Of course Civ 4 is liberal. When you win the game it ranks your score and awards you a title, like "You have the leadership qualities of Ghenghis Khan," or something to that effect. But if you beat the game and do so without many extra points, it tells you that you have the leadership qualities of Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle is the worst ranking you can recieve.
It's still a fun game.
Hear, hear! I've been playing Civ for over 10 years, and each version adds to the fun. I just bought Civ 4, but keep going back to Civ 3, because of the new scenarios produced by other players. The latest, Anno Domini, is a 384MB file, with new civs, technologies, units, etc. I'm just fascinated by the work that goes into this.
In fact, I've been working on a scenario based on Atlas Shrugged, off and on for the past year. To really do it right, I'd need at least two weeks in seclusion to finish it. Probably more, to build it for Civ 4.
I'd recommend to Berlin Freeper that he/she build their own scenario/mod to suit his/her purpose. Civ 4 was developed for that purpose, i.e. easier modding.
I highly recommend the website Civfanatics.com, if you haven't been there already.