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Patronage is a social policy tree in Civilization V. In Brave New World, it is available at the start of the Classical Era and includes the following policies:
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Patronage enhances the benefits of City-State friendship.
Adopting Patronage will cause 
Influence with City-States to degrade 25% slower than normal. Unlocks building the Forbidden Palace.
Adopting all policies in the Patronage tree will cause allied City-States to occasionally gift you Great People.
Civilopedia entryEdit
Patronage is the policy where the wealthy and powerful - often the nobility - support the talented artisans in a society. In many ancient societies, a society's wealth was concentrated in a few individuals: the Royal Family, say, or the merchant princes. Painters, sculptors, musicians, and other gifted artists worked for the elite, as they were the only ones who could afford to pay them. While perhaps unfair to commoners, this system has produced brilliant works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, Ben Jonson, and Mozart. The system is enjoying something of a revival today, with the role of patron being taken by mega-corporations rather than individuals.
