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Los Alamos Wonder

This mod adds the Los Alamos Laboratory, home to the USA's nuclear program, to the game as a Wonder.

Founded in 1942 in the early days of the Manhattan Project, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, under conditions of intense secrecy, formed the core of American nuclear weapons research. Built atop a high mesa in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the site spent most of its operational lifespan under heavy guard; conditions of secrecy were so strict that even other groups associated with American national defence were either unaware of its existence or ignorant of its true purpose. It was host to thousands of employees, including many of the greatest Nobel Prize-winning physicists of its era.

The Los Alamos Laboratory is a Wonder designed to turn a city into a high-powered scientific hub, suitable for the development of atomic technology, at the cost of its growth and cultural developement. Unlocked at Atomic Theory with the Freedom ideology, it provides a +25% bonus to Science, a +15% bonus to Production, 1 free unit of Uranium and 3 points/turn towards a Great Scientist. However, it also reduces the city's Culture, Gold and Growth rates by 15% across the board.