List of Independent Powers in Civ7

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The following is a list of Independent Powers in Civilization VII and its expansions.

Independent Powers

Antiquity Age

Independent Power	People	Type	Affinity	Biome	Notes
Meroë	Kushite	Economic	Friendly	Desert	Capital of the Kingdom of Kush
Taruga	Nok	Cultural	Friendly	Plains	Major site of the Nok culture
Tyre	Phoenician	Economic	Friendly	Plains	Capital of Phoenicia
Carthage	Carthaginian	Scientific	Hostile	Desert	Capital of Ancient Carthage
Phaistos	Minoan	Scientific	Hostile	Desert	Major site of the Minoan civilization
Opone	Oponean	Economic	Neutral	Desert	Major seaport in modern day Somalia
Cirta	Numidian	Diplomatic	Hostile	Desert	Capital of Numidia
Jieshi	Jie	Militaristic	Neutral	Tundra	Historical area of the Jie Tribe in modern day China
Yilan	Kavalan	Economic	Neutral	Tropical	Site of the Kavalan people
Shengle	Xianbei	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Capital of Dai
Wiryeseong	Baekje	Scientific	Friendly	Grassland	Capital of Paekche
Kuaiji	Yue	Economic	Friendly	Grassland	Capital of Yue
Gungnae	Goguryeo	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tundra	Capital of Goguryeo
Yamatai	Yayoi	Expansionist	Hostile	Grassland	Sino-Japanese name of an ancient country in Wa (Japan) during the late Yayoi period
Longcheng	Xiongnu	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Capital of the Xiongnu
Ōfunato	Jomon	Cultural	Neutral	Grassland	Major Jomon site in Japan
Seorabeol	Silla	Scientific	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Silla
Wanggeom-seong	Gojoseon	Scientific	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Gojoseon
Gutthiuda	Gothic	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Mean "Land of the Gothic people"
Syvash	Hunnic	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Shallow lagoons in Crimea
Aritim	Etruscan	Expansionist	Friendly	Grassland	Arezzo; one of the Etruscan capitals
Arna	Lycian	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tundra	Xanthos; largest city in Lycia
Troy	Trojan	Diplomatic	Hostile	Grassland	Ancient city-state
Scythian Neapolis	Scythian	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Capital of Scythia Minor in Crimea
Divodurum	Belgae	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Oppidum in modern day Metz, Germany
Gordium	Phrygian	Economic	Neutral	Grassland	Type site of Phrygian civilization
Acmonia	Dacian	Economic	Neutral	Grassland	Dacian town
Izirtu	Mannean	Diplomatic	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Mannaea
Arkaim	Sintashta	Cultural	Hostile	Plains	Major site of the Sintashta culture
Khalchyan	Kushan	Diplomatic	Hostile	Plains	Ancient site of the Kushan Empire
Samarkand	Sogdian	Economic	Neutral	Plains	Capital of Sogdia
Khotan	Saka	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Capital of the Kingdom of Khotan
