I got the idea for this scen on a rainy sunday afternoon and I've finished it in several hours (writing this readme.txt took more time). The result is a small, simple but a pleasant scenario.
In the middle of a desert planet there's a huge lake surrounded by fertile lands and protected by mountains. 

I.  New advanaces and changes in existing ones.
II. New units and changes in existing ones.
III.Overview of the Civilizations and their history.
IV. Other changes/nothes


I.  New advanaces and changes in existing ones.
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You cannot research 
-automobile 
-electronics
-labor union
-espionage
-adv flight
-miniaturization
This "blocks", this blocks you to enter the "modern" age.
I did this because I like the industrial age (if you don't like it, that's bad luck ;))
and also to maintain the balance between powers.
New advances are 
-hydrotech, the same as electronics but with another name
-adv engineering, allows engineers, needs Machine Tools and Hydrotech.

II. New units and changes in existing ones.
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All civilizations except the free tribes can build:

land:
Infantry    5/5/1 costs 30
Cavalry     8/3/2 costs 60
Artillery  10/1/1 costs 60 

sea:
Patrol ship 4/4/6 costs 60
Cruiser     8/8/4 costs 100
Transport   movement 4 carry 2 costs 30

air: 
fighter     7/3/10 costs 100
There aren't any diplomats.

Free Tribes can build:

Warriors    4/4/1 ,all as roads costs 20
Raiders     6/1/2 ,all as road  costs 30

Altough cruiser and fighters are powerful, you should be careful in using them because 
they're expensive.
Cruisers however are the masters of the sea and they only can be beaten by other cruisers.
You don't have to be afraid of planes or missiles


III.Overview of the Civilizations and their history.
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I was too lazy to use new names for the countries, but it makes them very easy to recognize.

This is a planet far away from earth, with his own independent course in the year 2051.
While the humans are exploring the galaxy and building their first colonies, this planet is in the age that the humans would call the industrial revolution. 
Just like the human industrial revolution this not only a time of drastic economical changes but also political and socially. 

The Carthagian
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One of the oldest empires, but also the least advanced.
There was a time their empire controlled half of the area around the lake, but revolutions, corruption and the raise of other, more advanced nations has weakened them and now they're on of the weakest empires of all.
Their cities are small, their roads are bad and their agriculture is aged.
While the other nations are industrializing rapidly, they don't even have a railroad.
However they're not dead yet. In a recent war with the Americans they managed to capture a large seaport of them, St Louis. This has given them confidence in the future.
Unfortunately the peace with the Americans won't last forever.

The Americans
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They're even weaker than the Carthagians in population, but they do have the advantage of having the technology of railroads and industrialization. Only if they would get the change to actually use it.
There's something special about this country, something that has his advantages and disadvantages. It's the first country in the world that has thrown away the chains of monarchy and has started an impressive social experiment: communism.
It allows them to make more efficient in the use of resources and to maintain order.
However the nearby monarchies of Rome and Carthago don't like this and in a recent war the Carthagians captured their most important seaport.
They also risk war with France because of American support to the rebels over there.

The French
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While the carthagians were weakening, the French emerged and became the dominant power around the lake. In this mighty country the railroad was invented and began the industrial revolution. Their capital, Paris, is a centre of culture and trade and everyone is jealous at their extended farmlands. Or should I say was ?
the peoples in the north and near the borders got sick of being exploited by the French King and under the influence of the ideas of communism they revolted.
If the French supress this revolt quickly they might stay the most powerful nation, if not...

The Egyptians
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Tired of years of exploitation and supression, they started a communist revolution against the French King. They're only goal is preventing the French of coming back.
The Egyptians or "barbarious terrorists" as the French prefer to call them have the advantage of a modern goverment, a large army, support of the Americans and a reasonable industrial production/city. 
Their capital lies far away in the north protected by mountains and strong forts.
However their population is small, their roads are bad and the economy is pathetic.

The Babylonians
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they're everything they word average stands for.
After they French and the Romans their economy and population is the largest.
Unfortunatly they're also "sandwiched" between those nations and they must avoid a conflict agianst one of them. 
The lands in the east needs to be developped and they can be oppurtistic by declaring war at the Egyptains or the Carthagians.

The Romans
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Will they be the successors of France ?
Even if the French manage to defeat those communist barbars (the only thing the French and the Romans agree about), they have a good chance of being it.
For years the Roman empire is growing at rapid speed, their capital Rome is becoming a new Paris and they still have plenty of space for expansion.
But they too have to re-esthablish order, not in their borderprovinces, but in the centre, where the citizens got sick of the overpopulation in the cities.   
They do have science on their side, the wonders of flying and hydro plants are near.  

The free tribes
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The free tribes are a theocratic union of oasis cities united by their religion, culture and their hate and jealousy against the lakecivilization
Their technology rathing is very low, their population is small, they cannot build roads or irrigation (how can you build a road in the desert ?), and they cannot research.
Their oasiscities are extremely difficult to capture and they have excellent soldiers.
For years now they plunder and pillage Lakecities.

IV. Other changes/nothes
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Fundamentalist goverment doesn't allow research.
Research in general takes much time.
If your a lake civ, don't try to capture a free tribe city or build a city on a oasis. (a civilized nation isn't going to live in the desert !) 
The free tribes cannot build settlers. (to prevent them/you of building new cities) 


scenario: Lakewars v 1.00

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