Hello everyone! And welcome to today’s blog. Lately, I’ve been playing a lot of the game Sid Meier’s Civilization V. It’s quickly become one of my favorite games of all time, and as such, I’ve had some fun with the game. Whether it’s been single player or multiplayer, the game has never failed to put a smile on my face. One of the main reasons why is the simple ability to name your religion and your cities in the game. So for this blog, I aim to share some of my personal favorite nicknames and puns that I’ve seen people give things while playing Civilization V. I hope that people find these in good taste, and that you all enjoy them. I only included the ones I thought were at least somewhat culturally and morally appropriate. With that disclaimer being said, please enjoy! I’ll have the spoof name in quotations, and the original name in parentheses. I’ll also have my own commentary here and there.
Morocco:
Witty city names: “Marracash” (spoof of Marrakesh), “Julian Casablanca” (spoof of Casablanca, reference to The Strokes), “Rub-bot” (spoof of Rabat), “Fuzz” (spoof of Fez).
Witty religion names: “Dapreecha” (Spoof of Darija, the local language of Morocco), “Maghribism” (a spoof on Maghribi, an identity of many Moroccans.)
The Huns:
Witty city names: “Down to Business” (Because if someone captures the city, they get down to business. They can then defeat the Huns. It’s a Disney reference.)
Witty religion names: “Don’t Drop the Hun Hun” (spoof of Don’t Drop the Thun Thun)
Germany:
Witty city names: “Goodburg” ( a spoof of Hamburg, and of Mr. Goodburger. The city is also apparently home of the goodburger. How may I take your order?)
Witty religion names: “Merkelism” (Bringing the Euro since 0 AD. This is a take on the German leader Angela Merkel.)
Venice:
Witty city names: “Dennis the Venice” (A spoof of Dennis the Menace, this is hilarious in my opinion.)
Witty religion names: “Such Wow” (Considering the actual names of Venetian leaders were preceded with “Doge” this is a fitting reference.)
India:
Witty city names: “Didyourmumbai” (A spoof of the city “Mumbai”, it’s immaturely brilliant in my opinion.) “Italian Delhi” (A spoof of the city Delhi, it’s a delicious city for this civilization.)
Witty religion names: “Neh; Rule the World” (A spoof of the former Indian president Jawaharlal Nehru.)
Mongolia:
Witty city names: “Mulan Bator” (A spoof of the city Ulaanbator, the Mongolian capitol.)
Witty religion names: “KHAAAAAAAAAAN” (I had to. For the love of Shatner I had to. It’s a reference to Genghis Khan firstly, for those who might not know.)
Spain:
Witty city names: “Madreads” (Spoof of Madrid. Imagine the king of Spain with some beautiful dreadlocks. It’s Old Spice commercial worthy.)
Witty religion names: “Old Spice Trade” (Speaking of Old Spice, can you guide me to the New Indies?”)
America:
Witty city names:
“New Pork City” (Earthbound/Mother reference), “Washington B.C.” (A take on the fact that you usually start civilization in the year 3000 BC).
Witty religion names: “MURICA” (Heck yeah).
Korea:
Witty city names: “Seoul music” (A spoof on soul music.)
Egypt:
Witty city names: “Jeeves” (a spoof on the city of Thebes, and a reference to the old website “Ask Jeeves”), “Memphis BBQ” (a spoof of the city of Memphis, and a delicious one at that.) “Gy-ro” (A spoof of the city of Cairo, and of the European pronunciation of the word gyro.)
The Aztecs:
Witty religion names: “Irony” (Considering that religion was one of the causes that led to the downfall of the empire, I thought this was brilliant.)
Portugal:
Witty city names: “Sorto” (What happens when Porto can’t fully decide what it’s doing.)
Denmark:
Witty city names: “Copin-With-Haagen” (When you’re feeling sad, some Haagen Dazs therapy helps. And yes I know it’s not Danish.)
Arabia:
Witty city names: “Mekhhhhhhhhhhhhhha” (A spoof on the Arabic language, with its emphasis on the “kha” sound. If only Mecca was actually spelt like that lololol.) “Mah-dinna” (A spoof on “Medina” it’s now taken to sound is if you are saying “My diner.” I can now no longer look at the city name without pronouncing it that way.)
Indonesia:
Witty city names: “Jacreditcardta” (A spoof of the city “Jakarta”, it’s a pretty funny pun in my opinion.)
England:
Witty city names: “York-shire Pudding” (The dish has more power than you might have thought.) “I’m Lon-Done With This” (I can’t even.)
Witty religion names: “British Invasion” (A reference to the British Invasion of music, it’s brilliant seeing “Kathmandu wants the British Invasion”)
Carthage:
Witty city names: “Carnage” (Though usually a peaceful civilization, the city of Carnage is Carthage’s more sadistic alter-ego.)
Witty religion names: “White Flag” (The leader of Carthage is Dido, which is also the name of a 90’s singer. 90’s R&B references win.)
Persia:
Witty city names: “Kerr-Cepolis” (Spoof on the city of Persepolis, and the basketball announcer Steve Kerr, not the model Miranda Kerr, I would imagine the daily announcements being read in his voice would be pretty epic. If not, well then his nickname of the Czar is still pretty cool for the situation.)
Songhai:
Witty city names: “Zim-buck-tu” (spoof of Timbuktu, and a city that occurs when Invader Zim lives up to their name.)
Witty religion names: “Achebeism” (spoof of the author Chinua Achebe, I would be down for following this religion. Props to my friend for coming up with a culturally relevant name here.)
This is only about 60% of the names that I’ve seen while playing the game. Because of that, this is only part 1 of 2 parts, and I hope to get the second part up sometime soon. I hope you all enjoyed this blog, because it took a while to put together. I actually intended to put this as my April Fool’s blog, but it took a lot longer than expected. In either case, I hope that this was a good dose of humor for this workday. What did you think of the names? Did any name get you to laugh? Do you have any other names that might work well? Let me know what you think in the comments, and I’ll be sure to respond as soon as possible. Thanks for reading!