Most people are confusing dominance with militarism. If you look at each culture you will see that there was a time they were the dominate culture of their world. At that time they had a huge military second to no one in the world.
If you want to pick two attributes to describe a culture do not point at what civ had the bigger army... look at what they did with that army. If a nation used its army to conquer its neighbors then you have a good argument for militant.
Today the US is the dominant culture in the world and just as in Civ everyone hates us for it. We have the largest military because we have the most to protect. The US uses it's military to promote commerce abroad much as the British did in the 19th century if a bit less blatant.
US Commercial & Industrious
Britain Commercial & expansionist
Germany and France have both had long military traditions France's colonial period seemed to have more to do with it's powerful rival of the time Britain. Napoleon used his military force to try and impose a trade system that would counter his major rival England economically. No one can doubt Frances domination of luxury goods over the last 300 years and anyone that takes such national pride in food wine and art has to be strongly commercial.
France Militaristic & Commercial
Germany Militaristic & Scientific
em/ puts on the flame retardant
If you want to pick two attributes to describe a culture do not point at what civ had the bigger army... look at what they did with that army. If a nation used its army to conquer its neighbors then you have a good argument for militant.
Today the US is the dominant culture in the world and just as in Civ everyone hates us for it. We have the largest military because we have the most to protect. The US uses it's military to promote commerce abroad much as the British did in the 19th century if a bit less blatant.
US Commercial & Industrious
Britain Commercial & expansionist
Germany and France have both had long military traditions France's colonial period seemed to have more to do with it's powerful rival of the time Britain. Napoleon used his military force to try and impose a trade system that would counter his major rival England economically. No one can doubt Frances domination of luxury goods over the last 300 years and anyone that takes such national pride in food wine and art has to be strongly commercial.
France Militaristic & Commercial
Germany Militaristic & Scientific
em/ puts on the flame retardant