Nations

Nations is a popular turn-based strategy game. It was developed by a small Culldrome game manufacturer, CrystalWare, only made up of a small team. Nations was CrystalWare's first game which instantly catapulted it to fame overnight. Nations was published by Micro Hard and Soft, it was released on December 15, 2013 for the USA and December 18 for all other nations. It was released for PC and icePeach and was met with critical acclaim, having sold over a million copies as of February 2014.

Gameplay
In Nations, the player represents a famous leader who must then control one of several nations available in the game. The player guides the nation over several thousand years. Nations uses a turn based system; during a turn, a player can control their nation in many ways. They can use settler units to found cities, which can then be used to produce other units (eg. soldiers), buildings (eg. factories) or Structures, which provide major bonuses and many points. The player must also balance several 'resources' - money, happiness, culture and science points. They player also has to go through diplomacy and wars, having to keep relationships in good standing with others and building their military up.

In addition to the nations, there are also several City-States. City-States are small, single city "nations". Other nations can ally with City-States through diplomacy and in doing so will massively boost their resources. Allied City-States will also help Nations during times of war. City-States also come in several types - Cultural, Coastal, Military and Economic. Cultural City-States provide a culture boost to allies. Coastal City-States provide a food and science boost to cities. Military City-States provide heavy military units to Nations. Economic City-States provide money and happiness to allied Nations.

The game can be won by several kinds of victories - Conquest, Scientific, Culture, Political, Economic and Points. A Conquest victory can be achieved when the player is the only player with their capital (first city founded) still in their possession. A Scientific victory can be won by researching all of the technologies on a technology tree and constructing an interplanetary space ship. A Culture victory can be won by completing 5 policy trees, which provide certain bonuses to your nation. A Political victory can be won by other nations voting you as a World Leader. An Economic victory can be won by amassing a large wealth and controlling most of the world's trade routes. A Points victory can be won by having the most amount of points in a set time frame.

Nation List
List of Nations

City-States
List of City States

Reception
Nations has received critical acclaim, being highly regarded as an excellent game.

Reviews
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"Just...one...more...turn..."

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Sales
Nations has had a highly positive sales record, managing to sell more than 1.1 million copies to date.

Trivia

 * Nations is a parody of Civilization V.