Nations

Nations are the major states that are vying for Victory in Old World.

Player nations

There are thirteen major Nations present in Old World, seven in the base game, and six added with various DLCs. The additions are: The Hatti (Heroes of the Aegean), Kush (Pharaohs of the Nile), Aksum (Wrath of Gods), Maurya, Tamilakam, and the Yuezhi (Empires of the Indus). The Archetype of the starting Nation Leader can be changed in the map settings and the class of each family can be randomized as well.

Civilization	Default Leader	Leader Traits	Leader Archetype	Bonuses	Starting Techs	Shrines	Unique Units	Families
Aksum	Kaleb	Pious	Commander	Unlocks Mint Coin [All Cities] Elephants add Carved Ivory Upon a Leader's death, a Stele will be built	Administration Labor Force Trapping	Astar Mahrem Beher Medor Stele (Grand Stele, Legendary Stele)	D'mt Warrior Shotelai	Agaw (Champions) Agazi (Traders) Tigrayan (Clerics) Barya (Patrons)
Assyria	Ashurbanipal	Educated	Zealot	[All Cities] New Units start with Focus I [All Units] +100% Pillage Yield [All units] +2 Orders per Military Unit Killed	Administration Military Drill Trapping	Ashur Ninurta Nuska Shamash	Battering Ram Siege Tower	Adasi (Patrons) Erishum (Clerics) Sargonid (Champions) Tudiya (Hunters)
Babylonia	Nebuchadnezzar	Prosperous	Scholar	[All Cities] +1 Science per turn [All Cities] +20% Growth [All Cities] +2 Culture per turn with Treasury	Administration Rhetoric Trapping	Ereshkigal Ishtar Madruk Nabu	Akkadian Archer Cimmerian Archer	Amorite (Sages) Chaldean (Artisans) Isin (Traders) Kassite (Hunters)
Carthage	Dido	Cunning Engineer	Diplomat	[New Cities] +200 Civics [All Cities] +10 Money if Connected [Ability] Can hire Mercenaries from Tribes	Aristocracy Divination Trapping	Astarte Eshmun Melqart Tanit	African Elephant Turreted Elephant	Barcid (Riders) Didonian (Statesmen) Hannoid (Traders) Magonid (Artisans)
Egypt	Hatshepsut	Inspiring	Builder	[On Start] +400 Stone [All Cities] +40% Yield from Farm on River [All Cities] -25% Cost for Adjacent Improvement Classes	Ironworking Labor Force Stonecutting	Isis Neith Osiris Ra	Light Chariot Kushite Cavalry	Amarna (Clerics) Ramesside (Riders) Saite (Landowners) Thusmosid (Sages)
Greece	Philip	Bold	Commander	Unlocks Olympiad projects [All Cities] +2 Culture per turn [All Cities] -25% Cost for Settlers	Drama Ironworking Stonecutting	Athena Hades Poseidon Zeus	Hoplite Phalangite	Alcmaeonid (Sages) Argead (Champions) Cypselid (Artisans) Seleucid (Patrons)
Hatti	Hattusili	Warlike	Judge	[All Cities] +2 Civics per turn [All Units] Can Remove Vegetation [All Units] Ignore Hill Movement Penalties	Administration Husbandry Ironworking	Arinnitti Kamrusepa Halki Tarhun	Heavy Chariot Three Man Chariot	Hattusan (Traders) Kussaran (Riders) Nenassan (Landowners) Zalpuwan (Patrons)
Kush	Amanirenas	Swift	Hero	[All Cities] Shrines +50% Output [All Units] Can build Fort	Trapping Stonecutting Divination	Amani Apedemek Sabomakal Melul Kushite Pyramids	Medjay Archer Beja Archer	Yam (Hunters) Irtjet (Artisans) Wawat (Traders) Setju (Landowners)
Maurya	Ashoka	Compassionate	Tactician	Unlocks Found Buddhism -50% and Mission Costs	Ironworking Stonecutting Administration	Yama Nasatya Indra Surya	File:UNIT ASSAULT ELEPHANT.png Assault Elephant File:ARMORED ELEPHANT.png Armored Elephant	Magadha (Champions) Gandhara (Hunters) Kamboja (Riders) Avanti (Sages) Vatsa (Patrons) Kosala (Statesmen)
Persia	Cyrus	Tough	Hero	+50% Harvest Production [All Cities] -25% Cost for Ranged Units [All Cities] +0.5 Orders per turn per Pasture	Husbandry Ironworking Trapping	Anahita Atar Mithra Hvar Khshaita	Palton Cavalry Cataphract Archer	Achaemenid (Statesmen) Arsacid (Clerics) Mihranid (Hunters) Sasanid (Riders)
Rome	Romulus	Ruthless	Tactician	[All Cities] +2 Training per turn [All Units] +1 Fatigue Limit	Ironworking Polis Stonecutting	Mars Venus Vesta Vulcan	Hastatus Legionary	Claudius (Landowners) Fabius (Champions) Julius (Statesmen) Valerius (Patrons)
Tamilakam	Karikala	Intelligent	Orator	On Start: Gain Wootz Steel Coalition Effects Pandya Supremacy Chola Supremacy Chera Supremacy	Divination Trapping Ironworking	Mayon Tirumal Murugan Varuna	File:UNIT JAVELIN ELEPHANT.png Javelin Elephant File:UNIT ELEPHANT ARCHER.png Elephant Archer	Pandya (Traders) Chola (Artisans) Chera (Landowners)
Yuezhi	Kujula	Bold	Schemer	Unlocks Mission: Vassalize Tribe New Cities: Add Horses [Allied Tribe Units] +1 Fatigue	Military Drill Husbandry	Orlagno Oesho Nana Ardaksho	File:UNIT STEPPE RIDER.png Steppe Rider File:UNIT KUSHAN CAVALRY.png Kushan Cavalry File:UNIT KUSHAN WARLORD.png Kushan Warlord	Xiumi (Riders) Shuangmi (Champions) Xidun (Clerics) Dumi (Traders)

