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If one plays Civ 5 before then you might have a better idea why Germany took so much initiatives in early stages of WW1. both France and Britain were stung by nationalist rebellions overseas in Asia and Africa. and both have a very large army and navy and thus modernizing their large army by equipping every infantrymen with up-to-date weapons were something similar to the construction of Ancient Wonders. huuuuge project with huge budgets needed. too bad by then military budgetry was limited (and horrors of previous Great War not only resulted in a treaty that restrains Germany and Austria. but also victors (Series of treaty limited the numbers of new dreadnough constructions except for export purposes,, but who else apart of UK, US, and JA can afford a new dread?)..