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Police State is a Diplomatic Policy Card in Civilization VI.

In Gathering Storm, Police State is removed from the game.

Strategy[]

Police State is quite a useful policy for multiplayer games, where humans can use their Spies for maximum destruction (e.g., Recruit Partisans), and also in single-player games when you are having trouble stopping AI Spies.

However, the Amenity Amenity/Loyalty penalty (a consequence of people's frustration with being watched constantly) can cause troubles if you're running low on them. In the worst case, it could cause the same effect as Spies successfully completing a Recruit Partisans mission in every Neighborhood in your empire every turn. Forever.

Civilopedia entry[]

The traditional police state that arose in various countries during the 18th and 19th centuries was a mixture of autocratic reforms, paternalistic benevolence and compulsion … not necessarily repressive, with its emphasis on national security and progress. But the modern police state arose in the 20th Century and presupposes an authoritarian regime, which in turn grants sweeping powers to its law enforcement agencies. Inhabitants of the latter face restrictions on their freedom to move about, express political or social views, and high levels of surveillance (the primary purpose of the “secret police”).

See also[]

Civilization VI Policy Cards [edit]
Military Policy
Military
After Action Reports R&F-OnlyAgogeBastionsChivalryConscriptionCraftsmenDefense of the MotherlandDisciplineDrill Manuals GS-OnlyEquestrian Orders GS-OnlyFeudal ContractForce Modernization GS-OnlyGrande ArméeIntegrated Space CellInternational WatersLevée en MasseLightning WarfareLimesLimitanei R&F-OnlyLogisticsManeuverMaritime IndustriesMartial LawMilitary FirstMilitary ResearchNational IdentityNative ConquestPatriotic WarPress GangsProfessional ArmyPropagandaRaidResource Management GS-OnlyRetainersRetinues GS-OnlySackSecond Strike Capability R&F-OnlyStrategic Air ForceSurveyTheir Finest HourThird Alternative GS-OnlyTotal WarVeterancyWars of Religion
Economic Policy
Economic
AestheticsCaravansariesCivil Prestige R&F-OnlyCollectivizationColonizationCorvéeEcommerceEconomic UnionExpropriationFive-Year PlanFree MarketGod KingGothic ArchitectureGrand OperaHeritage TourismIlkumInsulaeLand SurveyorsLiberalismMarket EconomyMedina QuarterMeritocracyNatural PhilosophyNaval InfrastructureNew DealOnline CommunitiesPublic TransportPublic WorksRationalismReligious OrdersResource ManagementSatellite BroadcastsScriptureSerfdomSimultaneumSkyscrapersSports MediaThird AlternativeTown ChartersTrade ConfederationTriangular TradeUrban Planning
Diplomatic Policy
Diplomatic
Arsenal of DemocracyCharismatic LeaderCollective ActivismColonial OfficesColonial TaxesCommunications OfficeContainmentCryptographyDiplomatic LeagueGunboat DiplomacyInternational Space AgencyMachiavellianismMerchant ConfederationMusic Censorship GS-OnlyNuclear EspionagePolice StatePraetorium R&F-OnlyRajWisselbanken R&F-Only
Wildcard Policy
Wildcard
Aerospace Contractors GS-OnlyAutocratic Legacy R&F-OnlyCommunist Legacy R&F-OnlyDefense of the Motherland GS-OnlyDemocratic Legacy R&F-OnlyDiplomatic Capital GS-OnlyFascist Legacy R&F-OnlyFrescoesGlobal Coalition GS-OnlyHallyu GS-OnlyInspirationIntegrated Attack Logistics GS-OnlyInventionLaissez-FaireLiterary TraditionMartial Law GS-OnlyMercantile Legacy R&F-OnlyMilitary OrganizationMonarchic Legacy R&F-OnlyNavigationNobel PrizeNon-State Actors GS-OnlyOligarchic Legacy R&F-OnlyRabblerousing GS-OnlyRepublican Legacy R&F-OnlyRevelationScience Foundations GS-OnlySpace Tourism GS-OnlyStrategosSymphoniesTheir Finest Hour GS-OnlyTheocratic Legacy R&F-OnlyTraveling Merchants
Dark Age Policy
Dark R&F-Only
Automated Workforce GS-OnlyCollectivism R&F-OnlyCyber Warfare GS-OnlyDecentralization1Despotic Paternalism1Disinformation Campaign GS-OnlyElite Forces R&F-OnlyFlower Power GS-OnlyInquisition R&F-OnlyIsolationism R&F-OnlyLetters of Marque R&F-OnlyMonasticism R&F-OnlyRobber Barons R&F-OnlyRogue State R&F-OnlySamoderzhaviye1Soft Targets1Twilight Valor R&F-Only
Golden Age Policy
Golden1
Culture Industry1Exodus of the Evangelists1Free Inquiry1Heartbeat of Steam1Mandala State1Military-Industrial Complex1Monumentality1Popular Front1Praetorian Guard1Reform the Coinage1Sakdina1Sky and Stars1Solidarity1To Arms!1Wish You Were Here1
1 Dramatic Ages mode only

R&F-Only Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
GS-Only Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

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