Cep Policies

Communitas offers 7 revamped policy trees.

Design goals[]

Policy trees should have a coherent design that provides both short and long term benefits throughout the tree.

Policy trees should follow the 80/20 design goal that they sometimes offer substantial but narrow benefits in particular policies (such as city state benefits or conquest effects) and also offer policies that we may usually find desirable for any goal (such as happiness bonuses).

The trees are designed that they no longer "need" to be finished entirely because of changes to the cultural victory but also cannot be easily cherry picked, with very good, broad and flexible picks available further in the tree rather than on an opener.

Later game trees should feel relatively more powerful than earlier game trees to encourage considering taking their effects and having them in competition with one another instead of taking additional polciies from early game trees

Policies should be generally available more often as they are a fun game feature and players should receive roughly 6 additional policies per game, depending on game performance and intentions.

Detailed comparison[]

Tradition[]

Policy Name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	+3 Culture in Capital Greatly increases rate of border expansion Unlocks: Hanging Gardens	3 Culture and +2 Food in Capital Unlocks: Banaue Rice Terraces
Aristocracy	Production: +15% for wonders Happiness: +1 for every 10 Citizens	Production: +15% for wonders Happiness: +1 for every 10 Citizens
Oligarchy	City Attack: +50% from garrisons No maintenance for garrisoned units	City Attack: +50% from garrisons No maintenance for garrisoned units +2 Culture from garrisons
Legalism	1 free culture building in your oldest 4 cities	Renamed "Mentors" +5 science in capital 5% science on all science buildings
Monarchy	Citizens in the Capital create +0,5 Gold and -0,5 Unhappiness	Citizens in the Capital create +1 Gold and +0,5 Happiness
Landed Elite	Surplus Food: +10% in the Capital Food: +2 in the Capital	Surplus Food: +15% per city Food: +2 per city Capital city receives 1 food for every 5 citizens.
Finisher	Surplus Food: +15% per City 1 free Aqueduct in your oldest 4 cities Can purchase Great Engineers with Faith starting in the Industrial era	Great Person rate: +25% Doubles cultural border expansion to tiles far from cities Can purchase Great Engineers with Faith starting in the Industrial era

Liberty[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Culture: +1 in all cities Unlocks: Pyramids	Culture: +1 in all cities Production: +1 in all cities Unlocks: Terracotta Army
Republic	Production: +1 in all cities Production: +5% when constructing Buildings	Free City Defense building in all new cities (current, new, and conquered). With the appropiate tech researched +4 Happiness +10% Production for constructing buildings
Citizenship	Worker: +1 Worker Improvement Rate: +25%	Worker: +1 Worker Improvement Rate: +25%
Collective Rule	Settler: +1 Production: +50% for Settlers in capital	Settler: +1 Production: +25% for Settlers
Meritocracy	+1 National Happiness per connected city -5% Unhappiness from Population in cities that are not Occupied	Gold: +200 x Era (instant) New cities increase Policy costs by 33% less
Representation	New cities increase Policy costs by 33% less than normal Starts a golden age	+1 National Happiness per connected city -5% Unhappiness from Population in cities that are not Occupied
Finisher	Great Person: +1 of choice	Great Person: +1 of choice

Honor[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Reveal barabarian camps +33% Strength bonus against barbarians Killing barbarians gives Culture	Reveals barbarian camps +10% Strength against barbarians Killing barbarians gives 2 Culture per strength of defeated enemies Unlocks: Temple of Artemis
Warrior Code	Production: +15% when training Melee units Great General: +1 Great Generals are earned 50% faster	Renamed to: Gladiators City Happiness: Provides a Free Arena in all cities +2 Defense units at the Capital
Discipline	+15% Strength for all units adjacent to other friendly military units	Great General: +1 Movement: +1 for Great Generals +15% Strength for all units adjacent to other friendly military units +2 Science and Production on Citadels
Military Caste	Empire Happiness: +1 per Garrison Culture: +2 per Garrison	Provides increasing production on XP line of buildings (barracks) XP Buildings produced 50% faster. 25% faster promotions
Military Tradition	Military units gain +50% Experience from combat	Renamed to: Spoils of War Killing enemies gives Gold (3x strength) +25% rewards from capturing City-States
Professional Army	Upgrade cost: -33% for units Production: +50% when constructing Barracks, Armories, Military Academies	Upgrade cost: -50% for units Production: +15% for All units
Finisher	Killing enemies gives Gold Can purchase great Generals with Faith starting in the Industrial era	Melee units +15% stronger Great Generals earned 25% faster

