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Liberty policy tree (Civ5)

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Liberty is a social policy tree in Civilization V. It is available at the start of the Ancient Era.

Game Info[]

Liberty is best for civilizations which desire rapid expansion.

Adopting Liberty will provide 1 Culture Culture in every city. Unlocks building the Pyramids (BNW-only only).

Adopting all policies in the Liberty tree will grant a free Great Person of your choice near the Capital Capital.

Policy Effect Requirement
Collective Rule Collective Rule Speeds the training of Settlers by 50% in the Capital Capital and a free Settler appears near the Capital Capital. Adopting Liberty (Vanilla)
Republic (GodsKings5 clear and BNW-only)
Republic Republic +1 Production Production in every City and +5% Production Production in cities when constructing Buildings. Collective Rule (Vanilla)
Adopting Liberty (GodsKings5 clear and BNW-only)
Citizenship Citizenship Tile improvement construction rate increased by 25% and a Worker appears near the Capital Capital. Adopting Liberty
Meritocracy Meritocracy +1 20xHappiness5 Happiness for each City you own 20xCityConnection5 connected to the Capital Capital and -5% Unhappiness (Civ5) Unhappiness from 20xPopulation5 Citizens in non-occupied Cities. Citizenship
Representation Representation Each city you found will increase the Culture Culture cost of policies by 33% less than normal. Also starts a Golden Age Golden Age (if one is already in progress, it is extended). Citizenship


Strategy[]

Liberty is best used for wide empires, as the bonuses effect (or accumulate) with every new city founded. Apart from flat extra resources per city and early civilian unit bonuses, Meritocracy enables expansion against the high Unhappiness (Civ5) Unhappiness penalty (of 1.8-3 Unhappiness (Civ5) Unhappiness per city, depending on map size), reducing it by 33-56%. Upon completion, the free Great Person is best used for the more expensive Great Engineers and Scientists to build the Production Production- or Science Science-boosting improvements, likely at the site of the relevant National Wonder.

Civilopedia entry[]

As a policy, liberty can be defined as the basic assumption that a nation's citizens deserve to be free. Free from physical restraint, and free from despotic control. Serfs, slaves, and hereditary servants do not enjoy liberty, nor do citizens who are forced to live within a certain village or gulag or ghetto.

Related achievements[]

With Liberty and Justice for All
With Liberty and Justice for All
Fully Explore the Liberty Policy Track.
The final line of the Pledge of Allegiance, an American oath to the flag commonly recited in public schools.
Civilization V Social Policies [edit]
Tradition AristocracyLanded EliteLegalismMonarchyOligarchy
Liberty CitizenshipCollective RuleMeritocracyRepresentationRepublic
Honor DisciplineMilitary CasteMilitary TraditionProfessional ArmyWarrior Code
Piety Free ReligionMandate of HeavenOrganized ReligionReformationReligious ToleranceTheocracy
Patronage AestheticsConsulatesCultural DiplomacyEducated EliteMerchant ConfederacyPhilanthropyScholasticism
Commerce EntrepreneurshipMercantilismMercenary ArmyMerchant NavyNaval TraditionProtectionismTrade Unions Wagon Trains
Rationalism Free ThoughtHumanismScientific RevolutionSecularismSovereignty
Aesthetics Artistic GeniusCultural CentersCultural Exchange Fine ArtsFlourishing of the Arts
Exploration Maritime InfrastructureMerchant NavyNaval TraditionNavigation SchoolTreasure Fleets
Freedom Civil SocietyConstitutionDemocracyFree SpeechUniversal Suffrage
Autocracy FascismMilitarismPolice StatePopulismTotal War
Order CommunismNationalismPlanned EconomySocialismUnited Front
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