[R&F] Civilization Ability Elimination Thread

[BarbarianHunter]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [13]
Australia - Land Down Under: [24]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [26]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12] (15-3) --- I was going to downvote Brazil, but then thought at least I can find a spot and chop out a +3 district for era score from the rainforest in the other area of my city before chopping the rainforest that got me the era score around the +3 district I just built. With Indonesia what do I get, an errant point or maybe point and a half?
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [28]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [22]
Norway - Knarr: [18]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Poland- Golden Liberty: [ 2]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [24] (23+1) --- I like this allot. Among other things, it nearly guarantees an early pantheon (edit: if your start bias triggers and you have tundra nearby).
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [25]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[comatosedragon]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [10] (13-3) I don't find this useful. I am either going for religion or I am not. If everyone else already founded, only poor choices will be left.
Australia - Land Down Under: [24]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [26]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [28]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [22]
Norway - Knarr: [18]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Poland- Golden Liberty: [ 2]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [25] (24+1) Very fun and very powerful. The converse of Arabia, I may get good religious beliefs even if a religion is not needed or wanted.
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [25]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[BenitoChavez]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [10]
Australia - Land Down Under: [24]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [26]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [28]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23 = 22 + 1] I think this is comparable to Japan's bonus which is currently in the lead. Provided you build your Campus, Theater, and IZ districts along a river they will be as good or better than Japan's districts until you surround them with 5 districts, then Japan pulls ahead. Science and culture are two of the most important yields for winning and the Netherlands provides more earlier. Japan has bigger yields in the late game and also works with HS, CH, and Harbor districts.
Norway - Knarr: [18]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Poland - Golden Liberty: [ELIMINATED = 2-3] Basically America's bonus and America is gone.
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [25]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [25]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[Disgustipated]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [10]
Australia - Land Down Under: [24]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [26]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [28-3=25] Yes I am downvoting this. I find I often lack room to utilize this to its full potential. And interestingly if you play them on TSL map, it's really kind of useless. Works better in the middle of a large continent with no ocean cities, which doesn't make sense for Japan for me.
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [18]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [25]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [25+1=26] Again this really enables them to really pump out science and production when you get all your cities to ecstatic. I consider them better than Korea because Science + Production is better than Science Alone.
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[Leathaface]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [10]
Australia - Land Down Under: [24-3=21] Your districts have to occupy high appeal tiles which is bad news when going for a Culture victory.
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [26]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [25+1=26] You can get incredible bonuses if you use this properly. But before that in the early game, a simple triangle district of a Campus, Theatre Square and a city center gives you big bonuses. You get a +6 Campus Adjacency with Natural Philosophy, you get the +3 adjacency bonus needed for Rationalism boost and the +3 Theatre square adjanceny bonus for the 50% culture boost in a city. (the name of the policy card escapes me.)
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [18]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [25]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[Kamino]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [10-3=7] Just because I hate the concept of last prophet. I want to use my great prophet points until the end of the game.
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [26+1=27] Free trader, free tiles, interesting decisions to make, good stuff!
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [26]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [18]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [25]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[The Highwayman]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [7]
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [26]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [15] [18-3] Not all that terrible, as crossing ocean tiles sooner rather than later is a good thing. But there are so many remaining bonuses I'd take over this. This will feel much worse when GS drops and civs can cross the ocean with enhanced movement turn 1....
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [26] [25+1] The land grab ability is so good. Better initial tiles to work, less wasted gold, flexible settling for early cities. The bonus yields to the tundra laughs at that expansion Civs' tundra bias. The land grabbing allows them to work good farms and have productive cities in the tundra. Russia gets an early pantheon (faith based no doubt) without the need for first meets on city states, the lucky relic, or running God King for 25 turns (yuck). Enjoy a stellar faith economy all game long by doing something you'll do anyway -- work hill mines. The Lavra is great, but it's not all Peter has.
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[Josephias]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [7]
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [12-3=9] Problem with +0.5 adjacencies is you need an Even number for them to work. Considering coast tiles, this means either 2 for a measly +1, or 4, which is not so common to find, for just +2. You may find some ideal 1-tile island for a +3 but, ¿how many times?
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [26+1=27] This, on the other hand, is great, because makes each district adjacent you place count a +1, avoiding you losing potential because of +0.5 points. (So 3 adjacent districts, which is pretty common, is a +3 instead of a +1, which means 3 times more than the normal)
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[Kmart_Elvis]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [7]
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [24+1=25] Synergizes so well with their Eagle Warriors and Monty's ability that encourages you to go super wide. Finishing a late game district in 5 turns is amazing. I don't play slower speeds than normal, but for those that do, this is even better.
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [9-3=6] I love Indonesia. Gitarja's ability is really great, Jongs are so powerful, and the Kampung won the infrastructure elimination thread. This ability pales in comparison to those 3. Not a horrible ability, but the competition is getting pretty strong at this point to stay in the game.
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [27]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23]
Russia - Mother Russia: [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[Equilin]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [7]
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [6]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [27]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [13-3=10] Too specific. Governors have more important jobs to do than watching over unit training. Golden Age is also rng used.
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [23+1=24] I have a personal incline to roads as i tend to stuck in harsh terrains. So free roads is very welcome, as does extra trade range. It even applies to conquered cities!
Russia - Mother Russia: [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[Icicle]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [7]
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25]
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [3] (6-3) As previously stated, this just doesn't measure up and usually has no impact.
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [27]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [10]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [25] (24+1) Rome really is the 'super vanilla' civ that is best for people learning the game and this ability is a big part of why.
Russia - Mother Russia: [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

