((Has anyone made the connection to what collection of civs inspired this game?))
You are Cronut, the god of invention and magic, patron of the Artino clan.
Their military is a band of Druidic warriors who use advanced magical weapons. They may not have the most advanced weaponry, but they do have decent magical weapons.
The city has good comodations, sewers, roads, and well built buildings. Their magic allows for even better quality crafts and machines.
The temple is made of magical clockwork. There are three priests who can talk to you, each reigns over a different part of the civ.
One reigns over the military and it's decisions.
One reigns over the government and it's running.
The last reigns over the people and their jobs, the every day life.
They each send messages from those under them to you to present their problems.
In turn they hope for you to send a reply, through action or word.
Because of the muster around the temple only the three high priests are allowed to enter, and rarely their apprentices.
Today is the aniversary of the fifth year since settlement and the priests call upon you for a few new requests. But firstly you should recall the past 4 years.
Year 1: The boats arrived and the people came ashore, they chopped down trees and constructed housing. They scouted safe places and mark dangers.
Year 2: The people constructed their city and began searching for a patron. A war band of a military also formed to protect the people from danger.
Year 3: Development of the sewers and cleaner places begins, the roads are made allowing travel through the city. The people find you.
Year 4: the temple is made and the priests selected. The development is done and the military armed with new toys.
Now the priests requests for the year
Military: The soilders have encountered a re-occurring threat in the hills just north of the cutting woods, they report dead things rising and attacking, though the attacks are few for now those killed in the attacks, their bodies disappear.
Government: the people want to set up a system to govern themselves and they ask you to decide.
People: what should be our attire and what morals shall guide us?