Interesting. do you you have a link to the guide you mentioned from Cathankins? I'd like to take a look at this! This is a strategy I haven't tried as of yet.

Has anyone tried this? What is the feasibility, or do you have a strategy that has worked for you?

The thought process here is to start as a Republic to take advantage of the extra exploration land early, then once under say 30 acres/per turn, swap to Tyranny and begin land grabbing.

My initial thoughtprocess was to go casher, and remain casher as Tyranny. Yes I would get slightly less cash per turn then going Theocracy or Republic, however i would save a TON of turns while land grabbing that can turn into additional cash turns, + the less military maintenance cost would offset the lower per capita income.

All thoughts are much appreciated!

I'm so confused by this.

What government do you start out initially before going Monarchy?
Are you saying to do a "Tech Start"?

Quick question regarding the "switch" to your end game strat (once you've researched for 200 turns). Let's say your intent was to tech up agriculture. Would you still break down your first 1000 farms and rebuild them after teching? Or skip the step of breaking down 1000 (assume the latter).

Teching agriculture while keeping the farms seems strong, however would you then tech for 250 turns (25% more since you have 25% less tech labs)

Looking forward to your thoughts here.

Thanks much!

Do I need Premium?

I started Monarch autimatically, there was no option to change the government type. Any ideas?