Nation idea: Tibetans

Tibetans

Architecture: Asian

Unique Unit: Me Long Bzhi; Heavy cavalry with high pierce armour.

Elite Me Long Bzhi Upgrade: 1000 Food, 800 Gold

Castle UT: Monastery-Towns; Can train villagers from Monasteries: 200 Stone, 200 Gold, 40 seconds.

Imperial UT: Dharma; Monks now cost 50 food to train: 1000 Food, 500 Gold, 100 seconds.

Bonuses: Start with a free relic, Monks +2 range, Loom costs nothing, Theocracy free in Castle Age.

Team Bonus: Blacksmith researches instantly.

Tech Tree:

Barracks: No Eagles.

Archery Range: No Thumb Ring, No Hand Cannoneers.

Stables: No Battle Elephants.

Siege Workshop: No Bomard Tower or Siege Onager

Castle: All Techs

Dock: No Elite Cannon Galleon, No Shipwright, No Dry Dock

Monastery: All Techs

Blacksmith: No Bracer

University: No Siege Engineers, No Bombard Tower, No Heated Shot

Mining Camp: No Gold Shaft Mining

Lumber Camp: No Two-Man Saw

Mill: No Crop Rotation

Market: No Guilds

Me Long Bzhi: Training time 20 seconds, Food 50, Gold 100, HP 80/120, ATK 9/11, RoF 1.93, Melee Armour 1/1, Pierce Armour ⅘, Armour classes Cavalry and, Unique Unit, Speed 1.35, LOS 4/5.

I decided to come up with this when I discovered, to my surprise, there was a very large 'Tibetan Empire' that existed for a couple centuries, had influence in Central Asia, and launched invasions of Nepal and China (and some other border actions, such as influence in Bangladesh?) with its heavily-armoured cavalry and infantry and cavalry archers. It's rather contrary to the stereotype of utterly remote pacifist Buddhists (which religion seems to have only spread there in the later part of the empire, too).

Let me know what you think. I feel like the biggest issue with new civs is thinking of a unique eco bonus, since civs without one are pretty lame, but it's not obvious how much room there is in the game for more.