Civ VII needs to explain to you why things happen more clearly, and give you actual data and information.

Basically title, but why is it so difficult to understand things like relics, how city conversions work, how to make peace, how to meet certain goals, win conditions, how districts work, etc? Why am I sitting here googling random Reddit forums to try to figure out basic game features because the civolopedia only has one line dedicated to it or nothing at all? Why can't I just clearly see my city's yields, which tile is producing what, and what yields are being shared between my towns and cities? How come I couldn't figure out what to do with my merchant for like an hour?

Obviously the UI is terrible and that's a huge factor, but I feel previous Civ entries were data/information driven. Different maps, statistic screens, etc. I could always pinpoint what was happening in my empire and why.

Now, I feel completely detached from what is happening on screen. Why am I making 400 gold per turn? What triggers narrative events? How does the age countdown work? What happened to my units, did they die, which one died? Where is my science coming from? Why did I have 250 happiness and then 6 happiness, and then 280 happiness? Why is it so easy to win without even knowing what I'm doing?

I feel like the bones of the game are fun and interesting but holy hell firaxis, please make this game something that I can actually feel invested in.