You don't really have a track record of subjugating others. Most of the Civs included in the game have a record of being predatory states and are famous for attempting to export their world view by force if necessary. Interestingly enough, many of the civs included have a peace-loving, harmless northern neighbor which never merits consideration. Consider, for instance, Denmark and Germany. It would be tough to distinguish between these two today using any measure of what makes a country 'civilized' if we are speaking of peaceful accomplishments such as science, art, literature, music, and culture. However, the Germans hands down beat out the Danes in terms of number of people slaughtered and subjugated in their history. (The Danes' distinctly uncivilized ancestors, the Vikings, however, who were famous for their ability to gruesomely exterminate others, did manage to make it into the game in an expansion). Likewise with England and her relatively less destructive northern neighbor Scotland. Canada is America's Denmark.
