Cheats
Hit ENTER, and then type any of the following cheats:

1000 resources: cheat resource all+1000

AI state:   
All players human:  
Ally with nation:   
Create building:
Create unit or building:
Computer control off:
Computer control on:
Defeat nation:
Deploy units:
Edit commerce level:
Edit library tech levels:
Edit military level:
Edit nation age:
Edit resource:
Edit science level for nation:
Edit technology:
Finish building or item:
Full map:
Kill selected objects:
Machine guns around capitals:
Meet nation:
Nuclear Strike:
Pack units:
Pause:
Peace:
Set damage:
Set difficulty:
Show achievements:
Show combat ranges:
Toggle exploration:
Turn encounter off with nation:
Victory for nation:
War with nation:
Wild Bird:
cheat ai (on, off or debug)
cheat sandbox
cheat ally (nation name)
cheat insert (number)(type)(who=RED)(x,y)
cheat add (number)(type)(who=RED)(x,y)
cheat human (name)
cheat computer (name)
cheat defeat (nation name)
cheat deploy
cheat commerce (number)(nation name)
cheat library (number)(nation name)
cheat military (number)(nation name)
cheat age (number)(nation name)   
cheat resource (name)(goodtype or all)(+ or -)(number)
cheat science (number)(nation name)
cheat tech (name)(tech or all)(on or off)
cheat finish
cheat reveal (on or off)
cheat die
cheat safe
cheat meet (nation name)
cheat nuke
cheat pack
cheat pause (0 or 1)
cheat peace (nation name)
cheat damage (name or no entry)(+ or -)(number)
cheat diff (0-5)
cheat achieve
cheat ranges (0 or 1)
cheat explore (normal, explored, all)
cheat unmeet (nation name)
cheat victory (nation name)
cheat war (nation name)
cheat bird
Editing units

Doing this can allow you to change stats of units.

First find your rise of nations folder. then go to the ''data'' folder. Find the file called ''unitrules''. right-click on it and go to properties. be sure to select only archive and disable read-only. open this document using preferable mircosoft word. Then be sure to read the information. Next you can edit any unit. Be sure not to change the names of the units this can cause errors


Increase population limit

PART I -- Find your Rise Of Nations folder in your Microsoft games directory in the program files folder in your C drive. Go into the data folder, and look for rules.xml, right-click the file and select open in notepad. Press Ctrl+F, and type in <POP_CAP> to search for it. From here you can edit the desired population limit entries in quotation marks. Also, search for and edit <MAX_POP_LIMIT> value and type in the same number that you entered for the last entry in the pop cap field.

PART II -- Then press Ctrl+F, and search poplimits. Edit each category to the desired population cap you would like. Then type in the desired population limits in the data brackets under each category.

For example, the end result would be:

<POP_CAP entry0=''2500'' entry1=''5000'' entry2=''7500'' entry3=''10000'' entry4=''12500'' entry5=''15000'' entry6=''17500'' entry7=''90000 pop cap''/>
then,
<MAX_POP_LIMIT value=''90000 pop cap''/>
then,
<CATEGORIES id=''poplimits'' title=''Population:''>
<CATEGORY name=''5000''>
<DATA>5000 </DATA>
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