Spankyville isn't normally the kind of city name you'd read in a history book, but it wound up being pivotal in the course of my empire. Unfortunately, the name has no real story or meaning behind it. I tend to play Civ late at night, and my brain gets loopy. Random city names are a coping mechanism for the mental processing power a strategy game requires.
My 4xx cities were ICS sprawl of high corruption and little production, so Spankyville was the 39th such city. My 5xx cities were originally Mongols. This screenshot is two turns after I got Steam Power and could see coal for the first time. None was immediately underfoot, but a combination of conquest against Genghis (which is a given in any of my campaigns) and sacrificing population for culture on the borders obviously put coal within easy reach.
The Industrial Age was smooth and productive. The Mongols and Egyptians were victims of total genocide, and I partnered up with the Arabs to start carving up the Zulu.
Arabia was a source of support and stress. For much of the game, they were the tech leaders and richest AI. If they'd ever attacked me, I'd likely have lost. Somehow, I kept them gracious for most turns.
The game stayed largely quiet until someone built the Manhattan Project.