Harappa	Harappan	Scientific	Neutral	Grassland	Type site of the Indus Valley Civilisation
Anuradhapura	Sinhalese	Expansionist	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of the Anuradhapura kingdom
Rajagriha	Magadhan	Scientific	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of Magadha
Caithness	Pictish	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Center of the Kingdom of Cat
Assur	Assyrian	Expansionist	Hostile	Desert	Capital of Assyria
Waššukanni	Mitanni	Expansionist	Hostile	Desert	Capital of Mitanni
Babylon	Babylonian	Scientific	Friendly	Desert	Capital of Babylonia
Sugunia	Urartu	Expansionist	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Urartu
Megiddo	Canaanite	Diplomatic	Neutral	Plains	Major site of Canaan
Shomron	Israelite	Cultural	Neutral	Plains	Capital of the Kingdom of Israel
Susa	Elamite	Scientific	Friendly	Grassland	Capital of Elam
Hattusa	Hittite	Expansionist	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of the Hittite Empire
Retenu	Hyksos	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Region in modern day Syria
Su Nuraxi	Shardana	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Ancient site in modern day Italy
Seleucia	Seleucid	Expansionist	Hostile	Plains	Capital of the Seleucid Empire
Ur	Sumerian	Scientific	Friendly	Desert	Sumerian city-state
La Venta	Olmec	Diplomatic	Neutral	Tropical	Major site of the Olmec civilization
Dhar Tichitt	Tichitt	Cultural	Neutral	Grassland	Major site of the Tichitt culture
Painted Rock	Hohokam	Expansionist	Neutral	Desert	Major petroglyph site in modern day Arizona, United States
Teotihuacan	Teotihuacanos	Scientific	Friendly	Grassland	Ancient Mesoamerican city
Mesa Verde	Pueblo	Scientific	Friendly	Desert	Ancestral site for the Pueblo people
Tollan-Xicocotitlan	Toltec	Cultural	Hostile	Plains	Capital of the Toltec Empire
Tiwanaku	Tiwanaku	Scientific	Friendly	Tundra	Capital of the Tiwanaku polity
Chan Chan	Chimú	Cultural	Neutral	Desert	Capital of Chimor
Caral-Supe	Caral	Scientific	Neutral	Desert	Main city of the Caral civilization
Moche	Moche	Diplomatic	Friendly	Desert	Capital of the Moche culture
Nagtipunan	Bugkalot	Diplomatic	Hostile	Tropical	Region settled by the Bugkalot tribe
Champa	Cham	Cultural	Hostile	Tropical	Collection of independent Cham polities
Vyadhapura	Funan	Cultural	Hostile	Tropical	Capital of Funan
Sundapura	Tarumanagara	Militaristic	Neutral	Tropical	Capital of Tarumanagara
Kutai Martadipura	Kutai	Expansionist	Neutral	Tropical	Historical region in modern day East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Si Thep	Dvaravati	Cultural	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of Dvaravati
Kerma	Kerman	Economic	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of the Kerma culture
Nukuleka	Tongan	Expansionist	Neutral	Tropical	Small fishing village in modern day Tonga
Teouma	Ni-Vanuatu	Expansionist	Neutral	Tropical	Major settlement settled by the Lapita people in modern-day Vanuatu

