Also I have a slightly updated version of this model, not enough to post it right now. If u want it ask.

Also any model leaders who can send me what type of characters you want for your models (FE the Tech will have Scientists and Inventors and maybe one other) and how you want them to interact with your model(s). I may also if i deem ness find ways of having them interact with other models.

The characters, like historical assistants, are involved in the detailed minutaie of life that are represented by the game figures. A good general should be able to "beat the odds" and produce upset victories. A good economic manager should be able to create "production miracles" that result in higher effeciency. This kind of tactical or managerial talent is best represented by direct changes in the numbers.

The players, like historical rulers, do not need to know exactly how such things are done and the computer does not need to model them extensively. I think that the players will accept that some assistants just do a better job than others, and that the results of their work are expressed in the game numbers. This is not really cheating; it is a simple way of quantifying talent.

Merchants -- able to transport x% more cargo, leading to higher profits
Bankers -- be able to lend more of their capital than usual, reduce economic cycle strength in their civ
Industrialists -- (I guess you had this down as guild leader/CEO) -- increased industrial production, possible problems from monopolies?
Economic Planner -- able to favorably influenced the economy in lots of little ways, would provide small production bonuses everywhere, generally resulting in better economic growth. Obviously if the economic planner were used at the whole-civ level, the effects would be relatively modest but broadly felt.

I'll give an example from the tech model:

Scientists: Generally increase rp production all around by X percent.
(Specialist Scientist) Geologist: increases rp production in certain fields relating to geology. Does so more than a general scientist

Note that if he were assigned somehow to an area not of his expertise, the result would be slightly less than a scientist in general, but still an increase.

I just had what I think is a good idea on one of the ways that we can give characters more personality. I may have said this before, but at the risk of repeating myself...

Characters can have well-defined levels of risk-taking. Because of the way we are doing the AI, different approaches to solving problems will not only have different levels of "quality" of solution, they will also have riskiness attached to them. So some characters would be risk averse, and others willing to stake it all on a big gamble. So in determining where they would like to utilize characters, the player will have to weigh things like whether a great general is overly conservative, or tends to be a loose cannon. This might make the general suitable for some tasks, and more of a harm than a help in others.

Daringness: How much risk the character is willing to take.

Morals: How much they abide by the morals of their inherant ethic group and/or civ.

Enthusiasm: How well they do the job task they are assigned to do. I'd like this to be able to be relative to specific tasks if possible.

Ego: Higher this is the more respect they will claim. Also those of lower economic classes will be treater more porely as well as those of opposing social classes.

Defiance: This is the measure of dislike for authority. I'd also like to make this one relative to different characters like Enthusiasm.

Here's a list of characters that for now at least could be useful for govt, social and riots models. I don't want to get involved yet in solving how exactly these characters will affect things (to avoid commiting myself in a lot of threads), so I'm just helping you have an overall idea of characters for these models.

Social Model
Profet: Increases spreading speed for a religion.
Nationalist leader: Increases nationalism for an ethnic group.
Religious Fanatic: Increases Importance of Religion in all ethnic groups with a given religion.
Ethnic Fanatic: Decreases Ethnic Tolerance in an ethnic group.

Riots Model
Extremist: Increases chances for events (protests, attempts of murdering the ruler, etc)
Special police agent: Decreases chances for events.