There are ambitious Minecraft mods, then there's the kind that tries to turn Mojang's game into one of the best (and most epic) strategy games of all time, Civilization.
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CivilizationCraft, as it is so un-catchily named, does just that. You play like any other Civilization game, building your nation from one settlement to a globe-spanning empire (or 'civilisation', if you will).
The multiplayer mod features a lot of what makes the Civ series so great, like trade goods, conflicts, tech trees, spies, wonders and diplomacy, among many others - oh, and mining. Because it's Minecraft. Obviously.
You can see more images and read more in-depth descriptions of what CivilizationCraft entails right here. Try and resist getting involved after drinking all that in, I dare you.
You can find the mod to download and servers to join on the CivCraft site, and more discussion is going on in the dedicated subreddit.
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