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The British people (sometimes Britons) represent the Kingdom of Great Britain and the subsequent British states, a Modern Age civilization in Civilization VII. They are available with the Great Britain Pack within the Crossroads of the World Collection, which was released on March 4, 2025.

The British' civilization ability is Workshop of the World, which reduces the cost of producing and purchasing buildings, but raises the costs of converting Towns into Cities. Their associated wonder is the Battersea Power Station, and their unique components are as follows:

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Chaos is the absence of order, and the world needs structure. Great Britain ascends.

The sun never sets on Great Britain’s vast empire. Its territories spread across all continents, funneling raw materials from colonial holdings to the factories of the metropole. Foreign policy was conducted through economic strategy, extensive diplomacy, and threat of war. The British navy dominated the seas, while at home, society found a new order amid the explosion of industry. Under Pax Britannica, the world followed Britain’s lead.

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In 1800, the Act of Union joined the crowns of Ireland and Great Britain (which was already a union of Scotland, Wales, and England) to form the United Kingdom. This was the core of the Second British Empire, which emerged as an industrial power on the world stage, consolidating rule over colonial possessions in India and Africa, and remaining a potent player in European politics.

The wars against France were key to the United Kingdom's early history. These began as reactions against the French Revolution, as the U.K.'s monarchies regarded France as an existential threat. This menace evolved as Napoleon Bonaparte took control of the French Republic and created the First French Empire, embarking on a wave of European conquests. After Napoleon’s defeat, Britain came into its own.

Europe was devastated but Britain was untouched (and the undisputed master of the seas), and so became one of the key players in the later era of colonialism. At this time, the crown took over various trading companies, which were crippled by corruption, plagued by losses, and steadily acquiring a terrible reputation for provoking local conflict. While the British abolished slavery in their colonies and curbed the worst impulses of the trading companies, the tide of imperialism still rose. In Asia, the British staged a coup d’etat in the Malay state of Johor, which gave the British control over Singapore. In India, the East India Company was replaced by direct British rule, despite the threat of constant revolts in differing parts of the Raj (of which Tipu Sultan’s was one of the most famous). These two colonies acted as an opium pipeline to China – a deliberate British strategy to find a commodity the Chinese would buy as the Chinese had heretofore disdained British goods, seeking only silver. This led to the two Opium Wars (out of which Britain gained Hong Kong), which forced China's market to open.

In short, the British created a worldwide system – for the benefit of London. Nearly every continent in the world had British influence (South America largely excepted). Unlike the more war-inclined French, the British used a variety of means of domination. For instance, debt became a key tool; preying on rulers’ desire for finished goods, British merchants urged them to accrue immense debts and then those debts could be “paid” by allowing the British to “manage” the finances. This is how Malaya and Egypt fell to the British. Meanwhile, Central Asia was the site of the “Great Game,” a strategic rivalry against Russia for mastery of the region.

Interestingly, Britain debated getting involved in another war with the United States – the Civil War. The U.K. was closer economically to the South, depended on Southern cotton, and felt more comfortable with Southern aristocracy than the hard-headed Puritan descendants in the Northeast. However, the Emancipation Proclamation underlined that supporting the South meant supporting slavery, and even the British would not cross that line. At least, they wouldn’t by the 1860s.

Internally, Britain epitomized liberal economics, focusing on free trade and property rights. The specter of the French Revolution haunted Britain, so the various parties sought to placate populism by either taking a conciliatory line (Whigs) or a hostile line (Tories).

The latter part of the 19th century housed Britain's Victorian era. This was a time of industrialization, literature, science, and philosophy, a quintessentially British time. As industrialization took over (William Blake’s “dark Satanic mills”), the British industrial class evolved. For one, factories regulated by the clock allowed home life to be separated from work life, which came with attendant gender roles. Another change was the expansion of psychological and other social sciences; the 20th-century notions of race and sexuality were profoundly shaped by this era. This was a world of steam power, of Charles Dickens and Sherlock Holmes, of the Brontë sisters and Dracula, of Jeeves and Wooster and Friedrich Engels, where middle-class respectability became codified and elevated.

In short, the British Empire had multiple faces – industry and politics at home, and blatant imperialism abroad. It was a period based around an unstoppable navy, a world order guaranteed by British force and the omnipresent threat of social upheaval. Conflict always seemed to be lurking in the background, but with the understanding that war would be profoundly different in this brave new world. Which it was.

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William Mary
John Elizabeth
George Sarah
Thomas Margaret
James Eliza
Robert Ann
Henry Ellen
Edward Jane
Charles Emma
Joseph Hannah

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Soundtrack[]

Original Track Based on Credits Length
"Great Britain (Modern Age)" Jerusalem Sir Hubert Parry, arrangement composed by Geoff Knorr

FILMHarmonic Orchestra, Prague
Conducted by Andy Brick
Produced by Geoff Knorr
Recorded at Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ
Recording Engineer: Jakub Hadraba
Assistant Recording Engineers: Čeněk Kotzmann, Jan Krček, Ivan Zbíral
Pro Tools Operator: Čeněk Kotzmann
Music Contractor and Recording Manager: Petr Pýcha
Orchestra Librarian: Tomáš Kirschner
Editing, Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Geoff Knorr

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