Indonesian (Civ5)

The Indonesian people represent a civilization in Civilization V: Brave New World.
* Symbol: Stylized version of the Surya Majapahit
* Musical Theme: Udan Mas (arranged by Geoff Knorr)
* Music Set: Asian
* Architecture: Asian
* Spy Names: Adityawarman, Airlangga, Citra, Halayudha, Jayakatwang, Lingga, Mahendradatta, Prapana, Raden, Devi
* Preferred Religion: Hinduism
* Preferred Ideology: Freedom
== Strategy ==
Indonesia is one of the most versatile civilizations, with some trading and religious bonuses which don't point to a particular victory path.
Indonesia has some truly unique features. One of them is their unique ability, Spice Islanders, which allows them to get two free copies of one of their three possible unique luxury resources upon the founding of a city on a continent that does not contain the Indonesian or another city with a unique luxury resource. (In other words, they must settle a city on a third new landmass to get their second unique resource and a fourth new landmass to get their third and final unique resource. Note that even one-tile islands count as continents, despite not being large enough to qualify as such.) These luxury resources are , , and . These luxuries come "extra"; that is, they are immediately available for use and trade, and potentially increase the total number of luxuries in the game by three. This means that all games which have Indonesia in play will have a bigger total number of luxuries available - an interesting situation.
To make practical use of this unique ability, you will have to expand your empire overseas, which might not be that easy on any map setting other than Archipelago. It means researching Sailing early on, then Optics, then scrambling around the sea with your Settler to find a new continent (or island) that has yet to have an Indonesian city founded. The problem is, if you happen to be on a large continent, it could become practically impossible to find a suitable piece of land - when Astronomy finally allows you to traverse ocean, suitable lands might be taken already, or be very far away!
Another advantage of the Indonesian unique ability is the fact that the three special cities can never be razed, meaning you will always have a chance to reclaim them should someone capture them. Note that the unique ability is limited to the first three cities founded in three different continents or islands that do not contain your .
Indonesia's other great unique feature is their unique unit, the Kris Swordsman, which replaces the Swordsman. It receives a free promotion after its first combat, chosen randomly from a set of eight completely unique promotions. You never know exactly what the promotion will be until your unit gets engaged in a combat for the first time. Most of the possible promotions are quite powerful, but be aware that some promotions are actually detrimental to the unit.
The Indonesians, unlike other civilizations, are friendly to all religions, not only their own. The unique feature which mirrors this is the Candi. Besides the regular bonus of the Garden it replaces, the Candi doesn't need to border fresh water and also generates for each religion with at least one follower in that city, so don't bother using your Inquisitors!
Finally, there is something to remember about the unique ability: because the game places the luxury resource on the tile where the city is built, it overwrites any resource that previously existed there. So don't build these cities on top of strategic or luxury resources! Also, the unique resources have their own tile potential bonus, +2 , which is always in effect (since it appears right on the city tile).
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Cities ==
== Trivia ==
* Indonesia's unique ability comes from a name given to the Maluku Islands due to its abundant spice resources that sparked colonial interest from Europe in the 16th century.
== Gallery ==
File:Indonesia in game.jpg|Indonesia
File:Indonesia map (Civ5).png|Map of Indonesian Empire
== Related achievements ==
== See also ==
* Indonesian in other games
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