In Civ 5 vanilla, If some city states enter permanent war, is diplomatic victory impossible?

I'm playing a Civ 5 game on a huge map. There are 24 city states and 8 other civs. I conquered 2 of them to obtain their luxuries, and 9 of the remaining city states have entered "permanent war".

I'm pretty sure a "permanent war" city state will always vote against me, so those are out. I have 3 questions about a diplomatic victory from this position:

1 - If I eliminate "permanent war" city states, will other city states join "permanent war"?

2 - If I conquer "permanent war" city states, and then they are liberated, will they still be on "permanent war"?

3 - How many votes are needed on the largest map size? I'm pretty sure my teammate and I can bribe all of the other city states and get their votes.

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Best Answer

No, it's not impossible.

Every world leader election, the highest-voted civs get additional delegates. Thus, if you can stay at the top, and nobody achieves a different victory condition, you will eventually have enough votes to win.

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What is a diplomatic victory in Civ 5?

If you have a Diplomat in another nation's capital, you'll be able to deal with it for support in the World Congress. If they agree, the nation will use their "core" delegation (but not the City-State delegates) to support you in the next vote.

What is the best victory type Civ 5?

BEST CIV 5 Leaders \u2013 DOMINATION VICTORY The classic victory type, Domination sees you conquering the world by strength of arms over your less fortunate civilizations. In Civ 5, you luckily don't need to conquer an entire civilisation; you just need to control all of the original capitals to score the victory.

Can you liberate city states Civ 5?

In vanilla Civilization V, liberating a city is possible only if the city was part of an extinct civilization or city-state. In order to "liberate" a city originally belonging to an existing civilization, it would have to be puppeted or annexed and then gifted to its original owner.

Can you win Civ 5 without war?

Just finished a Prince match that took a couple days through a Diplomatic Victory. I was really aiming for a Tourism victory, and it just so happened that I didn't go to war with a single civ.

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