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
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.