Freeciv 3.1.1 governments help (Civ1 ruleset)
Anarchy
Anarchy is simply the absence of any recognizable government. Citizens are disorganized and unproductive, and will spend all income as quickly as possible, rather than paying taxes or conducting research.
Anarchy offers slightly less corruption than Despotism, but slightly more unhappiness.
Features:
* Each worked tile that gives more than 2 Food, Shield, or Trade will suffer a -1 penalty, unless the city working it is celebrating. (Cities below size 3 will not celebrate.)
* Trade production will suffer some losses.
* Trade losses will increase with distance from capital.
* Each of your cities will avoid paying 3 Shield upkeep for your units.
* If you lose your capital, the base chance of civil war is 90%.
* You can have up to 9 cities before an additional unhappy citizen appears in each city due to civilization size.
* Your units may impose martial law. Each military unit inside a city will force 1 unhappy citizen to become content.
Despotism
Under Despotism, you are the absolute ruler of your people. Your control over your citizens is maintained largely by martial law.
Despotism suffers the highest level of corruption of all forms of government.
Features:
* Each worked tile that gives more than 2 Food, Shield, or Trade will suffer a -1 penalty, unless the city working it is celebrating. (Cities below size 3 will not celebrate.)
* Trade production will suffer massive losses.
* Trade losses will increase quickly with distance from capital.
* Each of your cities will avoid paying 3 Shield upkeep for your units.
* If you lose your capital, the base chance of civil war is 80%.
* You can have up to 10 cities before an additional unhappy citizen appears in each city due to civilization size.
* Your units may impose martial law. Each military unit inside a city will force 1 unhappy citizen to become content.
Monarchy
Under Monarchy, a king or queen serves as a hereditary figurehead for your government.
Monarchy suffers the same small amount of corruption that the Republic does.
Requires knowledge of the technology Monarchy.
Features:
* Each worked tile with at least 1 Trade will yield 1 more of it while the city working it is celebrating. (Cities below size 3 will not celebrate.)
* Trade production will suffer some losses.
* Trade losses will increase with distance from capital.
* If you lose your capital, the base chance of civil war is 70%.
* You can have up to 11 cities before an additional unhappy citizen appears in each city due to civilization size.
* Your units may impose martial law. Each military unit inside a city will force 1 unhappy citizen to become content.
* A maximum of 3 units in each city can enforce martial law.
Communism
A Communist government is based on the ideal that all people are equal. All goods are owned by the state, rather than by private citizens. Communism gives a balance between military and commercial styles of government.
Under Communism, corruption does not vary by distance from the capital; all cities (including the capital) have a modest amount of corruption.
Requires knowledge of the technology Communism.
Features:
* Each worked tile with at least 1 Trade will yield 1 more of it while the city working it is celebrating. (Cities below size 3 will not celebrate.)
* Trade production will suffer some losses.
* If you lose your capital, the base chance of civil war is 50%.
* You can have up to 12 cities before an additional unhappy citizen appears in each city due to civilization size.
* Your units may impose martial law. Each military unit inside a city will force 1 unhappy citizen to become content.
Republic
Under a Republican government, citizens hold an election to select a representative who will govern them; since elected leaders must remain popular to remain in control, citizens are given a greater degree of freedom. Citizens under the Republic become unhappy easily, but the self-sufficiency of your citizens allows high levels of trade.
Requires knowledge of the technology The Republic.
Features:
* Each worked tile with at least 1 Trade will yield 1 more of it.
* Trade production will suffer some losses.
* Trade losses will increase with distance from capital.
* You pay 2 times normal Food upkeep for your units.
* Military units away from home and field units will each cause 1 citizen to become unhappy.
* If you lose your capital, the base chance of civil war is 40%.
* You can have up to 13 cities before an additional unhappy citizen appears in each city due to civilization size.
* You may grow your cities by means of celebrations. (Cities below size 3 cannot grow in this way.)
* Has a senate that may prevent declaration of war.
Democracy
Under Democracy, citizens govern directly by voting on issues. Democracy offers the highest possible level of trade, but also offers the most potential for unhappiness. There is no corruption during Democracy, but citizens become very upset during wars.
Because (happy) citizens of Democracy believe strongly in the government, their loyalty is unswerving. Military units of Democratic civilizations cannot be bribed, and Democratic cities cannot be incited to revolt by enemy Diplomats and Spies.
Requires knowledge of the technology Democracy.
Features:
* Each worked tile with at least 1 Trade will yield 1 more of it.
* You pay 2 times normal Food upkeep for your units.
* Military units away from home and field units will each cause 2 citizens to become unhappy.
* If you lose your capital, the base chance of civil war is 30%.
* You can have up to 14 cities before an additional unhappy citizen appears in each city due to civilization size.
* You may grow your cities by means of celebrations. (Cities below size 3 cannot grow in this way.)
* If a city is in disorder for more than 2 turns in a row, government will fall into anarchy.
* Has a senate that may prevent declaration of war.
* Makes it impossible to do the action 'Incite a Revolt' to your individual cities.
* Makes it impossible to do the action 'Bribe Enemy Unit' to your individual units.