Jakarta (Civ6)

Jakarta
Trade City-state
Introduced in Civilization VI
Removed from game under all rulesets
Removed from game under all rulesets
Color	Yellow
Envoy bonuses
1 Envoy	+4 Gold in the Capital.
3 Envoys	+4 Gold in every Commercial Hub district.
6 Envoys	+8 Gold in every Commercial Hub district.
Suzerain bonus	Your Trading Posts at international destinations grant +1 additional Gold to all Trade Routes that pass through them.

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Jakarta is a trade city-state in Civilization VI.

In the Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack, with the introduction of Indonesia as a playable civilization, Jakarta became an Indonesian city and was replaced with Bandar Brunei under all rulesets.

Strategy

Jakarta's Suzerain bonus increases the Gold output of Trade Routes, but is far less useful than the bonuses of city-states such as Venice/Amsterdam and Hunza. Gold can easily be obtained in large quantities from multiple sources, so a bonus that grants a paltry amount of Gold per Trade Route and takes time and careful attention to leverage is definitely not worth the trouble. Becoming Suzerain of Jakarta should be low on players' priority lists, because there are many other ways to earn extra Gold that don't involve checking to see which cities have Trading Posts.

Civilopedia entry

Serving as the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta is both the largest and richest city in the Southeast Asian country. Since the first settlements in the area of Jakarta were laid by Hindu pilgrims in the 4th Century AD, the city has been known by many names, and controlled by an equally large number of would-be empires. For nearly 1000 years, Jakarta was part of the Kingdom of Sunda, which ruled a number of surrounding territories along the Indian Ocean. When meandering Portuguese explorers showed up in the islands in the 16th Century, the lucrative spice trade was quickly established with Jakarta being the primary port.

The Kingdom of Sunda eventually fell to the Muslim Sultanate of Fatahillah, who also expelled the Portuguese from the region. However, trade routes were reestablished soon after with the arrival of Dutch and English traders, including the influential English East India Company. After repeated conflicts between the two colonial powers vying for trade dominance, the Dutch and their own East India Company (shockingly) emerged victorious. The Dutch East India Company remained the dominant power in the Spice Islands until its eventual dissolution in 1800, when the Dutch formally declared the formation of the Dutch East Indies, their very own colony. 

In 1950, the efforts of Indonesian nationalists succeeded in gaining full independence for Indonesia, with Jakarta established as its capital. Although the city and its residents (some 9.58 million of them in 2010) have often been enveloped in political unrest and instability, the economy of Jakarta continues to grow. These days Jakarta’s wealth depends primarily on the money-service sectors: banking, financial investing, stock and commodities trading, real estate, and the like. Although export of spices and other luxuries continues to be important, the almighty rupiah has come to be the primary focus.

Trivia

• Jakarta's city-state symbol is based on Monas, a tower built to commemorate the Indonesian War of Independence.

Gallery

Monas (on which Jakarta's city-state symbol is based)

See also

• Jakarta in other games