The potential for Victoria 3 level of econ

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So I've been playing Stellaris for a long time, over 2k hours total But I've also been playing Viccy 3 lately and it makes me wish there was just a bit more for the economic game of Stellaris

This is just me fantasizing but imagine if each empire had their own markets, companies and special resources that they could make. It would expand upon the Galactic market because of the possibility of trading between empires This could also be a crisis, akin to the Monopoly crisis path mod, where one empire becomes far too relied upon by the galaxy as a whole I feel it would be so cool to have specific empires love you more because you are producing high quality goods, other empires dislike you because you're doing better than them or even you being able to scam other empires with poor quality goods lol

You can have, say, Fine Zro, Nutrient Dense Fruit, Neutronium alloy, Psionic Infused Appliances (or Sentient AI ones), etc. There is even a bit of cross ascension potential too! Specialized limbs traded from Synthetic empires to Cyber empires (or vise versa).

There is just so much potential with a hyper-detailed economy system in Stellaris

By all means, I think this would be better as a mod or an optional expansion as opposed to a proper change. I am just an econ nerd that has found myself loving the economic side of Victoria more and I'm curious what this community would say!

Posted Jul 29, 2025, 6:09 AM UTC

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