6K Man
Bureaucrat
Start with a Great General. Attach him as a Warlord to my initial Settler 
Seriously? Great Scientist, build an Academy in the capital. That means you go from about 9-10 beakers on T1 to 13+ beakers, which is huge. Faster cultural pops can’t hurt either.

Seriously? Great Scientist, build an Academy in the capital. That means you go from about 9-10 beakers on T1 to 13+ beakers, which is huge. Faster cultural pops can’t hurt either.