Editing Policies (section)

== List of policies ==
'''Policies''' come in four categories and you are able to change your policy cards for free each and every time you unlock a [[Civics|Civic]], or with {{Gold}} [[Gold]] whenever you want.

=== [[File:Icon Military Policies.png|30px]] Military ===

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! width="10%" | Policy !! width="10%" | Unlocked by !! width="10%" | Era !! width="10%" | Makes obsolete !! width="10%" | Obsoleted by !! width="50%" | Effect
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| Agoge || [[Craftsmanship]] || 1. Ancient || - || Feudal Contract || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">foot1</span> Ancient and Classical era melee and ranged units.
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| Bastions || [[Defensive Tactics]] || 2. Classical || - || Public Works || +6 City {{Combat Strength}} Defense Strength. +5 City {{Ranged Strength}} Ranged Strength.
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| Chivalry || [[Divine Right]] || 3. Medieval || - || Lightning Warfare || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">cavalry2</span> Medieval, Renaissance, and Industrial era heavy and light cavalry units.
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| Conscription || [[State Workforce]] || 1. Ancient || - || Levée en Masse || Unit maintenance reduced by 1 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] per turn, per unit.
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| Defense of the Motherland || [[Class Struggle]] || 6. Modern || - || - || No war weariness from combat in your territory.
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| Discipline || [[Code of Laws]] || 1. Ancient || - || Native Conquest || +5 Unit {{Combat Strength}} Combat Strength when fighting Barbarians.
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| Feudal Contract || [[Feudalism]] || 3. Medieval || Agoge || Grande Armée || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">foot2</span> Medieval and Renaissance era melee and ranged units.
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| Grande Armée  || [[Nationalism]] || 5. Industrial || Feudal Contract || Military First || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">foot3</span> Industrial and Modern era melee and ranged units.
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| Integrated Space Cell || [[Space Race]] || 7. Atomic || Military Research || - || +15% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards Space Race projects if a city has either a Military Academy or a Seaport.
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| International Waters || [[Cold War]] || 6. Modern || Maritime Industries<br/>Press Gangs || - || +100% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">naval3</span> Modern, Atomic, and Information era naval units, excluding Carriers.
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| Lightning Warfare || [[Totalitarianism]] || 6. Modern || Maneuver<br/>Chivalry || - || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">cavalry3</span> Modern, Atomic, and Information era heavy and light cavalry units.
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| Levée en Masse || [[Mobilization]] || 6. Modern || Conscription || - || Unit maintenance reduced by 2 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] per turn, per unit.
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| Limes || [[Defensive Tactics]] || 2. Classical || - || Public Works || +100% {{Production}} [[Production]] toward defensive buildings.
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| Logistics || [[Mercantilism]] || 4. Renaissance || - || - || +1 Movement if starting turn in friendly territory.
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| Maneuver || [[Military Tradition]] || 1. Ancient || - || Lightning Warfare || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">cavalry1</span> Ancient and Classical era heavy and light cavalry units.
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| Maritime Industries || [[Foreign Trade]] || 1. Ancient || - || International Waters || +100% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">naval1</span> Ancient and Classical era naval units.
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| Martial Law || [[Totalitarianism]] || 6. Modern || - || - || Accumulate 25% less War Weariness than usual.
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| Military First || [[Rapid Deployment]] || 7. Atomic || Grande Armée || - || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">foot4</span> Atomic and Information era melee and ranged units.
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| Military Research || [[Urbanization]] || 5. Industrial || - || Integrated Space Cell || Military Academies and Seaports generate +1 {{Science}} [[Science]]
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| Native Conquest || [[Exploration]] || 4. Renaissance || Discipline || - || Combat victories over units from earlier Eras provide {{Gold}} [[Gold]] equal to 50% of the {{Combat Strength}} Combat Strength of the defeated unit.
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| National Identity  || [[Nationalism]] || 5. Industrial || - || - || Units have 50% less {{Combat Strength}} Combat Strength reduction from being injured.
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| Patriotic War || [[Class Struggle]] || 6. Modern || - || - || +100% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">support1</span> Modern, Atomic, and Information era support units.
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| Press Gangs || [[Colonialism]] || 4. Renaissance || - || International Waters || +100% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">naval2</span> Renaissance and Industrial era naval units.
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| Professional Army || [[Mercenaries]] || 3. Medieval || - || - || 50% discount on unit upgrades.
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| Propaganda || [[Mass Media]] || 6. Modern || Retainers || - || Accumulate 25% less War Weariness than usual.
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| Raid || [[Military Training]] || 2. Classical || - || Total War || Yields from pillaging are doubled for pillaging improvements.
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| Retainers || [[Civil Service]] || 3. Medieval || - || Propaganda || +1 {{Amenities}} [[Amenities]] for cities with a garrisoned unit.
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| Sack ||  [[Mercenaries]] || 3. Medieval || - || Total War || Yields from pillaging are doubled for pillaging districts.
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| Strategic Air Force || [[Globalization]] || 8. Information || Their Finest Hour || - || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">air2</span> Information era air units, and toward all Carriers.
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| Survey || [[Code of Laws]] || 1. Ancient || - || Native Conquest || Double experience for Recon units.
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| Their Finest Hour || [[Suffrage]] || 6. Modern || - || Strategic Air Force || +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards<span style="display: none">air1</span> Modern and Atomic era air units.
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| Total War || [[Scorched Earth]] || 5. Industrial || Raid<br/>Sack || - || Yields from pillaging are doubled.
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| Veterancy || [[Military Training]] || 2. Classical || - || - || +30% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards Encampment districts and buildings for that district.
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| Wars of Religion || [[Reformed Church]] || 3. Medieval || - || - || +4 {{Combat Strength}} Combat Strength when fighting Civilizations that follow other Religions.
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=== [[File:Icon Economic Policies.png|30px]] Economic ===

