Civ 7 Guide: Achieving Economic Victory with Amina Strategies

Amina stands out as one of the top contenders for achieving an Economic Victory in Civilization 7. Renowned for her expertise in trade, resource management, and accumulating Gold reserves, Amina can fully leverage her civilization’s advantages. Over the course of the Ages, she consistently generates impressive Gold yields, establishes robust trade routes, and maintains amicable trade relations, bolstered by a formidable military presence ready to thwart any threats to her treasury. To secure an Economic Victory, players must complete crucial tasks such as the Silk Roads, Treasure Fleets, Railroad Tycoon Legacy Paths, and the World Bank project.

The civilizations that complement Amina’s strategies best for economic dominance include Aksum in the Antiquity Age, Songhai in the Exploration Age, and Mughal in the Modern Age. Each civilization offers unique economic bonuses that propel her towards victory. With her Warrior Queen of Zazzau ability, Amina enhances each city’s resource capacity and earns additional Gold for every resource assigned to her cities, significantly boosting her economic potential when combined with the unique attributes of each civilization.

Optimal Economic Strategy for Amina in Civ 7’s Antiquity Age

Aksum’s Indestructible Tankwa Trade Units

Aksum serves as a natural starting civilization for Amina’s Economic Victory quest. The Aksumite Kingdom of Natural Wealth ability grants an additional +2 Gold on Resources, synergizing perfectly with Amina’s strengths. Early on, seize the opportunity to utilize Dhow Naval units to establish as many naval trade routes as possible, leveraging their capacity to create instant trade connections. The Tankwa naval trade units are both invulnerable to pillaging and possess an impressive +10 trade route range, facilitating dominance in the Silk Roads Legacy Path.

Amina’s Antiquity Age Overview: Aksum
Civics	Code of Laws, Commerce, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Monumentum Adulitanum
Techs	Sailing, Currency, Navigation
Government	Oligarchy, Classical Republic
Pantheon	God of the Forest, God of the Sun
Wonders	Great Stele, Colossus, Monks Mound

Prioritize unlocking the Code of Laws to facilitate trade routes and maximize resource allocation in Amina’s cities. Utilize Influence to cultivate relationships with Independent Powers, transitioning them into City-States, and enhancing trade connections with other civilizations. Look for Camel Resources, often located near desert terrains, as they bolster city resource limits. Additionally, deploy the Hawilt, a unique Aksum Improvement, for +2 Gold and +1 Culture when adjacent to Wonders or other Hawilti. As Amina ventures down the Silk Roads path, utilize the growing Gold reserves to invest in military units.

It’s also advisable to pursue the Aksumite unique Civic Tree. This will not only unlock the Hawilt and boost resource capacity in coastal settlements but also enable Amina to gain Traditions that become increasingly advantageous in the later Ages. Acquiring the Throne of My Fathers Tradition from the Monumentum Adulitanum Civic is essential, as are the Port of Nations and May This Please the People Traditions for future Ages. Moreover, establishing at least one coastal city near deep ocean terrain will prepare Amina for exploration in the Distant Lands.

Optimal Economic Strategy for Amina in Civ 7’s Exploration Age

Songhai’s Tajiro Trader Unit: A Gold Generating Machine

The Songhai civilization is a compelling choice for Amina during the Exploration Age, especially with the Silk Roads Golden Age in play. Focusing on constructing Treasure Fleets within the Distant Lands should be a top priority, necessitating research into Cartography followed by Shipbuilding. Secure a Settler early on and deploy a Scout or Cog to navigate Deep Ocean terrain to identify prime settlement locations. For a militaristic edge, the Gold Bangles Infantry units can pillage trade routes, generating a full 100% Gold return and gaining +5 in combat when positioned on Resource tiles.

Amina’s Exploration Age Overview: Songhai
Civics	Ships of the Desert, Colonialism
Techs	Cartography, Guilds, Shipbuilding
Government	Plutocracy
Beliefs	Tithe, Dawah
Wonder	Tomb of Askia

Once settlements with Treasure Resources are in place, constructing a Fishing Quay becomes vital for spawning Treasure Fleets quickly. Ideally, these should be close to home territory to maximize treasure rewards. Continue establishing trade routes and aim to unlock the Songhai Ships of the Desert Civic early to facilitate the construction of the Tomb of Askia, which is a superb Gold-generating Wonder, as well as the Caravanserai improvement. While establishing a religion isn’t essential, the Tithe belief can yield significant economic benefits if utilized wisely.

In the Exploration Age, focus on settling in the Distant Lands along Navigable Rivers leading to Oceans to exploit the Songhai’s Tarikh Al-Sudan ability, which enhances resource capacity in Cities near these waterways. This will also benefit the Caravanserai improvements which receive adjacency bonuses from Navigable Rivers. As the game progresses towards the Modern Age, ensure Amina secures the Mughal civilization by maintaining at least four trade routes with unique civilizations, a task well within her reach.

Optimal Economic Strategy for Amina in Civ 7’s Modern Age

Mughal’s Unique Civic Enables the Purchase of Wonders

As Amina enters the Modern Age with the Tap the Source Legacy and Treasure Fleets Golden Age active, the Mughal civilization serves her goals superbly. She retains all previously established Cities from the Exploration Age accompanied by a significant economic boost from the Mughal’s Paradise of Nations ability, which provides Amina with +75% Gold from all sources, albeit paired with a minor -25% penalty to yields that is easily offset by her enhanced purchasing capabilities. Thus, the immediate goal in this Age is to establish Factories without delay.

Amina’s Modern Age Overview: Mughal
Civics	Gardens of Paradise, Globalism, Capitalism
Techs	Combustion, Industrialization
Government	Bureaucratic Monarchy
Ideology	Fascism
Wonders	Red Fort, Taj Mahal

Quickly unlock the Mughal Gardens of Paradise Civic to benefit from substantial discounts on purchase costs, including Wonder acquisitions. With Gold plentiful during this Age, Amina should actively work on mending any strained relationships with other civilizations, as this can lower the costs linked to establishing World Banks in their capitals. Once the Railroad Tycoon Legacy Path is finalized, a World Banker will appear in the capital, and it’s imperative to deploy this unit across every major capital swiftly to cement Amina’s Economic Victory in Civilization 7.

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