[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Nations policy

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 11:12:24PM +0100, Stig Erik Sandoe wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> 
> > We should not allow nations newer than 500 years.
> 
> I am sure germans and americans would disagree here :-)

Germans are about 1200 years old.
They will surely fit.

> > On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 09:34:59AM +0100, Stig Erik Sandoe wrote:
> > > On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> > Not really. There are very little Icelandics.
> > They can't be in freeciv, unless as part of bigger nation.
> 
> I was thinking of splitting the Viking nation into two nations;
> - a modern norwegian nation (one of the oldest democracies in
>   Europe with a democratic constitution from 1814)
> - a viking nation (with more correct city names and leaders)
> 
> The mix right now is kindof silly and the "city" names in
> the Viking nation doesn't make sense for either.  I can probably
> dig out a few books about the vikings and come up with a patch. 

We surely need now 2 nationsets : ancient and modern.
There is no other good way if we agree that city names
can't double.

> And I also want names of leaders (for all nations) to be
> translatable, which I will probably put in the same patch.

Please rethink it.
IMHO We should use names in leader's civ's language.
John the Terrible of .ru
John Lucembursky of .cz
aren't good

I'm again suggesting translatable titles pool as solution.