1 : Vive La France
Description: France's unique ability is odd considering it only works in its capital. To get a culture victory you really have to be fast with the world wonders and you need them to be placed in the French capital. In this build the sequence is to first focus on science to catch up to the other civs while trying to expanding to 4 cities total. Then we go to acoustics and try to get the Sisten chapel. Opening up exploration wil allow for an opportunity to get the Louvre. There are many ways this build might change throughout your game it actually might not be good to choose the Freedom ideology so that is to be detailed more later on. With France's special ability it not as important to go wide as much as it is just important to have a good capital. Try to build your capital near a mountain to get an observatory.
2 : Francetest
Description: asdfasdfasdf
3 : War Machine
Description: Making use of Germany's ability to sustain a huge army throughout the game. Early play is focused on getting some easy experience in early wars. This is especially important for knights as they upgrade to the unique panzer unit which makes an army very quick and powerful. During the mid game focus on culture is important as it is one of the stats that doesnt directly effect combat. A perfect timing into modern era with the oxford university will set the final stage as planes and tanks become the one two combo for the playthrough.
64 : Vive La France
Description: France's unique ability is odd considering it only works in its capital. To get a culture victory you really have to be fast with the world wonders and you need them to be placed in the French capital. In this build the sequence is to first focus on science to catch up to the other civs while trying to expanding to 4 cities total. Then we go to acoustics and try to get the Sisten chapel. Opening up exploration wil allow for an opportunity to get the Louvre. There are many ways this build might change throughout your game it actually might not be good to choose the Freedom ideology so that is to be detailed more later on. With France's special ability it not as important to go wide as much as it is just important to have a good capital. Try to build your capital near a mountain to get an observatory.
Starting Attributes:
Map : standard, epic speed   ✦   Civilization : France   ✦  Ideology : Freedom   ✦  
Build Items:
1) liberty , expand, libraries
note items meta attributes:
Time :   ✦  Worker Supply : 3   ✦  Army Supply : 4   ✦  Social Policies : Liberty   ✦  Culture : 16   ✦  Science : 70   ✦  Turn # : 150   ✦  
content : start off choosing the liberty policy to help keep social policy cost low. For tech prioritize library , trade routes and then National college. Because this is a liberty opener building monuments early might be beneficial.

* open liberty and go collective republic, citizenship , representation , expand, then collective rule (3 cities total at this point)
* get national college before your 3rd or 4th city depending on the circumstances
* get 4 cities total trying to build near a mountain for an observatory
* try to build the national college in a city that will also have an observatory

Around turn 140 the liberty tree should be finished, choose a * scientist as a great person and use improve a tile in a city that will build an observatory

2) Happiness and beauty
note items meta attributes:
Time :   ✦  Worker Supply : 4   ✦  Army Supply : 8   ✦  Social Policies : Asthetics   ✦  Culture : 30   ✦  Science : 60   ✦  Turn # : 220   ✦  
content : Focus on trying to hyper grow the cities. This will hopefully pay off later increasing the value of your civ overall in terms of workable tiles and specialists. After national college tech go to engineering then drama and poetry, civil service , education and try to time a spy to rush into acoustics while switching towards production techs.

The Asethetics social policy tree will be the next to begin. Unlocking Fine Arts while keeping cities happy can snowball into more policies.

* build either the writers guild or artists guild in separate cities so they dont effect growth too much
* build aqueducts, markets, and coliseums before workshops
* Build the Sistine Chapel in Paris
* get 4 composite bowmen to hold off the AI

3) Chasing Wonders
note items meta attributes:
Time :   ✦  Worker Supply : 4   ✦  Army Supply : 8   ✦  Social Policies : Asthetics, Exploration   ✦  Culture : 100   ✦  Science : 140   ✦  Turn # : 320   ✦  
content : After acoustics then focus on production and tech up to machinery. After machinery focus back on culture and b-line for Archaeology. There are many wonders along the way so make sure to watch the spies to help open key techs. Now that chivalry is open start placing down the chateaus.

* open the Exploration policy tree so that you have the ability to build the Louvre
** time a great engineer or scientist to help rush the Louvre
* After cities are at around 10 population switch them to start producing great artists and writers from the guilds.


4) Army and Culture
note items meta attributes:
Time :   ✦  Worker Supply : 4   ✦  Army Supply : 12   ✦  Social Policies : Rationalism, Exploration, Asthetics   ✦  Culture : 230   ✦  Science : 200   ✦  Turn # : 400   ✦  
content : Take notice who is getting strong and who is starting to crumble. Build an army for defense or to take over another nation. The next tech focus is gun powder, economics then fertilizer. These techs will help with general growth and defense. Sprinkling in some archaeologist to get a head start on the works of art is also a good idea but not the priority.

The policy in aesthetics, Flourishing of the Arts, gives extra culture from cities that have a world wonder. Opening up rationalism, commerce or patronage can grant an opportunity to build a world wonder without competition.

* build about 4 of your special musketeer unit when you unlock the tech
* museums to make sure you have enough places to put the works of art if necessary
* because of the focus on the bottom part of the tech tree try to use a spy to unlock scientific theory


5) Mining Culture
note items meta attributes:
Time :   ✦  Worker Supply : 4   ✦  Army Supply : 15   ✦  Social Policies : Rationalism, Exploration   ✦  Culture : 350   ✦  Science : 300   ✦  Turn # : 500   ✦  
content : Next tech focus is Radio, use oxford university to open up the modern era. After radio you tech to railroad. This will allow you to build Neuschwanstein which will pair well with the aesthetic and rationalism social policies. This also will help build defenses as the dynamite tech is on the way. Focus on finishing the Exploration policy to open up extra works of art. In rationalism one good policy to get is secularism as it will make all of the great work slots much more valuable.

There are three important areas to establish at this moment. 1 is the tourism, preparing for hotels and getting art works where possible. 2 is world deplomacy, take note of relationship around the world and start to consider what civ might be difficult to become influential with. 3 is strategic resources, these are crucial to buildings and defenses and will be something to seek to survive to the late game.

* try to either get Eiffel tower or Broadway in Paris
* build castles to take advantage of Neuschwanstein
* build 4 artillery
* use your spies to try to unlock biology and refrigeration
* choose Freedom as your ideology

6) Agressive Culture
note items meta attributes:
Time :   ✦  Worker Supply : 4   ✦  Army Supply : 12   ✦  Social Policies : Rationalism   ✦  Culture : 400   ✦  Science : 350   ✦  Turn # : 600   ✦  
content : Now that nearly all the wonders are out of the way its time to turn this culture into tourism. Hotels and air ports will be needed so plastics and radar or the next techs to unlock. The end game should be pretty obvious at this point. If oil is available consider a late game war to harass an opponent that might be tough to influence or that might win through science. After unlocking the tourism boost from Freedom broadcast towers finish exploration and focus on science and military.

- In case Autocracy is picked unlock: Futurism, Industrial Espionage, Fortified Borders,Militarism, Police State, Cult of Personality

78 : Francetest
Description: asdfasdfasdf
Starting Attributes:
Map : standard   ✦   Civilization : America   ✦  Ideology : Autocracy   ✦  
Build Items:
1) test first item
note items meta attributes:
Time :   ✦  Worker Supply : 5   ✦  Army Supply : 5   ✦  Social Policies :   ✦  Culture : 40   ✦  Science : 40   ✦  Turn # : 40   ✦  
content : test engineer *