Every civilization has its own unique Home City, which add extra functionality to normal gameplay. Through the Home Cities, players can select and send shipments to their in-game colony. Shipments can deliver a variety of economic, land military and naval-oriented units or technology upgrades. Home Cities also enable more diverse or varied game-style decisions and situations. Players are also able to customize their Home City (except for native and Asian civilizations). The real- life city locations of the Home Cities are the following: In The Asian Dynasties expansion, the civilizations have: