(January 31st, 2013, 13:35)Sareln Wrote:(January 29th, 2013, 09:58)Rowain Wrote:(January 28th, 2013, 17:44)T-hawk Wrote: I didn't pick the city names, Firaxis did. But yes I too was struck by the anachronistic choices. Edinburgh and Dublin were not a Celtic union, they never belonged to one nation until coming under British sovereignty. Obscurity should be no obstacle whatsoever to Civ city names; how many of us ever heard of Pasargadae or Dur-Kurigalzu or Xochicalco?
Well the celts do also pose the problem that their 'empire' is abit hard to grasp. When the celts were THE cultural player they were widespread but had no empire. At least none is known. Afterall what is today considered 'celtic territories' is just the bit of lands they got pushed to while losing their original homes. Due to the Romans and germanic-tribes little is left from the original celtic cities in central europe. The most easy recognizeable (in german speaking regions) carry a name with Hall (example Hallstatt) but AFAIK the real celtic-names are lost for many (then important) places.
It doesn't help that CIV's model, in a general sense, conflates the nation state with culture.
Actually, the definition I've learned for a Nation State is a state whose political and cultural boundaries match*, so I'd rather say that all Civ nations are nation states.
*That's paraphrased. More(?) precisely, I've heard it defined as a nation whose borders match the extent of its ethnic group, and whose borders aren't home to any other ethnic groups. By this definition, there are only two nation states in all of Europe - do you know which?
I have to run.