It is also a way to add viruses and trojan horses to a single file that does not benefit from compression or a zip file...
I figured out that might be a concern, seeing as how I'm a new member with a low post count. Hence me posting the pure save file.
I think I have all of the DLCs, I have to check. I didn't disable them because I was simply rolling for a map to play as France. This start came up, and since I've wasted a few great ones, I decided to post this one instead.
I've had a start with Spain where I had mt. Fuji + King Solomon's Mines (not close enough for 1 city but still close). I've had a completely walled off area (thick mountain range) as England with only one choke point and Eldorady near that choke. The choke was 2-3 hexes wide, easy enough to block off. I've had a 4 gold mine start as Attila, a 5 deer start as Portugal, a Lake Victoria start as England... So many interesting starts. All wasted basically, because I'm still fine tuning my Deity play so I stick with a game to about 150-200 turns. I do believe I've improved, but there is also much more to learn.
In this particular save, I'm now at around turn 140. I have:
Parthenon
Sistine Chapel
Hagia Sophia
Borbodour
and can get the Leaning Tower of Pisa if I reload. I find that the random seed for AI decision making can change if you give it around 20 turns to figure it out. 10 turns is too soon and you get the same result. I hope I can reload enough to get the Globe Theater instead of the LTP.
Plains starts suck for growth without wheat, many river tiles or something of the sort. Still, food caravans from my 2 satellite cities have pushed Paris to size 18 or so.