City of World's Desire: Trade Route Expansion

A trade route expansion mod focused on historical flavor and unique gameplay. Encourages players to develop cities' trade functions, control key geopolitical nodes (to earn more trade taxes), attract trade routes from other civilizations to your empire, and make trade routes play a more strategic role. ”Countless bells faintly ring across the desert —They should be carrying white silk to Anxi....“ ”One post after another, Courier riders flow like stars. At dawn I leave Xianyang, By dusk I reach the peak of Longshan....“ Trade routes have long been a vital force in the development, exchange, and prosperity of civilizations. As early as ancient times, the footprints of material exchange spanned the globe; by the classical era, vast trade networks crisscrossed Eurasia. To this day, trade remains not only a focal point of global affairs, but also a key shaper of everyday life for people around the world. Throughout history, the strength and prosperity of empires has been measured not only by grand domestic achievements and rapid scientific and cultural advancement, but also by their role in global civilizational exchange and their standing in the wider world. Yet in Civilization VI, the trade route system often merely reacts passively to the internal state of cities, functioning as a static choice with limited strategic depth. The broader effects of trade — on cities along the routes, on military logistics, and on the commercial prosperity generated by converging trade networks — remain underdeveloped. City of the World's Desire: Trade Route Expansion seeks to address these gaps. It is also worth noting that many of history’s great cities rose to prominence by occupying key crossroads of land and water, controlling vital north-south and east-west passages. Their growth was fueled by the constant flow of travelers and merchants, enabling them to become regional or even world-renowned centers — from ancient Constantinople and Dunhuang to modern-day Shanghai and Singapore.