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The Iroquis are the only nation (that we know of) that is yet to discover currency. They have 25 gold and they will willingly part with their money and a world map in exchange for our currency technology.
Currency will give the Iroquis the ability to build marketplaces and access to the Medieval era. If you load up the save or look at the foreign reports you will notice that we should not worry about giving the Iroquis either one of those two advantages. First of all, they won't build marketplaces anytime soon anyway. They have no luxuries, most of their cities are unconnected and they appear to be going nowhere.
As for allowing them access to the Medieval era, there's no need to worry about that either. They're a fledging civilization and by the time we go down to deal with the Abananaba civs they will have been neutralized by Rome. In fact, giving the Iroquis access to the Medieval age will mean they'll be able to show more resistance to the Romans which is a good thing because they seem like a future rival and we'd like to hold them back as much as we can.
On the other hand, look at the advantage: 25 gold. Yes, I know that doesn't look like much right now but when we get to our next techwhoring project every penny will count (techs are getting more expensive). Besides, money is the most flexible resource we have: it can be used in diplomatic actions, we can use it to upgrade units, pay for research, buy technologies or rush jobs with paid labor once we switch governments.
I thereby present this subject to the Adam Smith Foundation to debate upon.
Note: I did not make this thread a cross ASF/Machiavelli Institute discussion because I believe this has little to do with diplomacy. This will slightly improve our relationship with the Iroquis, but other than that it won't have any considerable diplomatic effects.
Currency will give the Iroquis the ability to build marketplaces and access to the Medieval era. If you load up the save or look at the foreign reports you will notice that we should not worry about giving the Iroquis either one of those two advantages. First of all, they won't build marketplaces anytime soon anyway. They have no luxuries, most of their cities are unconnected and they appear to be going nowhere.
As for allowing them access to the Medieval era, there's no need to worry about that either. They're a fledging civilization and by the time we go down to deal with the Abananaba civs they will have been neutralized by Rome. In fact, giving the Iroquis access to the Medieval age will mean they'll be able to show more resistance to the Romans which is a good thing because they seem like a future rival and we'd like to hold them back as much as we can.
On the other hand, look at the advantage: 25 gold. Yes, I know that doesn't look like much right now but when we get to our next techwhoring project every penny will count (techs are getting more expensive). Besides, money is the most flexible resource we have: it can be used in diplomatic actions, we can use it to upgrade units, pay for research, buy technologies or rush jobs with paid labor once we switch governments.
I thereby present this subject to the Adam Smith Foundation to debate upon.
Note: I did not make this thread a cross ASF/Machiavelli Institute discussion because I believe this has little to do with diplomacy. This will slightly improve our relationship with the Iroquis, but other than that it won't have any considerable diplomatic effects.
This is a great idea.
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