As a American, I hate to agree with this. However your right for MOST of the games time span we would be covered under England. However in terms of effecting WORLD HISTORY, we do outrank some civs that make it in. Aztec, Inca, Iroquois Etc.
However by that logic, Germany should be taken out. After all Prussia is the foruner to that nation. But then Goths and other stepe people helped to settle none Roman Europe. Do we let the visagoths replace Spain, in a expansion pack?
Their is a balance in the game, Early civs and civs which have greatly effected world history. The Mongols by all right deserve to be in Civ 5 over say the Aztec. In terms of effecting world history. The truth is the America's produced one super power which was America. Not at all saying other nations and cultures from America. Be they imported in my case, or already thier say, Aztec. Don't deserve be in game. Of course they by all rights deserve to be.
The fact is America has always been in the series. It's more then likely the way it will always be. I would say the game should reflect regions of the world better. Africa has one civ this time, Songha.
I think America deserves to be in the game. They have greatly shaped modern (especially western) culture, with music and other arts and entertainments, science and technology and warfare. They are also the worlds only superpower, so yes, they deserve it a hell lot more than other nations, and they also deserve a spot separate from england.
I'd like to see it like this: since the Mongols ruled over China for a couple of hundred years, these two should be grouped together as one, either Chinese or Mongol, civ.
For a regular civ player, that sounds quite stupid (i know that mongolia is'nt in the game).
I think i read in another thread (maybe on another forum) that countries that was settled by other nations shouldn't have its own civ in this game, by that logic England(settled by Angles and Saxons in roman and celtic lands), Spain (setteled by Romans and later Visigoths in celtic land) and France (setteled by Romans and later Franks in Gaulish (Celtic) lands).
ALSO:
Africa has two civs (Egypt and Songhai).
One could also say that it has 8 civs, if counting Roman, Ottoman, English, Arabic, French and German domains and colonies.
Also, for the sake of me being Swedish:
Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf)
UU: Carolean(Like better, but more expensive musket, resulting in few numbers but an effective army a la 17th century Sweden)
UU: JAS Gripen (fighter plane or what ever)
OR
UU: Carolinean
UB: IKEA(more
)
UA: Dunno, if espionage were in the game id say "En Svensk Tiger" resulting in espionage penalty for the enemies.
Maybe I'll come up with something better