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! width="10%" | Policy !! width="10%" | Unlocked by !! width="10%" | Era !! width="10%" | Makes obsolete !! width="10%" | Obsoleted by 
|'''Affects'''
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| Aesthetics || [[Medieval Faires]] || 3. Medieval || - || Sports Media 
|Adjacency|| +100% Theater Square district adjacency bonuses.
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| Caravansaries || [[Foreign Trade]] || 1. Ancient || - || Triangular Trade 
|Trade Routes|| +2 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] from all {{Trade Routes}} [[Trade Routes]].
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| Collectivization || [[Class Struggle]] || 6. Modern || - || - 
|Trade Routes|| +4 {{Food}} [[Food]] from domestic {{Trade Routes}} [[Trade Routes]].
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| Colonial Offices || [[Exploration]] || 4. Renaissance || Urban Planning  || - 
| || +15% faster growth in cities not on your original {{Capital}} Capital's continent.
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| Colonial Taxes || [[Colonialism]] || 5. Industrial || - || - 
| || +25% {{Gold}} [[Gold]] in cities not on your original {{Capital}} Capital's continent.
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| Colonization || [[Early Empire]] || 1. Ancient || - || Expropriation 
|Settlers|| +50% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards [[Settler]]s.
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| Corvée || [[State Workforce]] || 1. Ancient || - || Skyscrapers 
|Wonders|| +15% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards Ancient and Classical era Wonders.
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| Craftsmen || [[Guilds]] || 3. Medieval || - || Five-Year Plan 
| || +100% Industrial Zone district adjacency bonuses.
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| Ecommerce || [[Globalization]] || 8. Information || Triangular Trade || - 
| || +5 {{Production}} [[Production]] and +10 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] from international {{Trade Routes}} [[Trade Routes]].
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| Economic Union || [[Suffrage]] || 6. Modern || Naval Infrastructure<br/>Town Charters || - 
| || +100% Commercial Hub and Harbor district adjacency bonuses.
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| Expropriation || [[Scorched Earth]] || 5. Industrial || Colonization<br/>Land Surveyors || - 
| || Settler cost reduced by 50%. Plot purchase cost reduced by 20%.
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| Five-Year Plan || [[Class Struggle]] || 6. Modern || Craftsmen<br/>Natural Philosophy || - 
| || +100% Campus and Industrial Zone district adjacency bonuses.
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| Free Market || [[The Enlightenment]] || 4. Renaissance || - || - 
| || +100% {{Gold}} [[Gold]] yield from Commercial Hub district buildings.
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| God King || [[Code of Laws]] || 1. Ancient || - || Scripture 
| || +1 {{Faith}} [[Faith]] and +1 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] in the {{Capital}} Capital.
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| Gothic Architecture || [[Divine Right]] || 3. Medieval || - || Skyscrapers 
| || +15% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards Medieval and Renaissance era Wonders.
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| Grand Opera || [[Opera and Ballet]] || 5. Industrial || - || Sports Media 
| || +100% {{Culture}} [[Culture]] yield from Theater Square district buildings.
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| Heritage Tourism || [[Cultural Heritage]] || 7. Atomic || - || - 
| || +100% {{Tourism}} [[Tourism]] from {{Great Works of Art}} Great Works of Art and {{Artifacts}} [[Artifacts]].
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| Ilkum || [[Craftsmanship]] || 1. Ancient || - || Serfdom 
| || +30% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards Builders.
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| Insulae || [[Games and Recreation]] || 2. Classical || - || Medina Quarter 
| || +1 {{Housing}} [[Housing]] in all cities with at least 2 specialty districts.
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| Land Surveyors || [[Early Empire]] || 1. Ancient || - || Expropriation 
| || Reduced the cost of purchasing tiles by 20%.
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| Liberalism || [[The Enlightenment]] || 4. Renaissance || - || New Deal 
| || +1 {{Amenities}} [[Amenities]] in all cities with at least 2 specialty districts.
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| Market Economy || [[Capitalism]] || 5. Industrial || Trade Confederation || - 
| || Your international {{Trade Routes}} [[Trade Routes]] provide +1 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] per Luxury and Strategic resource improved at the destination, plus +2 {{Culture}} [[Culture]] and +2 {{Science}} [[Science]].
