- Warning -

Yes. I'm openly criticizing Civilization 7 in this post.

Chinese Leader: Confucius.

His Unique Ability: Keju.

His Agenda: Guanxi.

What the heck......?

Honestly speaking, I was pretty disappointed at Firaxis when I learned that Confucius will be the Chinese Leader in the new game. Some other Chinese Leaders may be added, but Confucius is not fit for the Leader position. He was a great philosopher, indeed, but he never took a significant role in Chinese policies. Instead, he cast about a leader who actually ruled (the part of) China and will accept his thoughts, but with no success. Some might say there is no law against selecting a philosopher or social activist as a Leader. Still, I disagree with this because every Leader (other than some female Leaders of Civ 2 and CTP) took at least some political role.

Also, because there were countless dynasties, kingdoms, and empires, there are TONS of other historical characters who never appeared in the game and are much fit for Leader. Some brilliant and great emperors, such as Zhenzong or Renzong of the Song Dynasty or Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, still wait for the call from Firaxis, and if they want historical figures from the Warring States period that badly, I still can suggest many fitting Leaders such as Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Mu of Qin, Duke Wen of Jin, or King Zhuang of Chu. But it's no other than Confucius? Sigh......

Still, I decided to wait and see what would happen, and now this.

The names of Confucius' Unique Ability and Agenda also don't make sense. Keju is the Chinese name for imperial exmination, the system established in 605, about a MILLENNIUM after Confucius's passing. I am not happy to see William the Conqueror with an ability named Balfour Declaration or Charlemagne with a Free France ability. For Guanxi, I couldn't find any evidence it's deeply connected with Confucius.

Suppose I design Confucius as a Leader. In that case, I will include Analects, an everlasting Great Work of Writing that contains sayings of him, as a name for his Unique Ability. Temples of Literature or something about Confucianism will make sense for his Agenda.

It took 3 days to recover from the shock of the news that Catherine de Medici will be the Leader of France in Civ 6, and I wonder how many days will be needed to recover from this shock. As a World History fan, this alone makes me hesitate to purchase this game because I can't tell how many more abominations like this will be added in the future.

1. Salar Du Uyuni (Description): A Two Tile Natural Wonder That spawns on tiles next to mountains and/or deserts. It looks like an arid sandy desert valley with the middle being a giant salt deposit mirror that reflects the tie of day in the background.

(Yields): 2 science 1 Production and 1 gold per turn (Per tile)when worked

by population.

(Effect): When the game reaches the modern era (Assuming the same tech

tree as Civ6) Triggers the Tech boost for Flight.

2. Atlantis (I Know This one is technically a myth but come on. Look at The fountain of youth in Civ6) (Description): A One tile natural wonder that spawns in a lake 1-2 tiles away from coast (Must be connected to the coast (Also has a placing bias towards deserts).

(Yields): None... Sorta.

(Effect): When you find this wonder, and no one has done so yet(Next Sentence is what i'm talking about here). you can settle a city center on the wonder tile to gain a city that starts with +2 Science, Culture, Production, Food, Faith, Housing, Amenities, and Tourism per turn on the city center. (The drawback to this is that its either in a lake so it will be a while till you gain land tiles, or you have land tiles...but its most likely desert tiles).

3. Mauna Kea (Description): A three tile triangle formation Volcano wonder with a Medium Eruption rate that spawns in an ocean at least 6 tiles away from the nearest land.

(Yields): Again, None but also yes.

(Effect): When Mauna Kea Erupts (3 Times a game before its dormant) It has around a 50/50 chance to turn the ocean tiles around it to land tiles, that when created start as magma tiles (that will hurt units on them by 20% of health per turn) then 10 turns later become normal land times that have a chance to spawn with the Obsidian Luxury resource on them that provides 1 food, 2 production and 1 faith when unimproved and can be improved with the mine improvement.

Special Thanks to: https://civilization.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003720781

And now, this is my design for the brand-new "evolving Civilizations."

Before you read further:

1. Each set (Ancient Era Civilization - Exploration Age Civilization - Modern Age Civilization) is named after the Civilization(s) that appeared at least once in the previous series in the set and sorted alphabetically.

