Buildings

Divan

The Divan is the most expensive of the six imar buildings, and your empire can hold only one — the same limit as Monument. It is unlocked by the Order node, the imar branch's doctrine, and the doctrine is exclusive (Research and the tech tree).

Its effects

• Revolt in inherited cities −1 turns
• Score +6

It has two separate effects: it raises score directly (like Monument) and it shortens the revolt duration of cities you inherit through a capital's fall (Victory conditions).

Its score is half the Monument's

The Divan's score contribution is half the Monument's. That is a deliberate choice: a doctrine building is not a score-race building — what makes the Divan worth choosing is the revolt shortening, the score is only a bonus.

One per empire, but the revolt shortening does not stack

Like the Monument, if one of your cities holds a Divan or has one waiting in its queue, you cannot queue a second one in any city. But a second Divan can still come into your hands through conquest — take a rival's capital with a Divan already built, and you hold two.

In that case the revolt shortening does not stack: the highest among multiple Divans counts, they are not added on top of each other. The score contribution, however, is counted separately for each Divan — the same "score changes hands if captured" rule from Monument applies here too.

When to build it

• If you chose the nizam doctrine and you frequently take over cities beyond your capital: a city you inherit produces no income (bar the Law share) and does not advance its queue while in revolt (Victory conditions); the Divan shortens that time, letting you cash in on conquest sooner.
• The Divan spends a building slot and costs a lot — it is a late-game item like Monument, not something to build right after choosing your doctrine, but in a city whose production has no other priority waiting.

The opposing AI treats the Divan differently from the other imar buildings: it is already a candidate before its city quota is full, it will not build near an enemy, and once the quota is full its weight rises markedly (The AI opponent).

The numbers on this page are read from the game’s balance tables.