CP orders 1540AD

[cavebear]

We have forbidden ourselves the advantages of representative governments.

[shade]

Originally posted by cavebear
We have forbidden ourselves the advantages of representative governments.

Rep/demo would also be a problem because we want to wage war and conquer the world.
(I think after we get Fundi, and develop ourself to something that actually can be considered a civ , we might consider trying to go for Communism,to get rid of the science handicap)

[Ben Kenobi]

we might consider trying to go for Communism,to get rid of the science handicap)

Been there, done that.

Let's try to get science under a Fundy government without camels.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by cavebear
We have forbidden ourselves the advantages of representative governments.

We did? I just thought they were regarded as impractical for a conquest scenario like this.

[Sparrowhawk]

I thought so too, though I was not around in the start of the game, i did go back and read a lot of the threads, and I thought that it just didn't make as much sense to switch to either of the representative government when we have so many units, and so many of them in the field (which would cause massive unhappiness). I specifically remember a debate (started by shade I beleive) where we had republic but had not yet discovered monarchy, and for a while, it was discussed whether to switch to republic or not. (the idea was discarded, as we couldn't support the units we already had under republic).

/me Foreign Minister

[Ben Kenobi]

We had a poll, that I did that the people decided to go for a Fundamentalist government.

http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91948

Communism was an option, and rejected in favour of Fundamentalism.

[cavebear]

I've gone back and looked at past threads for an hour, and appears we did NOT forbid ourselves the use of representative governments. I really thought we had, but government was not included in the original "restrictions" poll. There was some early discussion about it, but it didn't become anything formal.

Unless we want to decide to make that restriction now, we can always consider Republic or Democracy in the future.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Then can we use this turn (assuming it's the same turn we reached Fundy) to check what happens in Rep and Demo by switching Governments within the one turn? We will come back to Fundy, of course, but it could be instructive to have some info about how badly our civ needs happiness in these two Govts, and also how much more cash we might make if we were to reach them one day.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'd rather stick with all those people who voted Fundy. Give them a chance to see their government in action.

Surely we ought to honor the earlier poll.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

FUNDY

All the science we need, we can take by force.

[Sparrowhawk]

I agree we should stick with Fundy, but if the time should be right later on (like when we don't have any units in the field ) then I don't think we should rule out democracy (after a vote of course).

/me Foreign Minister

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

I wouldn't recommend Demo without capturing happy wonders. Without trade routes, getting sustained celebrations to happen will be almost impossible. There's no ocean to speak of on the map, so arrows are hard to come by.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Communism, on the other hand, might be a compromise in the long run. Decent science, martial law to keep the peace, and celebrations a possibility (though hard to achieve without trade)

[cavebear]

I consider Fundie only a way to solve some long-developing problems while we have units in the field. Communism will be the best thing for us in the long-term, but Fundie sure beats Monarchy for the present time!