Nations

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

A player Nation must be ruled by a member of the same dynasty as the Nation's founder. If the Nation's leader dies without a Heir the game ends.

Civilization	Leader	Leader Traits	Leader Archetype	Bonuses	Starting Techs	Unique Buildings	Unique Units	Families
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
Babylonia	Nebuchadnezzar	Prosperous	Scholar	[All Cities] +1 Science per turn [All Cities] +20% Growth [All Cities] +2 Culture per turn with Treasury
Cartage	Dido	Cunning Engineer	Diplomat	[New Cities] +200 Civics [All Cities] +10 Money if Connected [Ability] Can hire Mercenaries from Tribes
Egypt	Hatshepsut	Inspiring	Builder	[On Start] +400 Stone [All Cities] +40% from Farm on River
Greece	Philip
Hatti	Hattusili	Warlike	Judge
Persia	Cyrus	Tough	Hero
Rome	Romulus	Ruthless	Tactician

Laws

Laws provide a permanent bonus to a Nation and cost either 250 or 400 Civics to implement. Laws come in mutually-exclusive groups of two. The Laws button will glow when there is a group without any active law.

Law 1	Law 2	Required technology
Epics +10 Culture per killed Military Unit in nearest City +10 Hero Opinion	Exploration Movement Bonus along Neutral River Scouts move on Water +10 Hunters Opinion	Rhetoric
Slavery +20% Mine Yield [All Cities] +20% Quarry Yield [All Cities] +10 Builder Opinion +1 Discontent per year [All Cities]	Freedom +4 Money per year per Specialist [All Cities] +10 Sages Opinion	Labor Force
Centralization Farms can be constructed on Marsh terrain +2 Science per year per Culture Level [Capital City] +20 Legalism Opinion	Vassalage -50% Unit Consumption No extra Unit Consumption when Outside Borders +20 Riders Opinion	Aristocracy
Tyranny +20 Training per year +8 Money per year per Military Unit in Territory [All Cities] +10 Orator Opinion -3 Civics per year	Constitution Enables the Decree projects [Capital City] +1 Science per year per Urban Specialist [All Cities] +10 Statesman Opinion -6 Training per year	Sovereignty
Colonies Can Buy Tiles with Money +20 Diplomat Opinion -6 Training per year	Serfdom
Monotheism	Polytheism
Divine Rule	Legal Code
Tolerance	Orthodoxy
Professional Army	Volunteers
Philosophy	Engineering
Iconography	Calligraphy
Pilgrimage	Holy War
Guilds	Elites
Autarky	Trade League
Coin Debasement	Monetary Reform

Tribes

Tribes occupy certain City Sites at the start of the game. Tribes can be converted to a Religion and tribe characters can intermarry with Nation characters. Nations can conduct diplomacy with tribes.

Tribes that aren't allied with any Nation will eventually spawn a raiders army. Raiders are always at War with all Nations and will attack the nearest City. How far raiders are willing to travel depends on the game difficulty.

Barbarians

Barbarians occupy certain City Sites at the start of the game. They are always at War with all Nations and have to be defeated to claim the City Site.