Never Underestimate a Civilization V Opponent

CCC Says: "It's been a while, so a friend and I decided to settle into another one of our epic Civilization V battles. We like to do this every once in a while, you know? Sit down for about three or four hours straight and see who's better. Our last encounter, in which he was Japan and I was Egypt, ended with my nuking one of his cities. (He claimed it was a peaceful city of artists, but that was surely a lie.) I ended up pulling off a Utopia Project win after that though, of which I was especially proud."