What previously unseen civs would you like you see in civ7?

[Krajzen]

I didn't add more Latin American countries to the poll because it seems to me that other, besides Argentina and Mexico, wouldn't get many votes due to their (let's be honest) not super different cultures and (let's be honest again) not having long/any history of great feats spectacular on a global scale. Hey, look how relatively few votes so far even Argentina and Mexico got, even with their size and admirable cultural powerhouse.

It the poll had like 10 more options allowed (or if I got rid of aforementioned flops like Lithuania) then I'd probably add Cuba, but it would be a real pain for me to choose next LatAm country as a popular suggestion, assuming that Gran Colombia makes Colombia and Venezuela "already been in civ".

 

[BuchiTaton]

Possibly Hawaii? Madagascar is reasonable requested here as well, and I've seen some people asking for Haiti.

Kamehameha was already on CIV5. I think it would be way better to have Tonga as the polynesian representative for CIV7.

Haiti could be a good option because fullfill various checkboxes at the same time: First Caribbean civ, First Afroamerican leader and be the French colonial representative.

 

[Xandinho]

Kamehameha was already on CIV5. I think it would be way better to have Tonga as the polynesian representative for CIV7.

Yeah, but that was a Polynesian blob with Moais as unique improvements, so I don't consider it as a Hawaiian civ. So, Hawaii would be a new one, Tonga would be great as well, but I hope that Maori comes back.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

So, Hawaii would be a new one, Tonga would be great as well, but I hope that Maori comes back.

Not sure if they would do two Polynesian representatives but I think it would be interesting if they did the Maori as more a land based militaristic one, while a second one, either Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga etc., has more of a focus on ocean crossing/wayfinding.

 

[Lord Lakely]

Ok here we go:

- Armenians
- Burmese
- Bulgarians
- Hebrews / Judeans
- Berbers
- Muisca
- Tlingit / Haida
- Navajo
- Taino
- Italians* (or a separate Italian culture, like we have with CiV5's Venice)
- Samoa / Tonga
- Swahili / Kilwa
- Ashanti
- Nigerians* (meaning: a Nigerian culture, so Benin, Oyo, Hausa, Yorumba..., not 'Nigeria' proper.)
- Mughals (preferably separate from India)
- Flemish (I can totally argue a case here why this could work, in conjunction with the Dutch ^_^)

IN AN IDEAL WORLD, Canada and Australia are out and stay out, but *sigh*.

 

[BuchiTaton]

Not sure if they would do two Polynesian representatives but I think it would be interesting if they did the Maori as more a land based militaristic one, while a second one, either Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga etc., has more of a focus on ocean crossing/wayfinding.

If CIV7 would have a total number of civ on the same trend (+8 more?) would be better to keep just one polynesian civ.

And lets be honest if Hawaii is a likely option is just because it is part of USA, Tonga is a better option basicaly on anything civ related.
- Was an actual oceanic empire.
- Bigger and their islands are way more distant from each other.
- Way older and long lasting.
- It is now an independent nation.
- Despite there are more auto reported ethnic hawaiian than tongan people there are more Tonga speakers.

I think that add Tonga instead of Hawaii would be a great sign from Firaxis that they really care about historical achievement instead of just pick the native civs that their anglo average player know used to rule before they took their lands.

Also why two polynesian civs when you can have Tonga + Filipinos or Tonga + Carib.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

If CIV7 would have a total number of civ on the same trend (+8 more?) would be better to keep just one polynesian civ.

Most likely. But it was an option on how to differentiate between two if they wanted.

I think that add Tonga instead of Hawaii would be a great sign from Firaxis that they really care about historical achievement instead of just pick the native civs that their anglo average player know used to rule before they took their lands.

Also why two polynesian civs when you can have Tonga + Filipinos or Tonga + Carib.

Personally I would like Samoa, but to me it really doesn't matter which Polynesian civ we get as long as we get at least one.

 

[CatboyEmperor]

Not sure if they would do two Polynesian representatives but I think it would be interesting if they did the Maori as more a land based militaristic one, while a second one, either Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga etc., has more of a focus on ocean crossing/wayfinding.

I think it would make more sense to have a Melanesian or Micronesian group than 2 Polynesian civs to cover the Pacific more throroughly

 

[SirMediocrity]

I'd like to see a Renaissance version of Italy that acts similarly to Greece, as a blob of the various lordships, republics, duchies, and communes of Italy in the Late Middle Ages. Lorenzo de' Medici and Matilda of Tuscany are excellent options.

I'd like Ireland to act as both the Celtic civ and to fill the obligatory "British Isles civ that isn't England" slot. I also have a great love of Irish folk music, particularly the Irish Rovers and the Dubliners. Some songs I'd like to see in civ include Whiskey in the Jar, The Orange and the Green, Finnegan's Wake, Black Velvet Band, and The Unicorn.

Mexico would be nice to have. I think I would prefer it over Gran Colombia, Australia, or Canada.

I'd love to have some kind of Hebrew/Judean/Israel civ but modern-day politics makes that extremely unlikely IMO.

Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, and Belgium are all pretty interesting and I'd like to have them in the game, but there are other regions of the world that deserve more representation at the moment.

There are plenty of interesting African nations available to add, such as Madagascar (led by Ranavalona), Benin, Ashante, Zimbabwe, Angola/Ambundu (led by Anna Nzinga), Swahili, Somalia, Kanem-Bornu, and Ghana.

