Who do you play as?

[Abraxis]

After some nice Hojo games on archipelagos, I have tried the Polish and I'm in love since. The power of Jadwiga's trade is overwhelming, I can produce a builder in the capital in three turns on marathon. And the Golden Liberty bonus is awesome as well.

I have yet to try the other civs, but it may be difficult to let Sukiennice go. Does any other's civ trade come close to the power of polish merchants? Egypt looks okay-ish, but lacks the cogs bonus...

Don't underestimate Cleopatra! She is cunning and full of tricks.

It's not too helpful to compare abilities in a vacuum. Norway, Persia, Egypt, Spain, England, Russia and possibly others all have some pretty great synergy with trade routes, but they all use them in different ways for different reasons. There is no trade route victory though, so what matters is how effectively you leverage them toward something useful, which means you need to consider all of their other abilities as well, and how their trade routes interact with policies, wonders, and city state bonuses.