Valletta (Civ6)

Valletta
Militaristic City-state
Introduced in Civilization VI
Color	Red
Envoy bonuses
1 Envoy	+2 Production in the Capital when producing units.
3 Envoys	+2 Production in every Encampment district when producing units. +2 Production in every city with a Barracks or Stable building when producing units.
6 Envoys	+4 Production in every Encampment district when producing units. +2 Production in every city with an Armory building when producing units.
Suzerain bonus	City Center buildings and Encampment district buildings can be bought with Faith. Cost of purchasing Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Walls is reduced, but they can only be bought with Faith.

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Valletta is a militaristic city-state in Civilization VI.

Strategy

Valletta is one of the more game-changing city-states. It allows Faith to be used for expansion, defense, and production if mere spreading of one's religion is not the most pressing goal. Strong Faith generation and Suzerain status with Valletta allows every new or undeveloped city to get up and running at ridiculous speed, fueling expansion without weak spots in defense.

The rate of exchange when purchasing buildings is 2 Faith for 1 Production. It's fairly easy to generate more Faith than Production, and it is in addition to Production rather than instead of it. Not having to spend Production on the Granary, Water Mill, and Monument means you'll be able to build Holy Sites and their buildings faster, though you'll have to postpone purchasing Missionaries and Apostles until your empire's Faith generation is higher.

Suzerainty of Valletta also allows you to purchase Walls with Faith. When undefended cities are being attacked by Barbarians or enemy units, being able to protect them with Walls instantaneously is a great advantage. Encampment buildings, too, can be bought with Faith. The Barracks, Stable, Armory, and Military Academy all provide additional Production and/or Housing, so being Valletta's Suzerain can be invaluable for quickly ramping up the Production potential and Population limit of your cities.

Georgia has strong synergy with Valletta thanks to the Tsikhe. By the time they unlock it with Siege Tactics, they'll most likely have founded a religion and have strong Faith generation. Even if they've previously neglected Walls, they can easily use Faith to purchase Ancient and Medieval Walls, then move on to the Tsikhe to turn their cities into impenetrable fortresses. Moreover, the Tsikhe will essentially pay for itself if built this way thanks to its innate Faith generation...and it goes without saying that Tamar's ability to generate twice as many Envoys in cities following Georgia's religion will help her gain Suzerainty of Valletta with ease.

Finally, Flood Barriers are also available for purchase via Valletta in Gathering Storm. If you purchase them before your coastal tiles are submerged by floods, your empire will be able to ignore some of the worst effects of climate change.

Civilopedia entry

Valletta, located in the Republic of Malta, was founded in 1566 AD by Jean Parisot de la Valette, the 49th Grandmaster of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. This after the Knights Hospitaller had withstood a siege and invasion of the island by the Ottoman Empire a year earlier. (Malta had been given in perpetuity to the order by Charles V of Spain in 1530 to serve as a bulwark against the Ottoman tide.)

To build and fortify the new city and the island, Valette requested help from the kings and princes of Christendom. And it was forthcoming … obviously their thinking was that it was better for a bunch of militant zealots to face the oncoming Muslims than their own troops and ships. Pope Pius V sent his own military architect to design the fortifications, and Philip II of Spain gave ships and weapons. Others donated large sums of money to sponsor churches and barracks and port facilities.

The town, with its fine harbor and strategic location, was to weather centuries of warfare, even unto the Second World War. The Knights assumed the duties of policing the Mediterranean shipping lanes between Christian Europe and the Levant, fighting the Barbary corsairs and other pirates. They also set about freeing Christian slaves, mostly by raiding Ottoman shipping themselves. But the rise of Genoa, Venice and Pisa, and later the Protestant Reformation, eroded much of Valletta’s financial support.

Thus, in 1798 when Napoleon captured Malta while en route to invade Egypt, only Naples and the British seemed much concerned. A couple of years later the Maltese rose in rebellion against the French garrison; the victorious rebel leaders presented the island to the British, requesting that it be made a dominion of the empire. The 1814 Treaty of Paris confirmed British control, under whose thumb it remained until independence in 1964.

Trivia

• Valletta's city-state symbol is based on the Maltese cross.

See also

• Valletta in other games