Civilization 6: Sweden (Gathering Storm) - Kristina, nation description, tips Civilization VI Game Guide
Last update: 13 March 2022
In this chapter of Civilization 6 game guide, you will find a description of Sweden, a nation available in Civilization 6: Gathering Storm. Here you will learn more about numerous cultural bonuses and about planning an expansion. You will also obtain knowledge about the best way of using the unique terrain upgrade (Open-Air Museum), infantry special unit (Carolean), and unique building (Queen's Bibliotheque).
This nation is available only after you purchase and install the Gathering Storm large DLC to Civilization VI.
Nation description - Swedish Empire
The Swedish Empire is focused on culture domination and tourism. Special traits of this nation and its unique upgrade enable it to easily start the race for a culture victory. Gathering culture and tourism points is very easy, although you will need to create cities in various parts of the map.
The main trait of this civilization is the greater number of obtained points of great people. In addition to that, you will receive a great number of diplomatic favors for recruiting a great man. It is a perfect nation for obtaining great persons. You can combine Sweden's trait with wonders or with Divine Spark or by voting for resolutions that will increase the number of obtained points. In the city in which you have a large number of districts and is your main culture center, you should appoint Pingala as the governor. His Grants skill doubles the number of Great Person points and his Connoisseur skill increase the number of tourism points obtained from the Great Works. In addition to that, the slots for wild cards should be filled with cards that provide Great Person points.
One of the best traits of Sweden is the automatic bonus to the topic of Great Works. For other nations, obtaining the topic bonus is quite hard because they need to obtain various Great Works through trading with other civilizations or by obtaining various Great Artists or Musicians. It's a beat easier to get this bonus in the archeology museum if you quickly start the artifact race. Sweden ignores all the limitations and it obtains the bonus just when you fill the museum of art, archeology museum, or any wonder of the world with a slot for two works. Thanks to that, focusing on the greatest number of Great Persons is a priority for Sweden. Furthermore, obtaining the status of Babylon's Suzerain will expand the bonus with science points.
Queen's Bibliotheque is another strong advantage when it comes to obtaining culture and tourism points. It features 6 slots for great works - two for literature, two for art, and two for music. After filling all slots you will receive a great bonus to culture and tourism. The only disadvantage is that it can be built only in the government district. Because of that, the placement of this district is very important. It is best to place it in a city that already has a culture district and other wonders that will increase the culture profits or that have slots for great works.
Open-Air Museum is another unique upgrade that is one of the most effective upgrades when it comes to producing culture points. Each city can have only one such object within its borders, but the culture income can vary from +2 to +10 points. It depends on the placement of the city. You must create at least one city in the following terrain types: meadows, plains, deserts, tundra, snow. Each city center placed in such fields will increase the efficiency of all open-air museums. This upgrade will enable you to quickly increase the number of culture points obtained per turn. It will be also useful when creating new cities and increasing the size of the city.
Carolean is a special military unit that replaces Pikemen from the renaissance era. Although it looks like a musketeer, it is still an anti-cavalry unit. It features 3 move points and a strength bonus for each not spent move point. It makes it a great defense unit or one to be used when you slowly push the enemy out of the frontline. It has lower upkeep and it doesn't require any strategic resources.
Summary
Sweden is a nation focused on culture victory. Its main strategy is to create cities in various places to quickly amass the greatest culture bonus in open-air museums. Gathering great works and great persons is another important factor. Create wonders of the world that will help you in achieving the goal and remember about properly selecting the policy cards.