@Kmart_Elvis - British Museum was eliminated before Poland

 

[God of Kings]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [7]
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [10]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [17]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [25+1=26] Who does not like a free wildcard slot?
Indonesia - Great Nusantara: [3-3=ELIMINATED] Weak to justify Indonesia's other strengths
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [27]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [10]
Mongolia - Ortoo: [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [25]
Russia - Mother Russia: [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest: [22]
Zulu - Isibongo: [22]

 

[kingofsealand]

Arabia - The Last Prophet: [7]
Australia - Land Down Under: [21]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns: [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [10 + 1 = 11] amazed this is lower than abilities like France. This enables some of the best adjacency possible at the very start of the game. Some chopping is still possible, you need a core ring of jungle tiles you can replace with wonders/districts to minimize bonus loss. In my current game I have multiple + 6 campuses/theater squares/commerce hubs. I didnt build holysites but those are an option too. There are legitimate playstyles besides razing everything and Brazil excels at them. Only Australia gets comparable bonuses so early on a similar range of districts.
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [17 - 3 = 14] production bonus that is limited to specific age wonders, much better bonuses besides this left here.
Germany - Free Imperial Cities: [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic: [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration: [27]
Kongo - Nkisi: [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion: [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [10]
Mongolia-Ortoo:[23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren: [23]
Norway - Knarr: [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti: [24]
Persia - Satrapies: [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome: [25]
Russia - Mother Russia: [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment: [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria-Epic Quest:[22]
Zulu -isibongo:[22]

Edit: adjusted scores for God of kings post

 

[Legacy of Smiles]

Time for my weekly rant then .

Australia:

• Mountains, woods, rivers, oasis tiles, man-made wonders, coast tiles, theatre squares, holy sites and the amenity districts all grant +1 appeal, city parks and natural wonders grant +2.
• Appeal is abundant - I was getting high appeal tiles even in the rainforest pre-chopping.
• High appeal spots are otherwise useless. Australia isn't a culture Civ really - this bonus is much better for raw yields.
• Speaking of raw yields, this gets ridiculous and fast. Japan's ability is limited to +6 (only +3 from the ability itself) for adjacency - in my last game as Australia I was swimming in +8 campuses. +8 campuses make the Seowon cry. +8 campuses which are then doubled via policy cards.
• Rewards you for building campuses next to mountains (great!), districts near theatre squares and theatre squares next to campuses - all of which should already be done.
• Free +1 adjacency for districts next to coast tiles, holy sites or theatre squares.
• Has two more boosts - one which greatly boosts a strong UI and quickly expands your empire and another which lets you settle high-appeal coast tiles easier.
• You can feel free to build any district types you want.
• Encourages optimal play.

Japan:

• Not useful from game start - generally need to unlock quite a few different districts and grow cities quite tall (too tall) to get max bonuses which is suboptimal.
• Wants you to settle your cities in a really compact fashion which makes them weaker late game.
• Captured cities are often more dispersed and don't really benefit.
• Captured cities may also have pre-built districts. These are less likely to get a bonus than Australia's.
• I mean it gives a small boost to industrial zones and Australia doesn't? I suppose? Industrial zones are weak anyway.
• Harbours don't really benefit here.
• Actively discourages building other districts such as Encampments.
• Really screwed over if there's important tiles such as luxuries where you should really be building a district.

