Civilized nations

• Main article: Status

Civilized nations are nations that have westernised. All nations that aren't uncivilized nations are civilized. They have prestige and research points advantages over Uncivilized nations and may become great powers or secondary powers, as well as having the ability to build factories and research technologies (Uncivilized nations can research technologies in Vanilla however).

The term may also refer specifically to a westernized nation that is not a great or secondary power

Abilities

Compared to uncivilized nations, civilized nations (without higher status) have some advantages:

• +0.01 prestige/month
• +1 research points/day
• +0.5 leadership/month
• Can place national focus in an unowned core state to increase chance of crisis.
• Can build factories
• Can research technologies

Initial civilized nations

These are the nations civilized at the start of the game.

North America

All nations in North America except Hawaii are civilized. Cherokee is also uncivilized when released.

South America

All nations in South America are civilized.

Europe

All nations in Europe (except the releaseable Crimea) are civilized.

Africa

• Oranje
• Transvaal

Asia

No independent nations with a capital city in Asia are civilized at the start of the game. The Philippines are, if released, westernized.

Oceania

No nations with a capital city in Oceania exists at the start of the game, but Australia and New Zealand are civilized when released.