You can increase the Racial points allowed, then add your race, then edit it down to use fewer points, and then lower the game settings.
Personally, I tend to create new races from scratch for each game.
Since individual games Last quite a while, creating empires is still pretty rare for me.
Once the game has started you can't change the minister style. You can edit the minister itself, though (dangerous if you're not the only player using it
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[ March 06, 2003, 03:58: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]