I have excellent news, though it has nothing much to do with the upcoming release... I have the core of the new civics system finished (especially the ones that define the government)! It is astoundingly simple. It is also capable of portraying and type of government along with a few other civics (ie feudalism, constitution, etc.). I am confident that I have filled the void left by our archaic civics person
Here are the main categories/civics:
Legend: #these are the civics that are unlocked/allowed by having this civic#
ECONOMY
Decentralization: Government holds little control over the economy
Mercantillism: Government protects its economy from outsiders while expanding its own influence
Collectivism: Economy/production is the shared responsibility of the citizens; food and wealth is shared or allotted
Capitalism: Workers are free to choose their own paid carrer, and private individuals fit in to the profitable areas of production or service, through their own decision-making and with little intervention from the government, and reap the rewards of such efforts
Economic Governance: Economy is the prime focus of the government, and often highly controlled by the government
Corporatism:
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
Decentralization: the government has little power over the entire civ, and much is decided at the local level
City-State: the government concentrates its power in its capital city
Vassalage: the government exerts control through social hierarchy, with no states
Confederation: the weak central government rules over loosely-joined, strong states
Federation: power is shared between a strong central government and weaker state governments
Centralization: the government somehow retains strong control over the entire nation (more research pending)
FOREIGN POLICY
Subjugation: foreign nations should be dealt with by force
Imperialism: foreign nations should be dealt with through military and economic sanctions in the name of expansionism, mercantilism and core beliefs
Occupation: foreign nations should be dealt with through peaceful and forceful occupation
---modern civics---
Unilateralism: foreign nations should be dealt with without the confsideration of the international community
Multilateralism: foreign nations should be dealt with considering the interests of itself and of the international community
Interventionism: foreign nations should be occupied, taken over or sanctioned when pursuing a policy conflicting with our own
Non-Interventionism: foreign nations should be dealt with only on a diplomatic and economic basis
MILITARY
Barbarism: Military service is for personal gain
Mercenary: Military service is contractual and for monetary gain
Militia: Military service is local
Ritual: Military is primarily ceremonial, ritualistic or sacrificial
Warrior Society: Warriors are the essential and commonplace members of society, and are often educated primarily through the military. Service is considered a social responsibility
Fealty: Military service is ceremonial and feudal, usually with the exchange of property for vows
Conscription: military service is forced upon in times of war
---modern civics---
Compulsory: military service is mandatory for all citizens
Voluntary: military service is voluntary, often as a career
International: military service serves international purposes
RULE
Chiefmancy: civ ruled by a powerful chief, or Big Man #Tribalism#
Monarchy: civ ruled by a monarch or emperor, who gets the throne without an election (nepotism, etc.) #Despotism, Absolutism, Administrativism#
Electoralcy: civ ruled by an elected official #Tribalism, Despotism, Administrativism, Merit, Aristocracy#
Theocracy: civ ruled by a religious official or clergy
POWER
Tribalism: ruler is a tribal member committed to the affairs of his tribe
Despotism: ruler with undefined powers who does whatever he chooses
Absolutism: ruler with unlimited power
Administrativism: ruler shares powers with other government officials, often following customs or laws
Merit: ruler was chosen for reasons of merit, at least in theory
Aristocracy: ruler shares power with the elite
GOVERNMENT TYPES
Legend: GOVERNMENT CIVIC, Other Civic, other requirement,
Ideology
Tribal Despotism = CHIEFMANCY, TRIBALISM
Tribal Federation = ELECTORALCY, TRIBALISM, Federation
Tribal Democracy = ELECTORALCY, TRIBALISM
Despotic Monarchy = MONARCHY, DESPOTISM
Administrative Monarchy = MONARCHY, ADMINISTRATIVISM
Feudal Monarchy = MONARCHY, ADMINISTRATIVISM, Feudalism
Constitutional Monarchy = MONARCHY, ADMINISTRATIVISM, Constitution
Absolute Monarchy = MONARCHY, ABSOLUTISM
Enlightened Despotism = MONARCHY, ABSOLUTISM, The Enlightenment
Empire = MONARCHY, DESPOTISM/ABSOLUTISM or ADMINISTRATIVE, Imperialism
Revolutionary Empire = MONARCHY, DESPOTISM/ABSOLUTISM or ADMINISTRATIVISM, Imperialism, must be undergoing a revolution or embrace revolutionary ideals
Administrative Republic = ELECTORALCY, ADMINISTRATIVISM
Constitutional Republic = ELECTORALCY, ADMINISTRATIVISM, Constitution
Noble Republic = ELECTORALCY, ARISTOCRACY
Merchant Republic = ELECTORALCY, ARISTOCRACY, Economic Governance
Revolutionary Republic = ELECTORALCY, ADMINISTRATIVISM or DESPOTISM, must be undergoing a revolution or embrace revolutionary ideals
Republican Dictatorship = ELECTORALCY, DESPOTISIM
Greco-Roman Republic = ELECTORALCY, MERIT
CIVICS FOR THE PRECOLUMBIAN NORTH/SOUTH AMERICAN RELEASE:
Please give me your suggestions for this list... it doesn't need a lot of work, but I need a little more certainty in it
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On the progress front, yes, I am behind. I will be permanently busy, and especially busy in the coming month, but I will find opportunities to get stuff done. And when I can't, I can occasionally chip away at smaller things, or idea-work.
Hoping you are all liking civ5. I could easily foresee this being ported to civ5 in the distant future. The art is very convert-able, and it should be easily mod-able. However, the reason this mod exists right now is because of the existance of RFC Europe, which made it easy to bring rise and fall to my mod. So, all this is very uncertain.
). The areas I have done are quite a mess of prerequisite lines so I've made them multi coloured to separate them, so now its starting to look a lot like the london underground map! I've tried to add a lot of techs from the old list we made on the civjunction forum from memory (I'm on a different computer to the one I made that tree on, and I won't have access to that info until arround 20th September).
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