 

[TheSpaceCowboy]

My picks:

• Hebrews: They're the most influential historical civilization absent from the series and their exclusion is conspicuous
• Tibet: It'd be a much needed middle finger to those commies in the genocidal CCP
• Argentina: If only because Eva Peron could fill the female leader quota that'll inevitably return
• Belgium: They're far more influential than the vast majority of non-European civilizations requested, and only excluded because they'd crowd the Earth/Europe maps and there is an anti-European bias amongst the more vocal fans on the forums
• Ireland: A Celtic/Gaelic civilization adds a very distinctive flavor
• Italy: I image it'd be implemented as various City-States that the player controls separately yet simultaneously, and it'd be mechanically unique
• Mexico: They've been rightly sidelined in the past in favor of the Aztec and Maya, but the time has come to finally include them
• Switzerland: For the same reasons as Belgium, plus they'd probably get cool mechanics dealing with neutrality and banking

 

[Zaarin]

Belgium: They're far more influential than the vast majority of non-European civilizations requested, and only excluded because they'd crowd the Earth/Europe maps and theirs a anti-European bias amongst the more vocal fans on the forums

What would they really add that's to the game that's not covered by the Netherlands and France, though? I don't think it's "anti-European bias" to say we don't need every tiny nation in Europe, especially when there are more interesting options in Europe.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, and Belgium are all pretty interesting and I'd like to have them in the game, but there are other regions of the world that deserve more representation at the moment.

Romania would fill a vampire need without having actual vampire units in the game.

Belgium: They're far more influential than the vast majority of non-European civilizations requested, and only excluded because they'd crowd the Earth/Europe maps and theirs a anti-European bias amongst the more vocal fans on the forums

I mean we basically got Belgium already in the game with Gaul.

 

[BuchiTaton]

New european civs that for me are way more interesting than Belgium:
- Bulgaria (Thracia)
- Ireland
- Romania (Dacia/Wallachia)
- Lithuania
- Ruthenia
- Khazaria
- Etruria
- Finland
- Andalusia
- Goths
- Franks
- Italy (non-Venice)
- Switzerland

Plus would be great to have Basques and Albanians at least as city states.

I mean we basically got Belgium already in the game with Gaul.

Right if Belgium see Ambiorix as a ancestral national hero is for something.

By the way why is that civ named Gaul and not Belgica, like Celts in not the same as Gauls, Gauls are not the same as Belgians. I mean if since classical time they were differentiated from the "Celtic" Gauls like those were from the Aquitanians is for a good reason. So if put proper celtic Gauls with Britons offended people I dont see why the germanized Belgians should be OK as Gauls.

Also I dont see the appeal of modern Belgium as civ when is the product of the main post 19th century powers playing to build a state for their own objetives. I mean there are many reasons for all those memes about Belgium being an artificial nation.

 

[Zaarin]

- Khazaria

I know the Eurasian steppe extends into Ukraine and other portions of Eastern Europe, but I'm not sure I'd really call the Khazars European; they'd be more of a Central Asian civ, similar to Scythia.

Right if Belgium see Ambiorix as a ancestral national hero is for something.

By the way why is that civ named Gaul and not Belgica, like Celts in not the same as Gauls, Gauls are not the same as Belgians. I mean if since classical time they were differentiated from the "Celtic" Gauls like those were from the Aquitanians is for a good reason. So if put proper celtic Gauls with Britons offended people I dont see why the germanized Belgians should be OK as Gauls.

I agree. Ambiorix was a bizarre choice for the Gauls given that even Julius Caesar, an outsider, recognized that the Belgae were not Gauls. Any of Diviciacus, Dumnorix, or Vercingetorix would have been better options. (Also, in good Civ6 Civilopedia fashion, the Civilopedia's conclusion that Ambiorix was a title is pretty bizarre given that names in -rix are the quintessential Celtic name in every part of the Celtic world--from Gaul to Celtiberia to Ireland to Wales.)

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

. . . I agree. Ambiorix was a bizarre choice for the Gauls given that even Julius Caesar, an outsider, recognized that the Belgae were not Gauls. Any of Diviciacus, Dumnorix, or Vercingetorix would have been better options. (Also, in good Civ6 Civilopedia fashion, the Civilopedia's conclusion that Ambiorix was a title is pretty bizarre given that names in -rix are the quintessential Celtic name in every part of the Celtic world--from Gaul to Celtiberia to Ireland to Wales.)

So much so that Gallic "-rix" or "-ix" naming suffixes became one of the basic running jokes in the Asterix the Gaul comic books:
Oblilix - the Menhir delivery man
Getafix - the potion-dispensing Druid
Cacophonix - the off-key Bard
Fulliautomatix - the Blacksmith

 

[Henri Christophe]

Possibly Hawaii? Madagascar is reasonable requested here as well, and I've seen some people asking for Haiti.

I'm the one asking for Haiti.

Yeah I second Haiti. If we are going to have a French colonial nation in Civ 7 I wouldn't mind Haiti instead of Canada.

I don't believe Haiti can replace Canada, but I would like to see that

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

I don't believe Haiti can replace Canada, but I would like to see that

Theoretically it can. But realistically it probably won't considering even the Cree didn't stop Canada from coming.

 

[GeneralZIft]

Really surprised me that Italy hasn't been in any Civilization games. But actually, I suppose, isn't Rome supposed to represent Italy? That is unfortunate...

 

[Henri Christophe]

Really surprised me that Italy hasn't been in any Civilization games. But actually, I suppose, isn't Rome supposed to represent Italy? That is unfortunate...

I don't have any problem with Italy, but since we have a limited spots of Civs in the game. I understand why they think Rome should replace Italy.

 

[reddishrecue]

Italy was also represented with Rome and Venice in civ 5 kind of and Vatican city state. (?) However, Italy did come out in HK and Rome.