Ethnic Orientation to Minor Powers?

[Lancer]

Any chance that minor powers might share the same ethnicity as major powers? For instance, if you're playing as Germany, might there be an Austria? What a rich history of competition those two had, and then the union in WW2... Of course, many different minor nations make up present day Germany, Italy, and perhaps others.

I think it should be possible to run into a little country of the same ethnic origin.

Thoughts?

[Roman]

Good idea - especially if you could then assimilate the minor nations using your culture points more easily/cheaply.

[SerapisIV]

Not sure they could find enough types babrabrian to keep that balanced, otherwise the central european civs would be benefited more. I think they should keep it vague with barbarian minor civs being more culturally similar to you based on your distance to their territory (or original capital). That way a civ on the opposite side of the world is least similar, but a civ next door is pretty close in culture

[Lancer]

Assimilation, I like it Roman. ...but then I'm a spy planted by the Borg...

SerapisIV, good point. I wonder if it is the case that euros would benfit more, or if a bit of investigation would reveal otherwise? Though come to think of it, I know of no Japanese related minor countries. I agree that the closer a minor is the more related it might be, though it shouldn't be a hard and fast rule.

[Maccabee2]

quote: Originally posted by Lancer on 04-15-2001 04:39 PM Though come to think of it, I know of no Japanese related minor countries. I agree that the closer a minor is the more related it might be, though it shouldn't be a hard and fast rule.

Sure, the Ainu were a fair-skinned, bearded people of an island in the Japanese islands. They were traded with, then later assimilated by the Japanese. Some scholars think that Kennewick Man (a 4,000+ year-old skeleton found in the American northwest) was closest to the Ainu, so perhaps they were explorers in their own right.

[dognheat]

The implementation I would like to see in regards to ethnicity is if you conquer cities from other Empires. Thos cities would be given some special consideration ( more unrest, different trade bonuses, etc.). Anything other than that will just get way too complicated.

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