Piety[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Double Production for Shrines and Temples Unlocks: Great Mosque of Djenne	Double Production for Shrines and Temples Culture: +1 Faith: +2 Unlocks: Stonehenge
Organized Religion	Faith: +1 from Shrines and Temples	Renamed to: Unity Golden Age turns: 10 Golden Ages require 50% less National Happiness
Mandate of Heaven	Faith Costs: -20%	Renamed to: Meditation Faith: +1 from Shrines and Temples Faith Costs: -25%
Theocracy	Gold: +25% from Temples Gold: +3 from Holy Sites	Renamed to: Charity Gold: +25% from Temples Gold: +2 from Temples Gold: +3 from Holy Sites
Religious Tolerance	Cities with multiple religions also get the Panteon bonus of the city's second most popular religion	Renamed to: Tolerance City Happiness: +1 per Religious building (excludes Shrines but includes faith purchased options) Cities with multiple religions also get the Pantheon bonus of the city's second most popular religion
Reformation	If you founded a religion, gain a bonus Reformation belief	Renamed to: Inspiration Free Great Prophet: +1
Finisher	Culture: +3 from Holy Sites Free Great Prophet: +1	Choose one new Pious belief

Patronage[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Influence from City-States degrades 25% slower than normal Unlocks: Forbidden Palace	+2 Gold per City-State Trade Route Unlocks: Angkor Wat
Philanthropy	+25% Influcence from Gold gifts to City-States	+20 instant Influence with City-States +33% Influence from Gold gifts to City-States
Consulates	+20 resting Influence with City-States	+20 resting Influence with City-States
Scholasticism	Science: +25% of what City-States produce for themselves	+2 Science per era for each City-State friend, and +3 Science for each ally
Cultural diplomacy	+100% strategic resource quantity gifted by City-State allies +50% National Happiness from luxury resources gifted by City-State allies	City-State allies gift Great People Great People rate: +10%
Merchant Confederacy	Gold: +2 per City-State Trade Route	Renamed to: Special Relationship Influence with City-States degrades 33% slower than normal
Finisher	City-States allies gift Great People	+100% strategic resource quantity gifted by City-State allies +50% National Happiness from luxury resources gifted by City-State allies

Aesthetics[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Cultural Great Person rate: +25% Unlocks: Uffizi	Production: +50% for Cultural buildings Unlocks: Uffizi
Cultural centers	Production: +50% for Cultural buildings	Culture: +2 per National Wonder Culture: +33% in cities with a World Wonder
Fine arts	Culture: +1 per 2 surplus happiness	Culture: +1 per 1 surplus happiness
Flourishing of arts	Culture: +33% in cities with a World Wonder Start a Golden Age	Culture: +1 per village Production: +100% for Archaeologists
Artistic Genius	Great Artists: +1	Great Artists: +1 Cultural Great Person Rate: +25%
Cultural Exchange	Tourism: +15% from shared religion, open borders and trade routes	Tourism: Doubles building-theme tourism Tourism: +25% from shared religion, open borders, and trade routes
Finisher	Tourism: Doubles building-theme tourism Allows the purchase of Cultural Great People with Faith upon entering the Industrial era	Reveals Hidden Antiquity sites Allows the purchase of Cultural Great People with Faith upon entering the Industrial era

Wealth[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Gold: +25% in Capital Unlocks: Big Ben	Gold: +10% in all cities Unlocks: Panama Canal
Wagon Trains	Gold: +2 per Land Trade route Gold: -50% Maintenance at roads and railroads	Renamed to: Caravans Gold: +3 per Trade route Gold: -50% Maintenance at roads and railroads
Mercenary Army	Allows the purchase of Landsknechts	Renamed "Guilds" Gold: +1 on villages Gold: +1 on plantations
Entrepeneurship	Great Merchant rate: +25% Double Gold from Great Merchant trade missions	Free Great Merchant: +1 Great Merchant rate: +25% Double Gold from Great Merchant trade missions Gold: +3 on Customs House
Mercantilism	Purchase Cost: -25% All items Science: +1 from Mint, Market, Bank and Stock Exchange	Gold: +20% City Connection Income Gold: +2 per Market, Bank and Stock Exchange
Protectionism	Happiness: +2 from each Luxury resource	Purchase Cost: -20% All items
Finisher	Gold: +1 from Trading Post Can purchase Great Merchants with Faith upon entering the Industrial era	Happiness: +1 from each Luxury Resource (all copies). Can purchase Great Merchants with Faith upon entering the Industrial era

