SO the "union" ends.... how would you see the states dividing up?

[Ben Kenobi]

Here are my revisions. Yes, socialist Saskatchewan had all but one seat go to the Conservative party, and most the liberal support in Manitoba is concentrated in Winnipeg.

[Q Classic]

It'd be interesting to see all the major cities seceeding from the states and turning into a sort of Hanseatic League.

[Kaak]

Now, could you please rename Jesusland to texas?!

[Kaak]

Q: all the major cities would starve

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by St Leo

Originally posted by Vesayen
The only way to win Civ games without exploiting AI bugs is with massive military power(even if it is to discourage others from attacking).

You don't need a massive military to land on Alpha Centauri. Or at least, not one massive relative to your country.^-^

Yes you do-you need a large enough military(or one more advanced then the enemy) to defend yourself or discourage attack. If you play on any decent difficulty setting the AI is always too aggresive and will attack unless you are militarily superior.







Edit: Large cities in some states.... not others. After all, who says commerce stops lol? EVEN if it did, which is rediculous, there is enough food production in NY and California for LA and NYC, enough in Texas for houston.... enough for chicago.

Water rights would be a problem though-a number of the nations large cities pipe in their water from extreme distances, even over state boundaries.

[Ben Kenobi]

Kaak:

Your wish is my command.

[Kaak]

i'm a happy little camper now

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Kaak
Q: all the major cities would starve

The Hanseatic Cities didn't.

I'm sure that the major cities wouldn't either, they'd just sell manufactured goods in exchange for food.

And besides, with Meat Vats...

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Kaak
Q: all the major cities would starve

Te coastal cities would be great new markets for our agricultural surpluses

[Asher]

Originally posted by notyoueither
No, that was California. Don't blame us for your exports.

I'm from Calgary. Have lived in California...but from Calgary.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

we're so rich, we can import food from abroad - anyways, the whole subsidy system, both agricultural and federal, would collapse and us rich ones wont have the dead weight anymore, and theyd be forced to move to us anyways.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Even if the Union were to break up, surely the lesson we've all learned by now is that large political units become more powerful than small political units. I could really see the US breaking down into just 4 units, based on geography, history, and culture:

1) The old CSA, minus Texas but plus West Virginia
2) The old Union, east of the Mississippi River
3) The West Coast + Hawaii
4) Texas, Oklahoma, the Rocky Mountain States, and the Great Plains States

This leaves 4 states to distribute: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Alaska. I think Minnesota definitely belongs with the old Union. Iowa has more in common culturally with the old Union, but more in common geogrphically and economically with the Great Plains states; I'd put it in the Union. Missouri probably belongs in the old Confederacy, but that spilts Kansas City over a national border, so maybe not.

I have no clue what to do with Alaska.

[Kuciwalker]

It's probably inherited by whichever one is the government that didn't break off.