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Some example considerations that you'll need to juggle:

• Each of the 32 playable factions has asymmetric starting conditions and unique goals.
• Cities are populated by various combinations of different cultures, which produce and require different resources.
• Actions affect relations with AI-controlled factions, which modify how they act toward you.
• There are no formal truces or alliances, and any faction can attack any other faction at any time (with a few story-related exceptions).
• Some cities are subaquatic, and require a different resource to capture or raid.
• Cities can be affected by random or circumstance-driven events.
• 67 unique landmarks can be built or restored to give a powerful bonus.
• A faction's capital cannot be relocated, and losing it destroys the faction entirely.
• Capturing another faction's capital lets you seize any relics they own, which are otherwise random finds.