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| Medina Quarter || [[Medieval Faires]] || 3. Medieval || Insulae || New Deal 
| || +2 {{Housing}} [[Housing]] in all cities with at least 3 specialty districts.
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| Meritocracy || [[Civil Service]] || 3. Medieval || - || - 
| || Each city receives +1 {{Culture}} [[Culture]] for each specialty district it constructs.
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| Natural Philosophy || [[Recorded History]] || 2. Classical || - || Five-Year Plan 
| || +100% Campus district adjacency bonuses.
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| Naval Infrastructure || [[Naval Tradition]] || 3. Medieval || - || Economic Union 
| || +100% Harbor district adjacency bonuses.
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| New Deal || [[Suffrage]] || 6. Modern || Liberalism<br/>Medina Quarter || - 
| || +4 {{Housing}} [[Housing]], +2 {{Amenities}} [[Amenities]], -8 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] to all cities with at least 3 specialty districts.
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| Online Communities || [[Social Media]] || 8. Information || - || - 
| || +50% {{Tourism}} [[Tourism]] to civilizations to which you have a {{Trade Routes}} [[Trade Route]].
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| Public Transport || [[Urbanization]] || 5. Industrial || - || - 
| || Receive 50 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] per Appeal of tile when replacing a Farm with a Neighborhood district.
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| Public Works || [[Civil Engineering]] || 5. Industrial || Bastions<br/>Limes<br/>Serfdom || - 
| || +30% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards Builders, and newly trained Builders gain 2 extra build actions.
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| Rationalism || [[The Enlightenment]] || 4. Renaissance || - || - 
| || +100% {{Science}} [[Science]] from Campus district buildings.
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| Religious Orders || [[Reformed Church]] || 3. Medieval || - || - 
| || All religious units +5 {{Religious Strength}} Religious Strength in Theological Combat.
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| Resource Management || [[Conservation]] || 6. Modern || - || - 
| || 1 copy of a strategic resource allows you to produce and purchase units requiring it in any city.
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| Satellite Broadcasts || [[Space Race]] || 7. Atomic || - || - 
| || Triples {{Tourism}} [[Tourism]] from {{Great Works of Music}} [[Great Works of Music]].
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| Scripture || [[Theology]] || 2. Classical || God King || - 
| || +100% Holy Site district adjacency bonuses.
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| Serfdom || [[Feudalism]] || 3. Medieval || Ilkum || Public Works 
| || Newly trained Builders gain 2 extra build actions.
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| Simultaneum || [[Reformed Church]] || 3. Medieval || - || - 
| || +100% {{Faith}} [[Faith]] yield from Holy Site district buildings.
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| Skyscrapers || [[Civil Engineering]] || 5. Industrial || Corvée<br/>Gothic Architecture || - 
| || +15% {{Production}} [[Production]] towards Industrial era and later Wonders.
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| Sports Media || [[Professional Sports]] || 7. Atomic || Aesthetics<br/>Grand Opera || - 
| || +100% Theater Square district adjacency bonuses, and Stadiums generate +1 {{Amenities}} [[Amenities]].
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| Third Alternative || [[Totalitarianism]] || 6. Modern || - || - 
| || +4 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] from each Research Lab, Military Academy, and Power Plant.
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| Town Charters || [[Guilds]] || 3. Medieval || - || Economic Union 
| || +100% Commercial Hub district adjacency bonuses.
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| Trade Confederation || [[Mercenaries]] || 3. Medieval || - || Market Economy 
| || +1 {{Culture}} [[Culture]] and +1 {{Science}} [[Science]] from international {{Trade Routes}} [[Trade Routes]].
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| Triangular Trade || [[Mercantilism]] || 4. Renaissance || Caravansaries || Ecommerce 
| || +4 {{Gold}} [[Gold]] and +1 {{Faith}} [[Faith]] from all {{Trade Routes}} [[Trade Routes]].
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| Urban Planning || [[Code of Laws]] || 1. Ancient || - || Colonial Offices 
| || +1 {{Production}} [[Production]] in all cities.
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=== [[File:Icon Diplomatic Policies.png|30px]] Diplomatic ===

=== [[File:Icon Wildcard Policies.png|30px]] Great Person ===

These policies may only be put in a Wildcard slot.

[[Category:Culture]][[Category:Policies]]