You laugh, but if any nation was able to plan all their decisions that far in the future we wouldn't be in the middle of a climate crisis. Too bad that specific long-term decision was not the most useful
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Even if it won't be used for ships, having a supply of good wood is not a bad thing. There's so many other possible uses for it that it's basically never a bad idea to plant trees.
Doesn’t the US have a forest maintained for this purpose?
The have a forest simply to maintain a single ship, the Constitution.
Something something ... Theseus.
when you invest a bunch of time in Civilization securing a resource only for a unit upgrade to make it useless
When your cities want whales so you invade England.
Playing the long game
Truly a pro gamer move
The Danes were obviously golfers.