Civilizations (Civ1)

Sid Meier's Civilization features 14 playable civilizations, of which up to 7 will feature simultaneously in any given game.

Color groups

Civilizations are grouped into one of seven color groups (plus Barbarians). A civilization's color determines its order of action during the turn: White acts first and Grey acts last, with the barbarians acting in the periphery.

Civilization Team Color chart

Color	Order	Civilization	Leader	Capital
WHITE	1	Romans	Caesar	Rome
		Russians	Stalin	Moscow
GREEN	2	Babylonians	Hammurabi	Babylon
		Zulus	Shaka	Zimbabwe
		Japanese	Ieyasu	Tokyo
BLUE	3	Germans	Frederick	Berlin
		French	Napoleon	Paris
YELLOW	4	Egyptians	Ramesses	Thebes
		Aztecs	Montezuma	Tenochtitlan
CYAN	5	Americans	Abe Lincoln	Washington
		Chinese	Mao Tse Tung	Beijing
PINK	6	Greeks	Alexander	Athens
		English	Elizabeth I	London
GREY	7	Indians	M. Gandhi	Delhi
		Mongols	Genghis Khan	Samarkand
RED	0	Barbarian (NPC)	Attila	N/A

Only one civ of each color group can be present on the map at a time, meaning a maximum of seven playable civs will be active in any game. A game that has less than seven active civs can spawn additional players through civil wars. When a civ is vanquished, a new civ of the same color group can appear in unclaimed territory; it begins with the standard Settlers and few, if any, advances.

Leaders

Further information: Leaders (Civ1)

Each civilization is represented by an animated sprite in the Diplomacy screen. Unlike later games, there is no mechanism to track a leader's gender, which is presumed male: Elizabeth I's government titles (Empress, Queen, etc.) are custom-coded to Diplomacy dialogue; they are otherwise masculine in the rest of the user interface, such as the Intelligence screen. Dynamic gender mechanics are first introduced in CivNet.

Personality

A civilization's artificial intelligence is guided by preset personality traits. Each civ has three personality traits, each with three possible values (two weighted, and a neutral or "balanced" middle):

• Aggressiveness determines the AI's tendency to launch and maintain war and its general attitude during diplomacy. Ranges from Aggressive to Friendly.
• Expansionism determines the AI's prioritization of founding new cities versus developing existing ones (i.e., "building wide" versus "building tall"). Ranges from Expansionist to Perfectionist.
• Civility influences a civ's starting advances (if any) and the AI's prioritization of military or civilian research. Ranges from Civilized to Militaristic.

Modding

"View Spaceship" menu listing the three unused civs.

Main article: Modding (Civ1)/Civilizations

During game setup, the user can customize their leader name. CivNet also allows customizing the civilization's name.

Hex editing CIV.EXE reveals definitions for three civilizations unused in the game: Persians (cyan), Muslims (pink), and Hittites (grey).

See also

• Civilizations: overview and listing of civilizations in all Civilization games.

Footnotes

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