Arabia - The Last Prophet [7]
Australia - Land Down Under [21+1=22] Early game science that beats the Seowon.
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [11]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [14]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration [27-3=24] Overrated ATM.
Kongo - Nkisi [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [10]
Mongolia - Ortoo [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren [23]
Norway - Knarr [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti [24]
Persia - Satrapies [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome [25]
Russia - Mother Russia [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest [22]
Zulu - Isibongo [22]

 

[Human Crouton]

Arabia - The Last Prophet [7]
Australia - Land Down Under [22]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [11 + 1 = 12] After accounting for bonuses, in addition to the rain forest bonus, I often get +5 or more adjacency for two of any combination of valid districts I want. It's an amazing start. And I can often repeat this process in at least one other city.
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [14 - 3 = 11] Wonders just aren't worth the risk without a more substantial boost to productivity. Too many wonders in this time period require a religion to fully make use of them, so you don't even get full maximization the wonder and this UA unless you have also founded a religion. Religion and wonder building are two of the most competitive and least profitable parts of the game. I'm usually not willing to take a gamble on both in the same game.
Germany - Free Imperial Cities [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration [24]
Kongo - Nkisi [24]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [10]
Mongolia - Ortoo [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren [23]
Norway - Knarr [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti [24]
Persia - Satrapies [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome [25]
Russia - Mother Russia [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest [22]
Zulu - Isibongo [22]

 

[Lily_Lancer]

Australia - Land Down Under [22]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [11]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [14]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration [24]
Kongo - Nkisi [21=24-3] Negative UA. It shall have negative score.
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [11=10+1] Why is this one scoring that low? +10 Combat Strength is a really game changer.
Mongolia - Ortoo [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren [23]
Norway - Knarr [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti [24]
Persia - Satrapies [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome [25]
Russia - Mother Russia [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest [22]
Zulu - Isibongo [22]

 

[Human Crouton]

Lily_Lancer posted a few seconds after me, so didn't get my changes. Here are the corrected values with both of our votes.

Australia - Land Down Under [22]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [12]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [11]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration [24]
Kongo - Nkisi [21]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [11]
Mongolia - Ortoo [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren [23]
Norway - Knarr [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti [24]
Persia - Satrapies [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome [25]
Russia - Mother Russia [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest [22]
Zulu - Isibongo [22]

 

[Siptah]

Arabia - The Last Prophet [7+1=8] probably a lost cause, but I still think it's better than average for all victory types (except maybe for RelV).
Australia - Land Down Under [22]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [12]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [11]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration [24-3=21] Fun, but not *that* strong
Kongo - Nkisi [21]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [11]
Mongolia - Ortoo [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren [23]
Norway - Knarr [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti [24]
Persia - Satrapies [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome [25]
Russia - Mother Russia [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest [22]
Zulu - Isibongo [22]

 

[Wyvern_Parade]

Arabia - The Last Prophet [8]
Australia - Land Down Under [22]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [12]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [11-3=8] Only good for culture victories, and apart from a few exceptions later wonders are production traps anyway.
Germany - Free Imperial Cities [20]
Greece - Plato's Republic [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration [21]
Kongo - Nkisi [21]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [11+1=12] This is underrated, and borderline OP in multiplayer games. It's not hard to find someone in a golden age to attack, And the 25% XP is just bonus.
Mongolia - Ortoo [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren [23]
Norway - Knarr [15]
Nubia - Ta-Seti [24]
Persia - Satrapies [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome [25]
Russia - Mother Russia [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest [22]
Zulu - Isibongo [22]

 

[JacquesChabrac]

Arabia - The Last Prophet [8]
Australia - Land Down Under [22]
Aztec - Legend of the Five Suns [25]
Brazil - Amazon: [12]
Cree - Nihithaw: [27]
France - Grand Tour: [8]
Germany - Free Imperial Cities [20+1 = 21] This allows you to blanket the map with small, high-production cities. Really useful for wide play, and great synergy with the rest of Germany's abilities.
Greece - Plato's Republic [26]
Japan - Meiji Restoration [21]
Kongo - Nkisi [21]
Macedon - Hellenistic Fusion [22]
Mapuche - Toqui [12]
Mongolia - Ortoo [23]
Netherlands - Grote Riveren [23]
Norway - Knarr [15-3 = 12] I like playing as Norway, and this ability enables their unique playstyle. But it just isn't all that strong. Better embarking is one of the weakest abilities left here.
Nubia - Ta-Seti [24]
Persia - Satrapies [21]
Rome - All Roads Lead To Rome [25]
Russia - Mother Russia [26]
Scotland - Scottish Enlightenment [26]
Scythia - People of the Steppe [24]
Sumeria - Epic Quest [22]
Zulu - Isibongo [22]