[mac5732]

Nitram Draw , earlier in thread it was suggested that levels would be added to go from Rioting to complete civil disobedience and then to insurrection. The longer a planet was in insurrection the more chance of rebellion and etc.

DMM , in regards to ruthless govt's, the happiness is based on each individual Race's racial traits similiar to present game. I.E. some races would drop due to treaties, others would not, some drop due to war or losing battles, others don't, and so on, losing your home world & govt. center would have a large effect on your pop. Maybe we should change to word happiness to
racial attitudes, therefore even with a ditatorship type govt. specific events would still trigger attitude changes among the pop to the point where they want to over throw the govt and install a new one, & the longer the attitude remains at that or a lower level
the higher the chance of revolt.

just some ideas Mac

PS. (chewy congrats on your promotion) mac