Laws

Laws Screen from early access

For laws regarding leader succession, see Inheritance Laws

Laws are powerful, nation-wide bonuses enabled by certain technologies. When completing one of these technologies, a nation may choose between two opposite laws. Enacting a law costs 400No Icon Found (building The Pyramids wonder reduces that cost by 50%), switching between opposite laws costs 600No Icon Found (having a leader of the Judge Archetype reduces that cost by 50%). Most laws have upkeep cost, collected per city per turn. Enacting each law also grant an opinion boost for a certain pre-defined character type, family type or theology though some events can change these initial preferences.

No upkeep Laws

Required Technology	Option 1	Option 2
Rhetoric	Epics +10 per Unit Killed Hero Characterts opinion: +10	Exploration No extra unit consumption when outside borders Scouts Move on Water Hunters Family opinion: +10
Labor Force	Slavery +5 per turn [All Cities]: +1 No Icon Found Builder Characters opinion: +10	Freedom [All Cities]: +1 Sages Family opinion: +10
Aristocracy	Centralization +10 per turn [Capital City]: +25% Legalism Theology opinion: +20	Vassallage -50% unit consumption Riders Family opinion: +20

Low upkeep Laws

Required Technology	Option 1	Option 2
Sovereignty	Tyranny +20 per turn +10 No Icon Found for every Military Unit within City Territory Orator Characters opinion: +10 Upkeep: 1 per city	Constitution Unlocks Decree project in Capital [All cities]: -1No Icon Found Statesman Family opinion: +10 Upkeep: 2 per city
Navigation	Colonies Can Buy Tiles Movement bonus along rivers Diplomat Characters opinion: +20 Upkeep: 2 per city	Serfdom [All Cities]: +20% Output from farms and pastures Landowners Family opinion: +20 Upkeep: 4 per city
Monasticism	Monotheism [State Religion Cities]: +1 per turn Gnosticism Theology opinion: +20 Upkeep: 1No Icon Found per city	Polytheism [All Cities]: Can build unlimited Shrines Mythology Theology opinion: +20 Upkeep: 4 per city

Medium upkeep Laws

Required Technology	Option 1	Option 2
Citizenship	Divine Rule Can adopt Pagan religions as State Religion [All Cities]: No random spread for other religions Clerics Family opinion: +30 Upkeep: 6 per city	Legal Code +10 for every active law Judge Characters opinion: +30 Upkeep: 0.5 per city
Doctrine	Tolerance Can build disciples of other religions [All Cities]: -2No Icon Found from other religions Dualism Theology opinion: +30 Upkeep: 2No Icon Found per city	Orthodoxy Disciples can purge world religions [State religion cities]: can use to hurry specialists Revelations Theology opinion: +30 Upkeep: 6 per city
Manor	Professional Army [All Cities]: -25% construction time for Infantry units [All Cities]: +2 for every Treasury project Tactician Characters opinion: +30 Upkeep: 6 per city	Volunteers +20 per active war [All Cities]: Can hurry Unit production with population Champions Family opinion: +30 Upkeep: 2No Icon Found per city

High upkeep Laws

Required Technology	Option 1	Option 2
Architecture	Philosophy [All Cities]: -20% Construction time for Urban Specialists [All Cities]: +1 for every Forum project Enlightenment Theology opinion: +40 Upkeep: 3No Icon Found per city	Engineering -25% resources and civics cost for Wonders -1 turn to build improvements Scholar Characters opinion: +30 Upkeep: 8 per city
Vaulting	Iconography [All Cities]: Temples: +2 [All Cities]: Monasteries: +2 [All Cities]: Cathedrals: -1No Icon Found Veneration Theology opinion: +40 Upkeep: 8 per city	Calligraphy [All Cities]: Library: +4 [All Cities]: Elder Specialists: -1No Icon Found Champions Family opinion: +40 Upkeep: 3No Icon Found per city
Martial Code	Pilgrimage [All Cities]: +1 from Groves [Holy Cities]: +5 per religion Redemption Theology opinion: +40 Upkeep: 4 per city	Holy War +1 Random Promotion for new Units [State Religion Cities]: Can hurry unit production with Scholar Characters opinion: +40 Upkeep: 1 per city

Very high upkeep Laws

Required Technology	Option 1	Option 2
Jurisprudence	Guilds [All Cities]: -1No Icon Found from Town improvement [All Cities]: -10% Chance for Rebels Artisans Family opinion: +50 Upkeep: 10 per city	Elites [Legendary Cities]: +2 per turn Can store up to 100 between turns Schemer Characters opinion: +20 Upkeep: 5 per city
Lateen Sail	Autarky [All Cities]: +20% output from mines, quarries and lumbermills [All Cities]: Can build units that require Horses, Elephants and Camels Commander Characters opinion: +50 Upkeep: 2 per city	Trade League [All Cities]: unlocks Covoy project Can Sell resources for the same price as Buying Traders Family opinion: +20 Upkeep: 4No Icon Found per city
Fiscal Policy	Coin Debasement Can Buy/Sell orders Schemer Characters opinion: +20 Upkeep: 4No Icon Found per city	Monetary Reform [All Cities]: -2No Icon Found per turn [All Cities]: No No Icon Found penalty from hurrying production Traders Family opinion: +20 Upkeep: 1.5 per city