>event>decision system. For example, when you defeat an enemy faction (either BC/CS/Civ) for the first time instead of get a militar oriented "Honor" branch you get a decision event like this:
"My leader our heroic warriors have emerged victorious, bringing glory to all our nation. Now only remains the question of how to retribute our troops"
a) "The blood of our heroes was shed for this land, the less we can do is to honor their legacy with titles and riches" > HONORb) "This victory is without question a divine blessing. Call the warriors and all the people to reverence at the shrines." > DEVOTIONc) "They have served well their leader. Organize some celebrations and then redistribute the troops wherever are needed." > AUTHORITY
The option you pick allows either open that branch (if is not open yet) or a free node (if is already opened) within it. Or alternatively the system can be directly pick policy/ideology cards of the proper type for the deck.
Also, instead of directly picking the civic/policy cards it could be a boost of culture/inspiration towards the next one in that branch, since I still believe that culture should be the primary way to progress.
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