Civilization 6: Best Government

This article is part of a directory: Civ 6: Complete Guide

Players in Sid Meier's Civilization 6 have many features to make their cities and civilizations unique from other players. One of these is the government feature, which allows players to have a government with different benefit slots that players can change at will for the most part.

There are four types of benefits in Civilization 6 which are known as policies. They are:

Military
Economic
Diplomatic
Great Person

There are also four types of slots with all of them fitting with their respective policies except for the Wildcard slot which any policy can fit into and the Great Person policies can only fit into.

Types of Government

Civ 6 Governments — Civilization 6 Governments

There are a total of 10 different governments with players automatically starting off with Chiefdom. They are:

Chiefdom - 1 Military Slot and 1 Economic Slot
Autocracy - (Unlocked from Political Philosophy) 2 Military Slots, 1 Economic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot
Classical Republic - (Unlocked from Political Philosophy) 2 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot
Oligarchy - (Unlocked from Political Philosophy) 1 Military Slot, 1 Economic Slot, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot
Monarchy - (Unlocked from Divine Right) 3 Military Slots, 1 Economic Slot, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot
Merchant Republic - (Unlocked from Exploration) 1 Military Slot, 2 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slots, and 2 Wildcard Slots
Theocracy - (Unlocked from Reformed Church) 2 Military Slots, 2 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot
Communism - (Unlocked from Class Struggle) 3 Military Slots, 3 Economic Slots, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 1 Wildcard Slot
Fascism - (Unlocked from Totalitarianism) 4 Military Slots, 1 Economic Slot, 1 Diplomatic Slot, and 2 Wildcard Slots
Democracy - (Unlocked from Suffrage) 1 Military Slot, 3 Economic Slots, 2 Diplomatic Slots, and 2 Wildcard Slots

The extra benefits to these governments can be seen in the above image. The cut off section with Monarchy explains that there is +1 housing for each level of walls in a city.

Best Governments

Civ 6 Religious District — Civilization 6 Shoggoth

As it can be seen, there are benefits coming with most governments with the obviously best ones coming in late game. However, the best government to pick is reliant on what kind of victory condition players are going for in their session of Civ 6. These are the best match-ups with governments and victories.