CIVILIZATION VII

America - Modern Age Civilization

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America

Updated: 12.19.2024

America was a new nation, one founded on Enlightenment ideals of progress and rationality, industry and progress, and ever-expanding horizons. The American Revolution ignited from this demand for expansion: to expand trade independently to the Caribbean, to extend the colonies’ borders westward (into land held by indigenous nations), and freedom from British tariffs and taxes.

Unique Ability

Frontier Expansion: Gain Gold every time you Improve a Resource.

Attributes

  • Economic
  • Expansionist

Civic Trees

Yankee Ingenuity

  • Tier 1: Unlocks the Steel Mill Unique Building and the 'Gold Rush' Tradition.
  • Tradition - Gold Rush: Increased Gold for every assigned Resource.
  • Tier 2: Prospector Unique Merchant Units receive a Gold discount.

Captains of Industry

  • Tier 1: Unlocks the Railyard Unique Building and the 'Robber Baron' Tradition.
  • Tradition - Robber Baron: Increased Influence for every assigned Resource.
  • Tier 2: Increased Production on Resources. Increased Settlement Limit.

Wartime Manufacturing

  • Tier 1: Units receive increased Combat Strength for having more than one adjacent enemy Unit. Unlocks the Statue of Liberty Wonder.
  • Tier 2: Increased Production towards Military Units when fighting a war in which your Support is higher than your opponent. Unlocks the 'Lend-Lease' Tradition.
  • Tradition - Lend-Lease: Increased Gold and Influence per Trade Route.

Unique Infrastructure

Industrial Park: Unique Quarter. Increased Food in this City for every Resource assigned to this City.

Steel Mill: Unique Building. Production base. Receive a Gold Adjacency for Resources.

Railyard: Unique Building. Gold base. Receive a Production Adjacency for Quarters.

Unique Civilian Unit 

Prospector: Unique Civilian Unit. Activate on an unowned Land Resource tile within a set number of tiles from one of your Settlements. A path of tiles is claimed back to the Settlement and the tile's Resource is improved immediately.

Unique Military Unit 

Marine: Unique Infantry Unit. Has reduced Production Cost and the Amphibious keyword, granting no Combat penalties when attacking from Embarkation. Costs no Movement to Embark and Disembark.

Associated Wonder 

Statue of Liberty: Happiness Base. Spawns a set number of Migrant Units, which are Civilian Units that can trigger a Growth Event in Settlements. Must be built on a Coast tile adjacent to land.

Starting Biases

  • Rough
  • Rivers

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CIVILIZATION VII