Such a rule would lead to problems. What if you have an island of only tundra (like Greenland) that happens to have some valuable oil, fur or whatever. You could build your colonies, but since you can´t build a road there you will need harbour or airport to connect these resources to your trade network. Those buildings can only be built in cities. Since you can´t bild any cities this means that you will never be able to use the resources.
Originally posted by Mr Spice Such a rule would lead to problems. What if you have an island of only tundra (like Greenland) that happens to have some valuable oil, fur or whatever. You could build your colonies, but since you can´t build a road there you will need harbour or airport to connect these resources to your trade network. Those buildings can only be built in cities. Since you can´t bild any cities this means that you will never be able to use the resources.
Good point. That could create a problem. Perhaps increasing slightly the occurance of resources, or like Alaskan oil, it has to wait for the industrial age.
What I would like to see is a colony that exerts cultural influence over it's one square. Maybe allow some buildings, a harbor, coastal fortress, airport, sam, etc.
This would allow the developemtn of tundra resources while not cluttering up the area with size 2 cities.
You shouldnt be able to build in those areas. I love the idea of national borders though. You discover land and your national borders are expanded to that area. Theyre still up for grabs for cultural expansion.
If the Russians discover Alaska, they cant build there. They would have to use colonies to get resources but they are too lazy. So later in the game they can sell that land to the Americans for a ton of cash.
But what happens for a civilization like Canada Im not sure.
Been thinking about this since I first saw this thread. I don't know the arctic that well, but am very familiar with the northen boreal forests in my home province of Ontario. North of the northernmost highway, there are mining/logging towns of 1000-3000 pop., which in many ways resemble colonies more than cities. For one, food is imported, supplemented by game hunting and fishing. (Seen as a sport, but, for the locals anyway, also a source of food). The libraries and churches up there serve people's needs but are not what I think of as "culture-producing". Many have mills and ore-processing plants, but couldn't produce an air unit, let alone an infantry.
This is all on terrain that would be forested swamp, with a few importand "highlands" that allow questionable roads that are best travelled on in winter when they're frozen solid. The "Tundra", further north, supports largely Inuit-populated settlements (created by the fedral government), serviced by airstrips. I heard that this winter the "ice highway" up into the arctic was unusable due to warm temperatures.
In other words, even with all our technology, maintaining links and infrastructure to these remote, single-resource settlements is very expensive. But our culture must absolutely kick butt, because I ain't seen a barbarian uprising up there in years!
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