Tier I: Superpowers

1. Persia: Highest net gold per turn. Conqueror of Babylon's core. Totally-not-lead by NB, one of the smartest and craftiest players in CHG. It's no surprise that they're the sole faction in the exclusive Superpower tier this part.

Tier II: Major Powers

2. Georgia: Conqueror of Babylon's northern cities, and home of the first and dankest religion in Mk7. With their high production, top-tier science and social policies, I'd expect Wiz's motley crew to be leading the scoreboards well into the endgame.

3. Oman: Conqueror of Babylon's southwestern border cities, at least until their AI burnt them all down. Still doing alright, and aggressively expanding westwards onto the Dead Sea. Another solid contender for the endgame, if I do say so myself.

4. Byzantium: Byzantium has a decent core, and acceptable statistics. However, their lack of aggression has seen them conquer absolutely nobody this part. Sad! This, along with a continuous string of plot failures, and a near-empty treasury (about one-tenth the size of the next-highest civilization's), makes them lose their top spot to Babylon's trio of conquerors.

Tier III: Regional Powers

5. Egypt: Home of used glass salesmen, triple agents named Taqn, and continually repeating the same plots each part in hope that they'll finally succeed. Egypt is a mixed bag. Their respectable (if not amazing) statistics, and large roster of competent players, make them still a contender, if not a leading one.

6. Phoenicia: Reformer leads his adoptive faction into further redacted plotting this part. It's hard to say just what their plans are, due to the aforementioned redaction, but with Reformer in charge, whatever they do is bound to be both extremely effective, and extremely slimy.

7. Assyria: Caesar's death cult, which split from the Babylon just at the right moment, will be interesting to watch evolve over the coming parts. While their stats aren't top tier just yet, their auspicious timing certainly is.

Tier IV: City-States

8. Jerusalem: The only city-state to actually submit this part! Congratulations on your undisputed dominance of your tier!

9. Trebizond: Forgot to submit this part. Smh bum.

10. Brahain: Removed from the roster do to extreme laziness. Sad!

Tier V: Rump States

11. Babylon: Press F to pay respects.