[Alneyan]

Death isn't too bad usually, as the population decrease will take a *long* while to really matter: you will need 70 turns to lose a third of your pop in the capital, even with Death 3, and you should have other sources of income by then.

R'lyeh will have a harder time getting those nice provinces with gold sites though, and Death does result in more common plagues, so I would only take Death if those 120 points could be put to good use (I picked Water 2 in exchange for Death 3, and +1 to Dominion, and I know it wasn't worth it).