There are four types of benefits in Civilization 6 which are known as policies. They are:
Military Economic Diplomatic Great Person
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There are also four types of slots with all of them fitting with their respective policies except for the Wildcard slot which any policy can fit into and the Great Person policies can only fit into.
Types of Government
There are a total of 10 different governments with players automatically starting off with Chiefdom. They are:
Chiefdom - 1 Military Slot and 1 Economic Slot Autocracy - (Unlocked from Political Philosophy) 2 Military Slots, 1 Economic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot Classical Republic - (Unlocked from Political Philosophy) 2 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot Oligarchy - (Unlocked from Political Philosophy) 1 Military Slot, 1 Economic Slot, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot Monarchy - (Unlocked from Divine Right) 3 Military Slots, 1 Economic Slot, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot Merchant Republic - (Unlocked from Exploration) 1 Military Slot, 2 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slots, and 2 Wildcard Slots Theocracy - (Unlocked from Reformed Church) 2 Military Slots, 2 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot Communism - (Unlocked from Class Struggle) 3 Military Slots, 3 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot Fascism - (Unlocked from Totalitarianism) 4 Military Slots, 1 Economic Slot, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 2 Wildcard Slots Democracy - (Unlocked from Suffrage) 1 Military Slot, 3 Economic Slots, 2 Diplomatic Slots, and 2 Wildcard Slots
The extra benefits to these governments can be seen in the above image. The cut off section with Monarchy explains that there is +1 housing for each level of walls in a city.
Best Governments
As it can be seen, there are benefits coming with most governments with the obviously best ones coming in late game. However, the best government to pick is reliant on what kind of victory condition players are going for in their session of Civ 6. These are the best match-ups with governments and victories.
Religious Victory - Theocracy Domination Victory - Fascism Culture Victory - Democracy Science Victory - Communism
Civilization 6 is available for iOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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