Exploration[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Naval units: +1 Movement Military ships: +1 Sight Unlocks: Louvre	Embarked units: +2 Movement Great Admiral: +2 Movement Military ships: +1 Sight and Movement Unlocks: Red Fort
Maritime Infrastructure	Production: +3 at coastal cities	Production: +4 on Coastal Cities Gold: +2 on Lighthouse, Harbor, and Seaport.
Naval Tradition	Happiness: +1 per Lighthouse, Harbor and Seaport	City Happiness: +1 per Lighthouse, Harbor and Seaport
Navigation School	Great Admiral: +1 Great Admiral: +2 Movement Great Admiral rate: +50%	Renamed to: Colonization Cities start with 3 population Settlers: +2 at Capital Workers: +2 at Capital Defense units: +2 at Capital
Merchant Navy	Gold: +1 per Lighthouse, Harbor and Seaport	Renamed to: Pioneer Spirit Civilians: +1 Movement Production: +100% for constructing Harbors Food: +1 on Lighthouse and Harbor
Treasure Fleets	Gold: +4 per Sea Trade route	Renamed to: Homestead Act Production: +100% for constructing Granary, Smith, Caravansary, and Stable Production: +1 on Stable and Smith Gold: +1 on Caravansary Food: +1 on Granary
Finisher	Reveals Hidden Antiquity sites Allows the purchase of Great Admirals with Faith upon entering the Industrial era	Production: +15% for naval units Naval units are 15% stronger Allows the purchase of Great Admirals with Faith upon entering the Industrial era

Rationalism[]

Policy name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Opener	Science: +10% when the nation is happy Unlocks: Porcelain Tower	Great Scientists: +1 Science: +4 on National Wonders Unlocks: Bell Labs
Secularism	Science: +2 per Specialist	Science: +2 per Specialist
Humanism	Great Scientist rate: +25%	Science: +10% when the nation is happy
Free Thought	Science: +1 per Trading posts Science: +17% per Universities	Science: +1 per Village Science: +15% per University
Sovereignty	Gold: +1 from Science buildings	Happiness: +1 from all National Wonders
Scientific Revolution	Science: +50% from Research Agreements	Science: +50% from Research Agreements Science: +3 on Academies Great Scientist Rate: +25% Free Great Engineer
Finisher	Technologies: +1 Allows the purchase of Great Scientists with Faith upon entering the Industrial era	Technologies: +1 Allows the purchase of Great Scientists with Faith upon entering the Industrial era

Freedom[]

Policy Name	Civ 5 BNW effect	Civ 5 Communitas effect
Arsenal of Democracy	Production +15% for military units +15 CS Influence for gifting units. Unlocks: Statue of Liberty (Freedom Ideology does)	Production +15% for military units +15 CS Influence for gifting units. Unlocks: Statue of Liberty (Freedom Ideology does)
Avant Garde	Great People Rate: +25%	Great People Rate: +75%
Capitalism	City Happiness: +1 from Banks, Mints, Stock Exchanges	City Happiness: +1 from Banks, Mints, Stock Exchanges
Civil Society	Specialists consume half the normal amount of food.	Specialists consume half the normal amount of food.
Covert Action	2x rigging CS elections.	2x rigging CS elections.
Creative Expression	Culture: +1 on Great Works	Culture: +1 on Great Works Gold: +4 per Guild Building and on Broadcast Towers.
Economic Union	+3 Gold for Trade Routes with civilizations following Freedom Ideology	Food: +1 on farms and pastures 10% Gold on Airports, Hotels, and Stock Exchanges.
Media Culture	+34% Tourism in cities with a Broadcast Tower	+34% Tourism in cities with a Broadcast Tower
New Deal	+4 on Landmarks and GP Improvements.	+6 on Customs House, Landmark, and Academy.
Spaceship Procurement	Can buy Spaceship parts with Gold	Can buy Spaceship parts with Gold
Their Finest Hour	Cities: +33% Combat Strength	Cities: +33% Combat Strength
Treaty Organization	+4 Influence/turn with CS with a Trade Route.	+4 Influence/turn with CS with a Trade Route. +5 Gold per Trade Route with a civilization following the Freedom Ideology
Universal Health Care	+1 Happiness on National Wonders.	Renamed "Endowment of Sciences" East India (extra gold and gold %) National College (extra science and science %) Heidelberg University (extra science and science %) Hermitage (extra culture) Doubles theme bonuses on Heidelberg and Hermitage.
Universal Suffrage	Specialists produce 1/2 unhappiness Golden Ages are 50% longer.	Specialists produce 1/2 unhappiness Golden Ages are 50% longer.	Urbanization	Local Happiness +1 from Water Mills, Hospitals, and Medical Labs.	Local Happiness +1 from Aqueducts, Hospitals, and Medical Labs.	Volunteer Army	6 units are maintenance free. Receive 6 free Foreign Legion units.	6 units are maintenance free. Receive 6 free Foreign Legion units.

End note: This page was created at Communitas release 3.16(v2), comparing civilization.wikia.com's Social Policies page to in-game tooltips of Communitas. If changes are made since then, look at the release notes at GitHub, then you can work from there.