2. I wanted to provide some details for each Civilization, but it was impossible because already-known information is too scarce. So, I had to satisfy myself by only distributing Attributes. Nevertheless, I hope that this humble post will serve as the beginning of many of my Civ 7 designs.

3. For distributing Attributes, I checked the "Civilizations (Civ7)" and "Leaders (Civ7)" pages on this site and found "Cultural," "Defensive," "Diplomatic," "Economic," "Expansionist," "Militaristic," "Political," and "Scientific." Because these did not seem enough, so for convenience's sake, I added five Attributes from Civ 3 and 4 - "Agricultural," "Industrious," "Philosophical," "Religious," and "Seafaring." If these will not be included in vanilla Civ 7, who knows the future?

4. Because of historical, cultural, and geological connections, some Civilizations here can be related to more than two other Civilizations. For example, in this design, Holy Rome "evolves" to Germany, and Hungary "evolves" to Austria-Hungary, but Holy Rome has enough reasons to "evolve" to Austria-Hungary. Also, even though Iroquois only "evolves" to Canada in this design, why not America?

5. I myself don't believe every Civilization listed here will be included in the official game because I sometimes went too far to complete every Era per each set. For example, I had to choose Marajoara culture to fill in the Ancient Era Brazil and Colchis for the Ancient Era Georgia, although both will be quite challenging to design in real (even as Civilization for Civ 5 or 6).

America

• Antiquity Age: Mississippi (Agricultural, Industrious)

• Exploration Age: New England (Diplomatic, Industrious)

• Modern Age: America (Economic, Scientific)

Arabia

• Antiquity Age: Nabataea (Economic, Philosophical)

• Exploration Age: Abbasid (Religious, Scientific)

• Modern Age: Saudi Arabia (Economic, Religious)

Austria / Hun / Hungary

• Antiquity Age: Hun (Expansionist, Militaristic)

• Exploration Age: Hungary (Agricultural, Philosophical)

• Modern Age: Austria-Hungary (Diplomatic, Political)

Aztec

• Antiquity Age: Olmec (Cultural, Philosophical)

• Exploration Age: Aztec (Militaristic, Religious)

• Modern Age: Mexico (Agricultural, Defensive)

Brazil

• Antiquity Age: Marajoara (Industrious, Philosophical)

• Exploration Age: Tupi (Defensive, Diplomatic)

• Modern Age: Brazil (Agricultural, Cultural)

Byzantium / Greece

• Antiquity Age: Ancient Greece (Diplomatic, Philosophical)

• Exploration Age: Byzantium (Diplomatic, Religious)

• Modern Age: Modern Greece (Cultural, Seafaring)

Canada / Iroquois

• Antiquity Age: Haida (Philosophical, Seafaring)

• Exploration Age: Iroquois (Agricultural, Diplomatic)

• Modern Age: Canada (Diplomatic, Economic)

Carthage

• Antiquity Age: Carthage (Agricultural, Seafaring)

• Exploration Age: Hafsid (Economic, Seafaring)

• Modern Age: Tunisia (Philosophical, Scientific)

China

• Antiquity Age: Han (Cultural, Political)

• Exploration Age: Song (Political, Scientific)

• Modern Age: China (Economic, Industrious)

Egypt

• Antiquity Age: Egypt (Cultural, Economic)

• Exploration Age: Mamluk (Agricultural, Militaristic)

• Modern Age: Modern Egypt (Agricultural, Cultural)

England

• Antiquity Age: Briton (Defensive, Religious)

• Exploration Age: England (Industrious, Seafaring)

• Modern Age: British (Diplomatic, Seafaring)

Ethiopia

• Antiquity Age: Axum (Cultural, Economic)

• Exploration Age: Zagwe (Expansionist, Religious)

• Modern Age: Ethiopia (Defensive, Industrious)

France / Gaul

• Antiquity Age: Gaul (Diplomatic, Industrious)

• Exploration Age: Bourbon France (Cultural, Political)

• Modern Age: France (Cultural, Philosophical)

Georgia

• Antiquity Age: Colchis (Agricultural, Economic)

• Exploration Age: Bagrationi (Defensive, Religious)

• Modern Age: Georgia (Industrious, Religious)

