Ideal List of Civilizations and Leaders in Civilization VI (or other iterations)

Leaders List (1st tentactive)
Vatican

Cesare Borgia (Military), Pope John XXIII (Diplomacy), Pope Leo X (Economy), St. Peter (Unique Leader)
Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi (Military), Count of Cavour (Diplomacy), Alcide De Gasperi (Economy), Vittorio Emmanuele II (Unique Leader)
Rome
Julius Caesar (Military), Hadrian (Diplomacy), Augustus (Economy), Gracchi Brothers (Unique Leaders)
France
Joan of Arc (Military), Cardinal Richelieu (Diplomacy), Charles de Gaulle (Economy), Napoleon (Unique Leader)
Spain
Francisco Franco (Military), Felipe González (Diplomacy), Phillip II (Economy), Isabella the Catholic (Unique Leader)
Portugal
Dom João II (Military), António Salazar (Diplomacy), Maria I (Economy), Vasco da Gama (Unique Leader)
 
Canada

Leader: Sir John A. Macdonald

Special Building: Hockey Arena, improvement to colosseum, +3 happiness +2 culture.

Special Unit: Joint Task Force 2

All Civilizations and City States start with Friendly Relations when meeting Canada.
 
Well, I'm basically advocating for a completely different game - a civilisation development simulator, as opposed to a complicated board game where you play as historical civilisations. :p

A "civilization development simulator" sounds AMAZING. That would be my dream come true in the video game industry. I would love to help design it.
 
Inuit, Mound Builders, Shoshone, Iroquois, Cherokee, Dakota, Aztecs, Maya, Olmec, Inca, Celts, Gauls, Estruca, Sami, Uralic, Mycenae, Hittites, Sea People, Phoenicians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Akkadians, Elamites, Parsi, Parthians, Medians, Arabians, Hebrews, Egyptians, Berbers, Malians, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ethiopia, Swahili, Zulu, Nubians, Kush, Mohenjo-Daro, Aryans, Hindi, Dravidians, Burmese, Siamese, Chinese, Manchu, Southern Song, Mongols, Turks, Kazakhs, Cossacks, Koreans, Japanese, Indonesians, Vietnamese, Khmer, Maori, Hawaiians, Canadians, Americans, Mexicans, Cubans, Gran Colombians, Peruvians, Brazilians, Argentines, Bolivians, English, Scottish, Welsh, French, Dutch, Belgians, Spanish, Catalans, Portuguese, Greeks, Romans, Italians, Swiss, Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Icelanders, Finns, Austrians, Hungarians, Yugoslavs, Burgundians, Albanians, Bulgarians, Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Romanians, Roma, Turks, Syrians, Iraqis, Israelis, Hashemites, Muscat, Trucial States, Soviets, Libyans, Algerians, Moroccans, Nigerians, South Africans, Congolese, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperialist Japan, Indians, Burmese, Tibetans, Chechens, Laotians, Hmong, Uigers, Taiwanese, Filipinos, Australians, Kiwis, Fijians, Spacemen, Martians, Venutians, Klingon, Borg, Galactic Empire, Jedi, Rebellion, Holy Britannic Empire, Oceania, Eastasia, Eurasia, World State, U.N., L.O.N., Papal States, Umayyads, Jewish Khazars, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Ireland, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Quebecois, Louisiana, New Netherlands, Prussia, Bavaria, Kievan Rus, Belorussia, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Tannu Tuva, Confederates, Cromwell's Commonwealth, Athens, Sparta, Sudanese, Byzantines, Armenians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Afghanis, Nepalese, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Macau, Brunei, Malaysia, Micronesians, Melanesians, Polynesians, Guatemala, Transylvania, Venice, Milan, Sicily, Corsica, Novorossiya, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transniestria, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Galicia, Brittany, Seychelles, Mauritania, West Indies, Timor-Leste, Military Order of the Knights of St. John, Kenya, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Fedex, UPS, Valspar, National Geographic, Catholicism, Judaism, Protestantism, Orthodoxy, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Jainism, AH.com, Mine craft, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Maoism, Bolshevism, Leninism-Stalinism, Freud, Jackson Pollock, World Federation (from Voyage to Alpha Centauri), Regnum Pacis, OneRepublic, Maryland, Maine, Nebraska, Alberta, Cornwall, Canton, City of London, Underground Nazis, Moon Nazis, Space Nazis, Underwater Nazis, Sky Nazis, Extra-dimensional Nazis, Time-travelling Nazis, Computer Nazis, New World Order, Reptilian Aliens, Alpha Centauri, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica, Australiasia, Afro-Eurasia, Aceh, Democrats, Republics, Blame Obama, NAFTA, EU, ASEAN, APEC, the Commonwealth, Karelia, Lappland, Cameroon, Malta, Panama, Cape Verde, Bahamas, Newfoundland, Cascadia, Lauraist Communist Minnesota, Harvard, Yale, Homer, Aesop, Inevitable Republic of Deseret, Middle East, Zoroastrian Empire, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Siberia, Midwest, New York, New England, GeoJuggernaut says screw Calbear, Great Lakes Republic, Texas, California, Alaska, Carthage, Niger, Senegal, Western Sahara, Occitania, Normandy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Papua, Guyana, Somalia, Liberia, Huns, Goths, Hesse, Saxons, Rhineland, Habsburgs, Amish, Norse fire, Liechtenstein, Choctaw, Ojibwe, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Vikings, Castille, Aragon, Granada, Basques, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Kalmar Union, Ottomans, Yemen, Crusaders, Kurds, Navajo, Apache, Savoy, Genoa, Tuscany, Moravia, Frisia, Luxembourg, Suriname, Golden Horde, Sikhs, Rajputs, Daleks, Yeerks, Covenant, X-Men, Skynet, Macedonia, Minoa, and...

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

You forgot Moscow, Novgorod, Novgorod-Seversky, Vladimir-Suzdal, Vladimir, Suzdal, Nizhny Novgorod, Vinland, Markland, Eastern Rumelia, Orleans, Guyenne, Sedan, Bar, Xi Xia, Xinjiang, Xin Dynasty, Wied-Neuwied, Wied-Runkel, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Lauenburg, Hannover, Funan, Pyu, Zangids, Trastamara, Maharastra, Karachev, Belyov, Novosil, Mosalsk, Trebizond, Nanzhao, Khwarizm, Pechenegs, Polovtsi, Vandals, Sabines, Teutonic Order, Avars, Alans, Sarmatians, Drevliani, Vyatichi, Krivichi, Britons, Angles, Jutes, Gutians, Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Bosnians, Kosovo, Montenegro, Axum, Suenik, Kizzuwatna, Arzawa, and the Delian League.

And probably several hundred more that I also didn't remember (and/or didn't have enough time to list).
I'll try to update that list later.
At least you have Sparta. I thought for a minute that you didn't have that one either.
 
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