A low Government score increases the Cohesion resting point, a middle score lowers the Cohesion resting point, while a high score draws the Cohesion resting point towards a central value of 5, and simultaneously increases research production. The Government score impacts the Cohesion score. It changes by -0.001 per 2 Investment Points in the Unity priority. Government increases by 0.005 per 2 Investment Points in the Knowledge priority. This impacts many things, including national stability and cohesion, research production, corruption, economic growth and the effectiveness of the military in controlling unrest.

These circumstances are tracked and made visible to the player, who can take various actions to modify them.Ī nation's Government score measures the amount of democracy in a country, which represents things like civil liberties, popular selection of leaders, press freedoms, and rule of law via an independent judiciary. Different events throughout the game may alter the qualities of a nation significantly.

The prosperity and stability of Earth's nations, already tenuous in many places, has been thrown into doubt in light of the alien arrival.

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