Succession

Once a Nation Leader dies, its Heir becomes the new Nation Leader. If the Nation doesn't have a heir when the Nation Leader dies the game ends. Which child becomes Heir depends on the Succession Law. The Heir can also be chosen manually via a character action, but this carries a penalty of 10 Legitimacy. There are 5 possible Succession Laws, with the starting one being decided in the new game settings. Changing Succession Law initially costs 100 Civics, and the cost increases by 50 for each subsequent change.

Succession Law	Heir
Primogeniture	Oldest child
Ultimogeniture	Youngest child
Lateral	Siblings before children
Dynastic	Oldest character with a direct line to the Nation's Founder
Seniority	Oldest dynasty member

Families

Families are the leading clans within a Nation that control its cities, with different dispositions and conflicting interests. Their preferences determine what Ambitions a Nation Leader can pursue. The Opinion that a family has towards its Nation's Leader can trigger various events. Each Nation has 4 Families, which may belong to one of 10 classes. The first City founded for a Family will be the Family Seat. Only 3 Families may be used by each Nation.

Each Family will have two preferred luxury resources. Each one of their cities that doesn't have the luxury resource will decrease the Family's Opinion by 10. In addition, if a Family has fewer cities than the other Families it will suffer an Opinion penalty.

Class	City Effects	Family Seat Effects	Seat Founded Bonus	Common Traits	Wanted Luxuries	Opinion
Artisans	+4 Culture per year +20% Mine Yield +20% Lumbermill Yield New Siege and Ship Units are built for 25% less resources	-2 Turns Urban Improvement Build Time	Worker	Schemer (x10) Builder (x5) Orator (x5)	Dyes Gems	+20 Guilds law +10 per Amphitheater improvement +10 per Artist character you have +20 Luxuries -20 Pillaged Improvements Inside Territory
Champions	+2 Training per year +50% City Defense New Units start with Steadfast	+50% Training	Militia	Commander (x10) Hero (x10)	Dyes Wine	+20 Volunteers law +10 per Citadel improvement +40 Largest Military -40 Weakest Military
Clerics	+1 Happiness per year Sand terrain can support Urban Improvements +100 Monastery and Temple Yield	* -50% Disciple Units Production Time (State Religion only) and can build Disciples of any religion (no Religious presence required)	Divine Rule law for free, on founding the Family Seat	Zealot (x10) Commander (x5) Scholar (x5)	Incense Lavender	+20 Divine Rule law +20 per Cathedral improvement +20 per Holy City -20 per City without Religion
Hunters	+2 Training per year +100% Camp Yield New Ranged Units start with Sentinel	Enables the Hunt projects	50 Iron 50 Stone 50 Wood	Tactician (x10) Hero (x5) Schemer (x5)	Fur Honey	+10 Exploration law +5 per Range improvement +20 per Defended City -20 Hostile Units in Territory(does not count barbarian raiders)
Landowners	+2 Growth per year +5 Money per year per Farm -50% Rural Specialists Production Time	Enables the Buy Tile action	2 Citizens	Builder (x10) Judge (x5) Tactician (x5)	Honey Olives	+20 Serfdom law +5 per Town improvement +40 Most Cities -40 Fewest Cities -20 Nation Ruler age is below 18
Patrons	+2 Civics per year +25% culture per presioucs resource in the Family Seat Creates Literature Luxury	+2 Happiness Level per Culture Event	Court Minister	Orator (x10) Builder (x5) Scholar (x5)	Gems Incense	+20 Calligraphy law +20 per Heated Baths improvement +10 per Governor +20 per Wonder of the World +20 Leader or Heir from same Family
Riders	+2 Training per year Always Connected New Mounted Units start with Saddleborn	Riders cities get a special project that allows them to import one of their choices: Horses, Elephants, or Camels. This selection may be made for each Riders city, allowing that city to build units requiring the selected resource even if otherwise unavailable.	Scout	Zealot (x10) Hero (x5) Tactician (x5)	Fur Salt	+20 Vassalage law +5 per Barracks improvement +10 per General -40 Leader or Spouse from another Nation
Sages	+2 Civics per year +1 Science per year per Specialist	Random Technology	Archive I	Scholar (x10) Diplomat (x5) Judge (x5)	Lavender Salt	+20 Philosophy law +20 per University improvement +40 Most Specialists -40 Leader or Spouse from a Tribe
Statesmen	+1 Orders per year +1 Civics per year per Family Opinion Level Specialists cost 25% less goods to train	Enables the Decree projects	400 Civics	Judge (x10) Commander (x5) Diplomat (x5)	Pearls Wine	+20 Constitution law +20 per Palace improvement -20 No Spouse -20 No Councilors
Traders	+100% Nets Yield +6 Money per year per Specialist in Trader cities New Worker Units start with Surveyor	Unlocks Caravan units	Fair Court Merchant	Diplomat (x10) Orator (x5) Schemer (x5)	Olives Pearls	+20 Monetary Reform law +20 Trade League law +20 per Fair improvement +10 Connected Cities -20 Damaged Cities