Exploration Age

Independent Power	People	Type	Affinity	Biome	Notes
Awdaghust	Soninke	Scientific	Neutral	Plains	Trade city in modern day Mali
Niani	Mande	Economic	Friendly	Desert	Capital of the Mali Empire
Zimbabwe	Shona	Cultural	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe
Kilwa	Kilwa	Economic	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of the Kilwa Sultanate
Njimi	Kanem	Scientific	Neutral	Desert	Capital of the Kanem–Bornu Empire; originally called Nijmi, it was renamed in Update 1.2.1
Fashoda	Shilluk	Diplomatic	Neutral	Desert	Kodok; capital of Shilluk country
Abalessa	Tuareg	Economic	Neutral	Desert	Capital of the Ahaggar Kingdom
Garama	Garamantian	Economic	Hostile	Desert	Capital of the Garamantian Kingdom
Tarnovo	Bulgar	Diplomatic	Hostile	Desert	Capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire
Aberffraw	Welsh	Diplomatic	Hostile	Desert	Capital of the Kingdom of Gwynedd
Thang Long	Vietnamese	Diplomatic	Neutral	Tropical	Capital of Đại Việt
Tidore	Tidorese	Diplomatic	Neutral	Tropical	Capital of the Sultanate of Tidore
Istakhr	Sasanian	Expansionist	Neutral	Plains	Capital of the Sasanian Empire
Kannauj	Pratihara	Expansionist	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of the Pratihara dynasty
Kamakura	Japanese	Scientific	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of the Kamakura shogunate
Shangjing	Jurchen	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Chifeng
Gaegyeong	Goryeo	Scientific	Friendly	Tundra	Kaesong; capital of Goryeo
Samarkand	Karakhanid	Economic	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Kara-Khanid Khanate
Muara Jambi	Srivijayan	Expansionist	Friendly	Desert	Location of Srivijaya kingdom
Dzungaria	Oirat	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Subregion in northwest China
Kyiv	Rus'	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Capital of Kievan Rus'; originally called Kiev, it was renamed in Update 1.2.0
Roskilde	Danish	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Capital of the Middle Ages Kingdom of Denmark
Arles	Burgundian	Diplomatic	Friendly	Grassland	Capital of the Kingdom of Arles
Venice	Venetian	Economic	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Republic of Venice
Vatican City	Papal State	Cultural	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Papal States
Etelköz	Magyar	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Historic region in Hungary
Vilnius	Lithuanian	Expansionist	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Lithuania
Stockholm	Swedish	Scientific	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Sweden
Tucume	Sican	Scientific	Neutral	Grassland	Pre-Hispanic site in modern day Peru
Karantanija	Slavic	Diplomatic	Neutral	Grassland	Slavic principality
Tabriz	Ilkhanid	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Capital of the Ilkhanate
Avanti	Gujaradesa	Diplomatic	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty
Mamallapuram	Pallava	Economic	Neutral	Tropical	Port city in the Pallava kingdom
Constantinople	Byzantine	Cultural	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of the Byzantine Empire
Damascus	Umayyad	Economic	Neutral	Plains	Capital of the Umayyad Caliphate
Istanbul	Ottoman	Expansionist	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Ottoman Empire
Hama	Ayyubid	Expansionist	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Ayyubid principality of Hama
Medina	Rashidun	Expansionist	Neutral	Desert	Capital of the Rashidun Caliphate
Nishapur	Seljuk	Expansionist	Hostile	Plains	Capital of the Seljuk Empire
Isfahan	Safavid	Scientific	Hostile	Plains	Capital of Safavid Iran
Kath	Khwarazm	Expansionist	Friendly	Plains	Capital of Khwarazm
Tilantongo	Mixtec	Scientific	Neutral	Grassland	Mixtec city-state
Monte Albán	Zapotec	Cultural	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of the Zapotec civilization
Werowocomoco	Powhatan	Diplomatic	Neutral	Grassland	Village headquarters of chief Powhatan
Camagüey	Taíno	Expansionist	Friendly	Tropical	Taíno village, now a city in Cuba
Ossossané	Wyandot	Economic	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of the Wyandot Empire
Onondaga	Haudenosaunee	Economic	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of the Iroquois Confederacy
Wai'tu Kubuli	Kalinago	Diplomatic	Hostile	Tropical	Kalinago name for the island of Dominica
Alachua	Seminole	Militaristic	Hostile	Tropical	Chiefdom of the Seminole people
Nassau	Flying Gang	Militaristic	Hostile	Tropical	Capital of the Flying Gang
Hippo Regius	Vandal	Militaristic	Hostile	Tropical	Capital of the Vandal Kingdom
Tenochtitlan	Mexica	Militaristic	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of the Mexican civilization of the Mexica people
Hunza	Muisca	Cultural	Neutral	Tropical	Capital of the Muisca Confederation
Ngulu Mapu	Mapuche	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Mapudungun name for Araucanía, a region settled by the Moluche
Nansarunai	Dayak	Militaristic	Hostile	Tropical	Ancient civilization of the Dayak people
Ava	Ava	Scientific	Hostile	Tropical	Capital of the Kingdom of Ava
Pagan	Pagan	Diplomatic	Neutral	Tropical	Capital of the Pagan kingdom
Buansa	Sulu	Economic	Neutral	Tropical	Capital of the Sultanate of Sulu
Chiang Mai	Lanna	Cultural	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Lan Na kingdom
Tondo	Tondo	Economic	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of the Kingdom of Tondo
Luang Prabang	Lan Xang	Cultural	Neutral	Tropical	Capital of the Kingdom of Lan Xang
Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya	Scientific	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
Birrarung	Kulin	Cultural	Neutral	Desert	Kulin name for the Yarra River
Mparntwe	Arrernte	Cultural	Friendly	Desert	Eastern Arrernte name for Alice Springs, Australia
Anakena	Rapa Nui	Expansionist	Friendly	Plains	White coral sand beach in Rapa Nui National Park on Rapa Nui

