Factory Civilization 1

Factory Civ1

Factory is one of 24 City Improvements in MicroProse's TBS Game of 1991, Civilization 1.

Factory increases Shield production in the city by 50%.

• Factory Cost: 200
• Factory Upkeep: 4
• Factory Prerequisite: Industrialization

The development of the Factory evolved from the specialization of labor, where each worker learned only one step in the manufacturing process. When the worker became expert at that one task, the total production of the Factory increased. In Adam Smith's classic example from his book, The Wealth of Nations, a Factory of specialists made many more nails than one where each worker handcrafted nails one at a time. The Factory system was one prerequisite for the Industrial Revolution that soon followed.

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