Venice

As Duncan
Venice was a short lived unsucessful country run by the Doge (Mighty king) Duncan in the Yogscast's Civ 5 series. Venice's most dire problem was that it was placed in the middle of a desert which caused many problems for its future. Most of the land around it was claimed by the Mallacan and Shoshone people. The only assests of the city had were several herds of elephant and some dye. The lack of assists and building buildings that the CPU had also built rendering turns useless led the empire to its downfall.

The End
The growing French Empire led by the notoriously aggressive Lewis proposed a city on the outskirts of "Sandland". This lead to military action by Duncan. Dreadfully outnumbered, French troops surrounded Sandland. After the declaration of war Sjin and his Shoeshone Empire provided aid in troops but when the reinforcements arrived they were too little, too late. Venice's capital Sandland was annexed by the Holy Frenchist army lead by General Robert E Lee, which let to French occupation of the small city. Despite this the Venice people were always happy.

As Sips
The successful yet losing nation of Venice was run by Doge Sips. Situated on a bay, surrounded by Duncan and many city states, it had many resources and trading opportunities. Despite this Sips' lack of experience in Civ 5 lead to the discovery of the wheel in 110AD. For millennia Venice struggled with the inadequacy of the Doge and despite mass happiness struggled to rise above last on the points table.

The empire increased in 700AD when Sips made Kathmandu, the city that's ties ties was of major importance to Venice, a puppet nation. In 1220AD the empire increased again with the puppeting of Geneva. 1400AD was the year when Sips broke out from being last and in the next 500 years grew to become a nation of large political prowess. This was due to the borders growing to include many more puppet states and its somewhat neutrality leading to being the host of the 'Crapmaster 3000' world congress.