Design your own Civilization VII civ

[Caesar of Bread]

This is basically a "design your own civ" thread, like the one Morningcalm created for VI.

I guess I'll start

America is led by Thomas Jefferson (Theodore Roosevelt or Dwight Eisenhower could be interesting too)


United States of America
Unique Bonus: Beside the Golden Door - Whenever a neighboring nation has -2 happiness or lower, gain 1 population from them. Every 3 turns of this, obtain a random Great Person.
Unique Unit: Pioneer - Replaces settler. Can be used as a scout.
Unique Infrastructure: Saloon - Replaces tavern. +2 happiness.

Thomas Jefferson
Leader Bonus: Louisiana Purchase - Cities are 1.5x cheaper to purchase from other nations.

Dwight Eisenhower
Leader Bonus: Interstate Highways - Military units have 2x strength when on a trade route.

Theodore Roosevelt
Leader Bonus: Big Stick Policy - +3 culture and +3 diplomacy per colonial city taken. +3 culture per natural park. Gains Rough Rider UU when researching Riflery.

 

[Haig]

I like the immigrant style mechanic. "Beside the gold door" is a new phrase for me, but I am not from the states.

 

[Caesar of Bread]

I like the immigrant style mechanic. "Beside the gold door" is a new phrase for me, but I am not from the states.

I got it from Emma Lazarus' The New Colossus, which is inscribed (I think) on the Statue of Liberty:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"