Poland

Faction Overview	Strategic Overview	History

The Polish have the Power of Liberty.

A highly defensive civ with substantial cultural bonuses, including perks to trade, taxation and food production. The Polish army consists of hardy but slow-training units, making Poland somewhat reliant on archers and spearmen as well as mercenaries. Faction Type: Catholic National Bonuses: Arable Land : Start with 50% bonus Food. Krzywousty's Reforms : Second Settlement built acts as a second Capital. Both receive Capital border bonus, and both must be captured to eliminate you. Baltic Trade Routes : Free Taxation upgrades. Magdeburger Recht : Civic research 30% Cheaper. Always have the maximum number of Tradesmen.
Unique Units: Axe Wojaky [1] => Lithuanian Axe Retinue [2] => Halberdiers [3] Druzhinnik [1], Towarzysz veteran [3] Composite Bowmen [2] => Lithuanian crossbowmen [3] Horse Archer [1] => Mounted Ranger [2] => Mounted Cranequin [3] Billmen [3] Howitzer [3] Improved Volley Gun NB: Poland cannot train Holy Order Sergeants or Order Knights from the Nobles' Court. Mercenaries: [1] Kipchak Horse Archer [2] Balt spearmen [3] Renegade Bajorai; Battle Wagon; Tatar; Huszar Cavalry => Banner Huzar		Upgrades: Centralisation	Detinets' (wonder) Abbey (wonder) Grand Cathedral (wonder)
Settlements:			Leaders:
Krakow Vilnius Lvov Raseiniai Anyksciai Birstonas Skuodas Alytus Torun Olsztyn	Warsaw Wroclaw Lodz Trakai Ukmerge Szczecin Kielce Zielona Gora Rzeszow	Gdansk Poznan Bialystok Lublin Bydgoszcz Gorzow Katowice Opole Klaipeda Kaunas	Wladyslaw the Exile, Jagiellon, Vytautas, Casimir the Great, Leszek the White, Jadwiga, Boleslaw Wrymouth