The Cold War is the third Era in Tropico 5 preceding the Modern Times Era After the World Wars Era.
This Era takes place in the latter half of the 20th century, starting in 1946. During this time, the struggle between capitalism and communism reaches a head as tensions build between the USA and the USSR. Tourism becomes a popular industry as war weary tourists come to the island paradise to recuperate and reproduce or secretly spy on other foreigners. Uranium also becomes an available resource to export or use in Tropico's own nuclear infrastructure. Also, the oil industry becomes available during this era.
To progress to the Modern Era, the player must build a nuclear program, or a space program.
Buildings
- Aircraft Carrier (requires research "Precision Bombing")
- Airport (requires research "Flight")
- Apartment
- Automated Mine
- Beach Site
- Cabana Village
- Cabin
- Cathedral
- Circus
- Economy Hotel
- Factory Farm
- Family Resort
- Furniture Factory
- Hacienda
- Hang Gliding Club
- Historic Inn
- Hospital
- Museum
- National Park
- Nuclear Power Plant (requires research "The Peaceful Atom")
- Nuclear Program (requires research "The Hostile Atom")
- Oil Refinery (requires research "Oil")
- Oil Well (requires research "Oil")
- Pharmaceutical Company
- SuperMarket (requires research "Sliced Bread")
- Supermax Prison
- Space Program (requires research "Space")
- TV Station
- Vehicle Factory (requires research "The Wheel")
- Waste Treatment Plant
DLC/ Expansion Buildings
- Defense HQ (requires Generalissimo DLC / Tropico 5: Hostile Takeover)
- Dolphinarium (requires Surf's Up DLC / Tropico 5: Paradise Lost)
- Supercomputer (requires Supercomputer DLC /Tropico 5: Epic Meltdown)
Tropico 5: Espionage
- Mechanized Garrison (requires Tropico 5: Espionage)
- Ministry of Information (requires Tropico 5: Espionage)
- Police Blimp (requires Tropico 5: Espionage)
- Radar (requires Tropico 5: Espionage)
Tropico 5: Waterborne
- Bathysphere (requires Tropico 5: Waterborne) (Entertainment)
- Glass Bottom Restaurant (requires Tropico 5: Waterborne) (Entertainment)
- Nuclear Submarine (requires Tropico 5: Waterborne) (Military)
- Tidal Power Plant (requires Tropico 5: Waterborne) (Infrastructure)
Edicts
- Big Brother
- Contraception Ban
- Geological Survey
- Hydraulic Fracking
- Immunization Campaign
- International Summit
- "Organic" Campaign
- Provoke the Rebels
- Secret Police
- Sensitivity Training
- Tourism Campaign
- Waste Sorting
Factions
- The Environmentalists
- The Industrialists
Powers
- The USA
- The USSR
Research
- Oil: Oil Well, Oil Refinery
- Executives: Managers with Entertainment Skills
- Democracy: Personal Rights, Economy Structure and Media Independence options in Constitution
- Flight: Airport
- Naive Foreigners: International Summit, Tourism Campaign and Organic Campaign edicts
- Sliced Bread: Supermarket
- Flexible Principles: Amend the Constitution can be used more often
- The Wheel: Vehicle Factory
- The Peaceful Atom: Mining for Uranium, Nuclear Power Plant
- Space: Space Program
- Precision Bombing: Aircraft Carrier
- The Hostile Atom: Nuclear Program