Collective Rule (Civ5)

Collective Rule is a social policy in Civilization V. It is part of the Liberty tree. In the expansions, it requires Republic; in Vanilla, it is instead initially available and actually was a prerequisite for Republic.
Giving people the right to vote and decide the matters governing their life, instead of, say, a single despot doing whatever he decides, is the first step towards freedom. So important is this step that the of your empire becomes a brewing pot of expansionism, and people are ready to establish new cities right away!
==Game Info==
*Speeds the training of Settlers by 50% in the .
*A free Settler appears near the . (Venice receives a Merchant of Venice instead of a Settler.)
==Strategy==
With the expansions, this policy is level 2. But still, if you rush it and adopt it as a third policy you will gain a free Settler without having the need to sacrifice Population growth in your starting city in the all-important first 20-30 turns. Building a Settler at that point usually takes 10+ turns, which makes this Policy a game changer - you not only will continue to grow your Population, but also manage to construct something else in this time! And of course, the other bonus will greatly facilitate future expansion.
==Civilopedia entry==
Category:Social policies (Civ5)