Germany / Holy Rome

• Antiquity Age: Goth (Expansionist, Philosophical)

• Exploration Age: Holy Rome (Diplomatic, Political)

• Modern Age: Germany (Industrious, Scientific)

Hittite / Osman

• Antiquity Age: Hittite (Industrious, Scientific)

• Exploration Age: Osman (Cultural, Expansionist)

• Modern Age: Turkey (Agricultural, Cultural)

Inca

• Antiquity Age: Caral (Philosophical, Political)

• Exploration Age: Inca (Economic, Expansionist)

• Modern Age: Peru (Cultural, Economic)

India

• Antiquity Age: Maurya (Militaristic, Scientific)

• Exploration Age: Mughal (Cultural, Expansionist)

• Modern Age: India (Agricultural, Religious)

Indonesia

• Antiquity Age: Taruma (Agricultural, Scientific)

• Exploration Age: Majapahit (Diplomatic, Seafaring)

• Modern Age: Indonesia (Economic, Seafaring)

Japan

• Antiquity Age: Yamato (Militaristic, Religious)

• Exploration Age: Edo Japan (Militaristic, Political)

• Modern Age: Meiji Japan (Expansionist, Scientific)

Khmer

• Antiquity Age: Funan (Agricultural, Seafaring)

• Exploration Age: Khmer (Cultural, Industrious)

• Modern Age: Cambodia (Economic, Industrious)

Korea

• Antiquity Age: Silla (Diplomatic, Religious)

• Exploration Age: Joseon (Philosophical, Scientific)

• Modern Age: Korea (Diplomatic, Economic)

Maya

• Antiquity Age: Maya (Diplomatic, Scientific)

• Exploration Age: Zapotec (Diplomatic, Industrious)

• Modern Age: Central America (Defensive, Political)

Mongol

• Antiquity Age: Xiongnu (Expansionist, Industrious)

• Exploration Age: Mongol (Economic, Expansionist)

• Modern Age: Mongolia (Industrious, Militaristic)

Morocco

• Antiquity Age: Numidia (Defensive, Economic)

• Exploration Age: Almoravid (Expansionist, Scientific)

• Modern Age: Alawi (Economic, Philosophical)

Netherlands

• Antiquity Age: Batavi (Agricultural, Militaristic)

• Exploration Age: Flanders (Economic, Industrious)

• Modern Age: Netherlands (Cultural, Political)

Nubia

• Antiquity Age: Nubia (Economic, Militaristic)

• Exploration Age: Makuria (Agricultural, Religious)

• Modern Age: Sudan (Agricultural, Industrious)

Persia

• Antiquity Age: Achaemenid (Expansionist, Philosophical)

• Exploration Age: Safavid (Cultural, Religious)

• Modern Age: Iran (Political, Religious)

Poland

• Antiquity Age: Sarmatia (Expansionist, Industrious)

• Exploration Age: Poland-Lithuania (Agricultural, Expansionist)

• Modern Age: Poland (Defensive, Philosophical)

Portugal

• Antiquity Age: Lusitania (Defensive, Militaristic)

• Exploration Age: Aviz (Expansionist, Seafaring)

• Modern Age: Portugal (Cultural, Seafaring)

Rome

• Antiquity Age: Rome (Cultural, Militaristic)

• Exploration Age: Florence (Economic, Philosophical)

• Modern Age: Italy (Cultural, Industrious)

Russian / Scythia

• Antiquity Age: Scythia (Cultural, Expansionist)

• Exploration Age: Russia (Defensive, Expansionist)

• Modern Age: Soviet (Diplomatic, Militaristic)

Siam

• Antiquity Age: Mon (Defensive, Diplomatic)

• Exploration Age: Ayutthaya (Diplomatic, Scientific)

• Modern Age: Thailand (Defensive, Scientific)

Songhai

• Antiquity Age: Ghana (Economic, Political)

• Exploration Age: Songhai (Economic, Militaristic)

• Modern Age: Nigeria (Agricultural, Industrious)

Spain

• Antiquity Age: Iberia (Cultural, Militaristic)

• Exploration Age: Castilla-Aragon (Religious, Seafaring)

• Modern Age: Spain (Defensive, Religious)

Zulu

• Antiquity Age: Bantu (Agricultural, Expansionist)

• Exploration Age: Zimbabwe (Agricultural, Philosophical)

• Modern Age: Zulu (Expansionist, Militaristic)

And here are 5 sets I want to be added in Civ 7. I didn't mean it from the start, but most of these are East European Civilizations.

