Image:20xGoldenAge5.png Golden Ages are periods of great flourishing for an empire, periods during which everything seems to be working just perfectly as if the gods have suddenly smiled upon us. In Civilization V, Image:20xGoldenAge5.png Golden Ages are periods during which your civilization receives bonus Image:20xProduction5.png Production, Image:20xGold5.png Gold, and Image:20xCulture5.png Culture for a limited number of turns. In addition, there will be no periods of Anarchy if you decide to adopt a social policy which is mutually exclusive with an existing policy.