VB6 Aurora:Government

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Each empire is ruled by a government of a specific type; the different systems of governance provide different gameplay advantages. You can choose your government type while setting up a new game, and which you can freely switch between while in the game itself.

Government types

There are 38 different types of government. The government type that you choose while setting the game up will determine how many tech points you start with, which can be used either by checking the "Assign starting tech points automatically" option on the create game screen, or they can be used as guidelines when giving yourself research with the SpaceMaster Mode. Your starting government type also effects your starting installation proportions, and government modifiers.

Name	Starting Tech	Government Modifiers
		Xen	Diplo	Trade	Deter	Expan	Milit
Absolute Democracy	120000	5	-5	5	5	5	-5
Autocracy	66000	10	-10	0	0	10	10
Belligerent Theocracy	42000	20	20	-20	-15	20	15
Benevolent Dictatorship	90000	0	0	10	0	5	-5
Clan/Family Council	30000	0	0	0	0	5	5
Communism	60000	5	10	5	0	15	5
Confederation	90000	0	-10	10	0	5	0
Contemplative	60000	-15	-20	10	15	-25	-20
Corporate Government	120000	0	10	20	10	10	-10
Despotism	30000	10	0	-10	-10	20	10
Dictatorship	90000	15	10	-10	-10	15	15
Enlightened Despotism	90000	-10	0	0	10	0	0
Fascist	120000	10	20	0	-10	20	20
Federal Theocracy	90000	15	20	-10	-10	15	10
Feudal States	30000	10	-10	0	0	0	0
High Imperial Monarchy	66000	0	5	10	10	10	10
Hive Mind Race	30000	30	30	-30	-30	20	30
Imperial Council	42000	0	0	0	0	5	5
Imperial Monarchy	42000	0	0	10	10	10	10
Insane Dictator	30000	25	30	-20	-20	25	25
Meritocracy	180000	-10	0	10	20	0	-10
Military Anarchy	66000	15	-10	0	-10	5	15
Military Dictatorship	60000	20	15	-10	-15	15	20
Military Theocracy	30000	15	30	-20	-15	25	25
Oligarchy	90000	0	-10	5	0	0	0
Ordered Socialism	90000	0	-10	0	0	0	0
Pax Utopia	42000	-20	-30	10	20	-30	-30
Peaceful Anarchy	30000	-10	-30	10	10	-30	-25
Peaceful Theocracy	12000	5	5	-5	0	5	0
Player Race	120000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plutocracy	42000	15	0	-10	0	-10	-10
Religious Aristocracy	30000	15	15	-5	-10	5	0
Religious Democracy	42000	10	10	-10	-5	10	5
Representative Democracy	120000	0	0	15	10	10	-10
Republic	120000	0	0	10	10	10	-10
Rigid Democracy	90000	0	0	5	5	5	0
Stalin Communist	60000	10	20	-5	0	20	20
Tyranny	30000	20	0	-20	-20	20	20

Government Modifiers

The choice of government type effect the six modifiers listed bellow:

• Xenophobia: A rating from 1-100, showing the fear of other races or governments.
• Diplomacy: A rating from 1-100, showing the ability to persuade other races. This is used to offset the Xenophobia of another race.
• Militancy: A rating from 1-100, showing the likelihood this race will choose military force to achieve its goals.
• Expansionism: A rating from 1-100, showing the desire of this race to increase its territory.
• Determination: A rating from 1-100, showing the determination of this race to proceed with a chosen course of action despite setbacks.
• Trade: A rating from 1-100, showing the willingness to trade with other races and to establish/allow trading posts.

Government	Shipyards	Construction Factory	Mine	Deep Space Tracking	Military Academy	Ground Force Training Facility	Ordinance Factory	Fighter Factory	Auto Mine	Fuel Refinery	Research Facility
Communism	4	560	400	4	1	4	160	80	80	200	10
Stalinist Communism	5	490	400	5	2	5	140	70	80	200	10
Absolute Democracy	4	420	400	2	1	4	120	60	80	200	20
Player Race	4	420	400	4	1	4	120	60	80	200	20
Corporate Government	3	420	600	5	1	3	120	60	120	100	20
Representative Democracy	4	420	400	3	1	4	120	60	80	200	20
Republic	4	9	420	400	3	4	120	60	80	200	20
Benevolent Dictatorship	1	420	300	1	1	1	120	60	60	150	15
Enlightened Despotism	4	420	400	3	1	4	120	60	80	300	15
Insane Dictator	6	420	400	5	1	6	120	60	80	300	5
Autocracy	3	367	300	4	1	3	105	52	60	150	11
Imperial Council	3	367	300	3	1	3	105	52	60	150	7
Meritocracy	3	350	400	5	1	3	100	50	80	200	30
Fascism	4	350	500	4	1	4	100	50	100	200	20
Dictatorship	6	350	400	5	2	6	100	50	80	200	15
Military Dictatorship	6	350	400	5	4	6	100	50	80	300	10
Hive Mind Race	6	350	500	5	2	6	100	50	100	300	5
Military Theocracy	5	350	600	5	3	5	100	50	120	300	5
Religious Aristocracy	1	350	200	3	1	1	100	50	40	100	5
Confederation	3	315	300	2	1	3	90	45	60	150	15
Federal Theocracy	3	315	300	3	1	3	90	45	60	150	15
Oligarchy	3	315	300	2	1	3	90	45	60	150	15
Ordered Socialism	3	315	300	3	1	3	90	45	60	150	15
Ridged Democracy	3	315	300	3	1	3	90	45	60	150	15
High Imperial Monarchy	3	315	300	3	1	3	90	45	60	150	11
Belligerent Theocracy	3	315	300	3	1	3	90	45	60	225	7
Imperial Monarchy	4	315	300	3	1	3	90	45	60	150	7
Religious Democracy	1	315	200	2	1	1	90	45	40	100	7
Clan	2	280	200	2	1	2	80	40	40	100	5
Feudal States	2	280	200	1	1	2	80	40	40	100	5
Military Anarchy	3	262	300	4	1	3	75	37	60	225	11
Tyranny	2	245	250	5	1	2	70	35	50	100	5
Plutocracy	1	210	300	3	1	1	60	30	60	100	7
Despotism	2	210	250	4	1	2	60	30	50	100	5
Peaceful Theocracy	1	175	100	1	1	1	50	25	20	50	2
Pax Utopia	1	140	100	1	1	1	40	20	20	50	7
Contemplative	1	105	50	1	1	1	30	15	10	50	10
Peaceful Anarchy	1	105	100	1	1	1	30	15	20	50	5