The East India Company increases the wealth of a Civilization by dominating transcontinental commerce. With the blessing of its mother country, this <l:6,64>Wonder<e> uses a mixture of force and reward to grant the owning Civilization 5 <l:6,92>gold<e> per foreign <l:6,59>trade route<e> crossing over water, giving all ships one additional movement point and allowing all boats to move in <l:5,11>Deep Waters<e>. What's more, the value of <l:6,94>goods<e> in the host <l:6,104>City<e> increases by +150%.