A Guide to Ethos: Why government matters when choosing expansions
I think most people are familiar with the fact that our control ethos (Covert) prefers Communism, Cooperative, Feudal and Dictatorship governments, and doesn't like Democracies, and this affects the Fortification Trigger.
But our expansion ethos (Social) works slightly differently. There are certain governments which we find it easy to expand into, needing to destroy fewer resistance ships in Violent Protests, which is really handy given our low manpower. When choosing expansion targets, it helps to have a look at both the target system government and whether certain government types dominate the area within 15LY of it:
| Ethos | Affects | Good Govts | Bad Govts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expansion (Social) | Expansion trigger | Communism, Cooperative, Confederacy | Feudal, Theocracy, Prison Colony |
| Control (Covert) | Fortification trigger | Communism, Cooperative, Feudal, Dictatorship | Democracy |
We have to balance ease of expansion with ease of fortification depending on our circumstances, but overall, I'd put governments in the following order of preference:
- Communism, Cooperative
- Dictatorship
- Confederacy, Feudal
- Corporate, Patronage, Colony, Imperial
- Anarchy (easy to undermine)
- Theocracy, Prison Colony
- Democracy
Posted Nov 17, 2015, 10:57 AM UTC