Turn Zero Initial Build Rules 

• You have 500 GP and 250 NFP to customize your Open Empire.
• You can build new military units except for Frigates.
• You can increase any Quality Rating by 1 for 75 GP and 25 NFP.
• You can increase any Intelligence, Assassin or Religious Operational Capacity by 1 for 75 GP and 25 NFP.
• You can increase any Intelligence, Assassin or Religious Operational Bonus by 1 for 75 GP and 25 NFP.
• You can increase your Infrastructure or Bureaucratic Level by 1 for 150 GP and 50 NFP.
• You cannot increase any National Statistic by more than 1.
• You can build cities or increase existing cities as per Section 5.7 in the Basic Rules.
• You can build Public Works (PWBs) as per Section 5.3.2 in the Basic Rules.
• You can build Postal and/or Royal Roads as per Section 5.8.4-5.8.5 in the Basic Rules.
• You can perform Regional Cultivation as per Section 5.8.7 in the Basic Rules.
• You cannot construct any Canals, Great Walls or Religious Monuments, nor perform Intense Cultivation.
• You can build Guilds and/or Elemental Shrines as per the L35: Lords of Steam Expanded Rules
• A fraction (10%) of any GP or NFP that is not used on any of the above can be saved.  No fractional NFP.