Memoriapolis: All Cultures And What They Do, Explained

In Memoriapolis, you grow a city from just a City Center to a bustling town of the Antiquity Age and see it transition to the Middle Ages and onwards. The people joining your city, due to its increasing attraction, always join one out of six Cultures in the game. Each Culture helps shape your city in the direction you take; therefore, learning about Cultures is the best starting point in Memoriapolis.

All Cultures in Memoriapolis

Here is the list of Cultures in the Early Access version of Memoriapolis:

1. Production
2. Military
3. Religion
4. Education
5. Commercial
6. Politics

Note: This guide is based on the Early Access version of Memoriapolis. As the game evolves and moves toward full release, the content is subject to change.

Production

As the name suggests, Production culture specializes in resource generation and reserve management in your city. A greater presence of factions belonging to Production Culture helps increase resource productivity, stocks, and speed over time.

Here is a list of all Production Culture buildings in each Age of Memoriapolis.

Building	Age	Size	Workers Required
Ceramic Workshop	Antiquity Age	Medium	17
Khrusokhoeion	Antiquity Age	Medium	19
Agalma Workshop	Antiquity Age	Big	25
Ergasterion	Antiquity Age	Small	17
Ropery	Middle Age	Small	65
Glazed Pottery Workshop	Middle Age	Small	65
Spice Trade	Middle Age	Medium	112

Military

Military Culture specializes in preventing and managing various risks, such as negative rallies and ramparts. It can help stop factions of the city from fighting each other and strengthen your city’s defenses against outside dangers.

Here is the list of Military Culture buildings you can find in the game:

Building	Age	Size	Workers Required
Arena	Antiquite Age	Medium	14
Statio	Antiquite Age	Medium	21
Castrum	Antiquite Age	Big	17
Dungeon	Middle Age	Medium	59
Stables	Middle Age	Small	70
Castellum	Middle Age	Big	124

Religion

The Religion Culture manages the urban wanderers around your city and helps them find a suitable culture for settlement. As you progress, you also unlock the Urban Planning Rules, which basically help you evolve previous-age buildings into new ones.

Here are the buildings of Religion Culture:

Building	Age	Size	Workers Required
Aesculapium	Antiquity Age	Medium	16
Templum	Antiquity Age	Medium	18
Necropolis	Antiquity Age	Big	25
Hostel Dieu	Middle Age	Medium	65
Abbey	Middle Age	Small	76
Church	Middle Age	Medium	118
Cemetery	Middle Age	Big	124
Gregorian School	Middle Age	Medium	118

Education

The people belonging to the Education Culture are masters of learning and know-how (The Library) building. Through this building, you can unlock the unique effects of buildings for the rest of the Cultures.

The more presence this faction has in the city, the greater its impact on Creativity satisfaction stat.

Here is a list of Education Culture buildings you can find in the game:

Building	Age	Size	Workers Required
Agoge Center	Antiquity Age	Small	14
Schola	Antiquity Age	Medium	18
Theatrum	Antiquity Age	Big	25
Ludus Magnum	Antiquity Age	Medium	19
Universitas	Middle Age	Medium	59
Moustier	Middle Age	Medium	82
Episcopal School	Middle Age	Medium	118

Commercial

The Commercial Culture specializes in trade routes, profits, and giving your city more opportunities to get gold coins. Factions joining the Commercial Culture provide new trade routes and generate passive income per cycle gold coins.

Here are the buildings from the Commercial Culture:

Building	Age	Size	Workers Required
Via Aedificium	Antiquity Age	Small	17
Poleterion	Antiquity Age	Medium	25
Emporium	Antiquity Age	Medium	21
Guild	Middle Age	Big	70
Wheelwright Workshop	Middle Age	Medium	76
Portus	Middle Age	Medium	118

Politics

Politics is an important Culture in Memoriapolis as it impacts people from the other five cultures in your city. It mainly specializes in passing decrees using the House of Grievances, where you can temporarily control the behavior of factions if a decree for a particular one is passed by the House.

Here is the list of Politics Culture buildings in the game:

Building	Age	Size	Workers Required
Forum	Antiquity Age	Big	16
Heliaea	Antiquity Age	Small	17
Thermae	Antiquity Age	Big	25
Mallus	Middle Age	Small	53
Manor	Middle Age	Big	88
Demeure	Middle Age	Medium	88

Best Culture in Memoriapolis

While each Culture has its place in the game, not all of them seem equally utilized, especially in the case of Memoriapolis’s Early Access. The Education Culture has a massive impact through its Know-How (The Library) building, but you only get to access it when you are nearing the end of the Middle Ages, and that is also the end of Early Access.

Throughout our entire 15 hours of experience in the game, we saw little to no use of the Military Culture. You can use the House of Grievance and pass decree from the Military Culture to influence the masses but we never felt the need to use that.

The best Cultures, therefore, especially in the Early Access of Memoriapolis are the Production and Commercial cultures. The former increases resource productivity by applying various passive boosts and the latter helps you make more Gold Coins in the city by giving trade routes and passive income.

That is why establishing as many buildings from the Production and Commercial Cultures in your city would be in your best interest.