I hope Firaxis improves governments in civ7

[SupremacyKing2]

I agree with bonuses and penalties that are strong for governments than what we have... but there should be a lot of customizability in the government... apparently there can be a Modern Democratic Autocracy.... but that sounds interesting so it is a good thing.

I've dabbled with the idea of something like SMAC's Social Engineering where you could customize your government/society. This is what I came up with for a civ game:

Politics	Anarchy	Oligarchy	Monarchy	Republic	Authoritarian	Democracy
Economy	Barter	Merchant	Planned	Mixed	Free Market	Green
Social	Tribal	Aristocratic	Meritocracy	Caste	Feudal	Egalitarian
Culture	Survival	Scientific	Prosperity	Militaristic	Spiritual	Artistic
Military	None	Mercenary	Volunteer	Professional	Elite

You would start the game with the left most choices (Anarchy/Barter/Tribal/Survival/None) in the Ancient Age and unlock more choices with civics.

 

[Kurtbob]

Perhaps choice of government should unlock a unique civics tree. It would work much like opening an ideology tree, but not include the diplomatic consequences if you choose a government different from another civilization. Not sure how deep they should be (three like an ideology, or 6+ with masteries like a civs unique civic tree?)

These unique civic trees would contain passive effects (including effects that define the bonuses you receive when entering a celebration, which accumulate the deeper you go into the tree), traditions that can be used in future ages, a wonder unique to the tree, possibly a unique unit, unique narraitve events and unique crisis policies (different governments react differently to a crisis).

I feel like this would flesh out governments more without requiring a whole brand new system.