It is up to you where your civilization will start, but the game does give you a fair few choices such as America, England, Germany, and so on. The thing is, it never gets old and that is certainly the case here too. It is a goal that is pretty much standard in all the Civilization games along with many other games of this style.
As is the case with all the games in the series, your goal in Civilization 3 is to rise from the stone age all the way up to the modern age.
