When setting up your empire, you can set the amount of racial points that an empire can have.  2k 3k and 5k.
Start a new game, Go to Player settings, and look at the bottom box.  Its called Racial Points for New Players.
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New Age Ship Yards
"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats!  They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further!  And I will make them pay  for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
 
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