Armenia

• Antiquity Age: Arsacid (Diplomatic, Religious)

• Exploration Age: Bagratid (Diplomatic, Philosophical)

• Modern Age: Armenia (Cultural, Religious)

Bulgaria

• Antiquity Age: Thracia (Expansionist, Philosophical)

• Exploration Age: Imperial Bulgaria (Militaristic, Scientific)

• Modern Age: Bulgaria (Expansionist, Industrious)

Romania

• Antiquity Age: Dacia (Defensive, Expansionist)

• Exploration Age: Wallachia (Defensive, Political)

• Modern Age: Romania (Agricultural, Religious)

Serbia

• Antiquity Age: Illyria (Industrious, Seafaring)

• Exploration Age: Serbia (Economic, Expansionist)

• Modern Age: Yugoslavia (Diplomatic, Expansionist)

South India

• Antiquity Age: Chola (Scientific, Seafaring)

• Exploration Age: Vijayanagara (Cultural, Militaristic)

• Modern Age: Sri Lanka (Philosophical, Seafaring)

When I first heard about Civilization VII’s new mechanic of the player changing civilizations every era, I was skeptical of it. I have always enjoyed the “What If” aspect of having the Roman Empire, the Scythians, and various other civilizations making it into modern times and developing into countries as we think of them today. But after thinking about it some more, I realized that this mechanic actually presents a great new opportunity. On this discussion forum, half of the concepts for new civilizations I see occupy a region where a civilization already in the game exists. So, this new “evolution” mechanic would allow for multiple civilizations representing the same region at different points in history to be in the game. Here are a few concepts of direct regional counterpart civilizations that could be consolidated in this system:

America:

• Antiquity: Shawnee (Any Native American Civ could work here, but the Shawnee have already been announced.)

• Exploration: Thirteen Colonies

• Modern: United States of America

Arabia:

• Antiquity: Radishun Caliphate

• Exploration: Abbasid Caliphate

• Modern: Saudi Arabia

Aztec:

• Antiquity: Mayan Empire

• Exploration: Aztec Empire

• Modern: Mexico

China:

• Antiquity: Han Dynasty

• Exploration: Ming Dynasty

• Modern: People’s Republic of China

Egypt:

• Antiquity: Egyptian Empire

• Exploration: Ayyubid Sultanate

• Modern: United Arab Republic

England:

• Antiquity: Wessex

• Exploration: England

• Modern: British Empire

Ethiopia:

• Antiquity: D’mt

• Exploration: Aksum

• Modern: Ethiopia

France:

• Antiquity: Gaul

• Exploration: Frankish Kingdom

• Modern: France

Germany:

• Antiquity: Holy Roman Empire

• Exploration: Prussia

• Modern: Germany

Greece:

• Antiquity: Sparta

• Exploration: Byzantine Empire

• Modern: Greece

India:

• Antiquity: Mauryan Empire

• Exploration: Mughal Empire

• Modern: India

Korea:

• Antiquity: Gojoseon

• Exploration: Silla

• Modern: Korea (Government choice determines if it is North Korea or South Korea.)

Mali/West Africa:

• Antiquity: Ghana

• Exploration: Mali

• Modern: Benin

Nubia:

• Antiquity: Nubia

• Exploration: Funj

• Modern: Sudan

Persia:

• Antiquity: Achaemenid Empire

• Exploration: Timurid Empire

• Modern: Iran

Rome:

• Antiquity: Roman Empire

• Exploration: Venice

• Modern: Italy

Russia:

• Antiquity: Muscovy

• Exploration: Russia

• Modern: Soviet Union

Spain:

• Antiquity: Visigoth Kingdom

• Exploration: Castile-Aragon

• Modern: Spain

Turkey:

• Antiquity: Hittites

• Exploration: Ottoman Empire

• Modern: Turkey