Modern Age

Independent Power	People	Type	Affinity	Biome	Notes
Oyo-Ile	Oyo	Expansionist	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Oyo Empire
Stone Town	Zanzibari	Economic	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
Addis Ababa	Ethiopian	Scientific	Friendly	Desert	Capital of Ethiopia
Kumasi	Ashanti	Expansionist	Neutral	Plains	Capital of the Asante Empire
Marrakesh	Moroccan	Economic	Neutral	Desert	Capital of the Saadi Sultanate
Hamdullahi	Massina	Diplomatic	Hostile	Plains	Capital of the Caliphate of Hamdullahi
Abomey	Dahomey	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Capital of Dahomey
Antananarivo	Merina	Economic	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of the Merina Kingdom
Omdurman	Sudanese	Expansionist	Hostile	Desert	Major city in Sudan
Ezogashima	Ainu	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Old name for Hokkaido
Phú Xuân	Vietnamese	Scientific	Hostile	Tropical	Capital of the Nguyễn dynasty
Hanseong	Joseon	Scientific	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Joseon
Geneva	Swiss	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tundra	Second-most populous city in Switzerland
Lisbon	Portuguese	Economic	Friendly	Plains	Capital of Portugal
Belgrade	Serbian	Diplomatic	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Serbia
Vienna	Austrian	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Austria
Helsinki	Finnish	Diplomatic	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Finland
Dublin	Irish	Diplomatic	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Ireland
Bucharest	Wallachian	Militaristic	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of Wallachia
Munich	Bavarian	Scientific	Friendly	Tundra	Capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria; removed in Update 1.2.0
San Marino	Sammarinese	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tundra	Capital of San Marino
Monaco	Monégasque	Cultural	Friendly	Plains	Capital of Monaco
Gujranwala	Sikh	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Capital of the Sikh Empire
Kathmandu	Nepali	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Nepal
Punakha	Bhutanese	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Former capital of Bhutan
Kandy	Kandyan	Scientific	Friendly	Tropical	Сapital of the Kingdom of Kandy
Tehran	Qajar	Scientific	Neutral	Desert	Сapital of Qajar Iran
Qal'ai Khumb	Darvaz	Scientific	Neutral	Desert	Сapital of Darvaz
Muscat	Omani	Economic	Friendly	Desert	Сapital of Oman
Inuit Nunangat	Inuit	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Homeland of the Inuit
Big Timbers	Comanche	Expansionist	Neutral	Grassland	Area in Colorado used as a native campsite
Aaní	Tlingit	Scientific	Friendly	Tundra	Homeland of the Tlingit
Moson Kahni	Shoshone	Economic	Friendly	Plains	Wintering town used by the Northern Shoshone tribe
Indeislun Nakah	Nde	Militaristic	Hostile	Desert	Homeland of the Mescalaro tribe of the Nde people
Bogotá	Colombian	Scientific	Friendly	Desert	Сapital of Colombia
Paha Sapa	Lakota	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Lakota name of the Black Hills mountain range
Fortín Mbororé	Guarani	Cultural	Neutral	Tropical	Village of the Guarani people
Byti	Ge	Economic	Neutral	Tropical	Kayapo name for the Xingu River
Panghsang	Wa	Militaristic	Hostile	Grassland	Сapital of Wa State
Taunggyi	Shan	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Сapital of Shan State
Lagawe	Ifugao	Expansionist	Hostile	Tropical	Сapital of Ifugao
Mandalay	Burmese	Scientific	Neutral	Tropical	Сapital of the Konbaung dynasty
Malé	Dhivehin	Economic	Neutral	Grassland	Сapital of the Maldives
Mwibele	Luba	Expansionist	Friendly	Tropical	Сapital of the Luba Empire
Ternate	Ternate	Diplomatic	Hostile	Tropical	Сapital of the Sultanate of Ternate
Kutaraja	Aceh	Expansionist	Hostile	Tropical	Сapital of the Aceh Sultanate
Denpasar	Balinese	Cultural	Friendly	Tropical	City in the Bali Kingdom
Herat	Afghan	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Сapital of the Durrani Empire
Bukhara	Bukharan	Expansionist	Neutral	Desert	Сapital of the Emirate of Bukhara
Tashkent	Kokand	Militaristic	Hostile	Desert	Сapital of the Tashkent State
Apia	Sāmoan	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tropical	Сapital of Samoa
Maungakiekie	Māori	Cultural	Friendly	Grassland	Volcanic peak culturally important for the Maori people

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