Hello,
I thought it would be interesting to have a government choice modeled after anarcho-capitalism or better known in the USA as libertarianism. This is a form of government in which as much as possible is put into the hands of private enterprise, not the government, possibly up to the point of eliminating the state entirely (the 'anarcho' part). The government choice available in the mod stops short of that, taking a typical libertarian stance that a government is desirable to provide for defense and build roads, for example. Here is the description in the Civilopedia:
"You are elected to carry out the limited functions of the national government in defending the nation and upholding justice. Most services are provided either from private enterprise or from charity, so the government needs to pay no upkeep on city buildings. The government is minimal and does not wield power from a central location, making corruption a constant regardless of distance. A free market economy results in increased commerce. But war weariness is a significant problem and war must be entered into only after much consideration. Like democracy, the worker rate with libertarianism is 150% and the chance of assimilation or successful propaganda is greater. However, your fellow citizens do not have a sense of patriotism. As a result, your cities are particularly susceptible to propaganda, and nobody will respond to the draft."
The choice of which civilization advance would allow the government type was obvious: the otherwise non-event technology of the Corporation!
You can see the exact numbers by opening up the Bic with the editor. The most powerful feature of this form of government, as compared to democracy, is the free maintenance on buildings. This is balanced by the communal corruption (which is detrimental to the 'core' of cities that a good player builds), the inability to draft, and much greater vulnerability to propaganda (because your fellow citizens expect to be able to choose even which government they live under).
First, since this is my first time doing anything with the Civ3 editor, I'd like to make sure that I did it right (see attachment). In particular, I would like to know the best way of distributing the Civilopedia and how to give instructions on installing the mod, including the extra Civilopedia entry.
Second, if anyone plays a game with this mod, I would like to know whether you think the government choice is too weak or too powerful, or if it otherwise should be changed or is good as is.
thanks,
Peter Kirby
I thought it would be interesting to have a government choice modeled after anarcho-capitalism or better known in the USA as libertarianism. This is a form of government in which as much as possible is put into the hands of private enterprise, not the government, possibly up to the point of eliminating the state entirely (the 'anarcho' part). The government choice available in the mod stops short of that, taking a typical libertarian stance that a government is desirable to provide for defense and build roads, for example. Here is the description in the Civilopedia:
"You are elected to carry out the limited functions of the national government in defending the nation and upholding justice. Most services are provided either from private enterprise or from charity, so the government needs to pay no upkeep on city buildings. The government is minimal and does not wield power from a central location, making corruption a constant regardless of distance. A free market economy results in increased commerce. But war weariness is a significant problem and war must be entered into only after much consideration. Like democracy, the worker rate with libertarianism is 150% and the chance of assimilation or successful propaganda is greater. However, your fellow citizens do not have a sense of patriotism. As a result, your cities are particularly susceptible to propaganda, and nobody will respond to the draft."
The choice of which civilization advance would allow the government type was obvious: the otherwise non-event technology of the Corporation!
You can see the exact numbers by opening up the Bic with the editor. The most powerful feature of this form of government, as compared to democracy, is the free maintenance on buildings. This is balanced by the communal corruption (which is detrimental to the 'core' of cities that a good player builds), the inability to draft, and much greater vulnerability to propaganda (because your fellow citizens expect to be able to choose even which government they live under).
First, since this is my first time doing anything with the Civ3 editor, I'd like to make sure that I did it right (see attachment). In particular, I would like to know the best way of distributing the Civilopedia and how to give instructions on installing the mod, including the extra Civilopedia entry.
Second, if anyone plays a game with this mod, I would like to know whether you think the government choice is too weak or too powerful, or if it otherwise should be changed or is good as is.
thanks,
Peter Kirby
