Quite differently to other games. Here, civilisations are made up of many different organisations, such as the government, government departments, and corporations. They all have their own function and AI, and combined, make a civilisation function.

No, unlike other games, we play an organisation within a nation, such as its government or a corporation. Civilisations aren’t necessarily united, they may have multiple nations within them.

As the government, we govern the nation by setting policy, establishing law, maintaining authority and security, and providing the nation with services and infrastructure.

By default, the player only has to make high level decisions (such as adjusting taxes, expense sliders, hiring and firing advisers) and goals for departments such as the foreign affairs office, space agency, and military.

The player can also be more hands on and take actions such as setting exploration and colonisation targets, determining the ship classes used by the navy, fleet templates, fleet objectives, and so on.

It’s far more focused on the economic portion of the game. You’ll own a corporation and be responsible for managing personnel, building and expanding facilities, managing corporate fleets, surveying, research, and of course paying taxes.

By default every corporation is based within a nation, but they have the potential to expand into other nations.

Technologically-advanced civilisations, but beyond that anything. Governments, political systems, economies, and societies are determined by a bunch of values and many laws, allowing many different governments, political structures etc to form dynamically.

Yes, there will be deep customisation, particularly into the political, social, and economic structure of our civilisation.

Yes, you can set it so there are other nations within your civilisation. This is actually recommended if you want competition in the early game.

Yes, disabling faster-than-light technology is a game setting, and star systems can be set to be very detailed, allowing for a large, detailed game despite only being in one system.

Yes, you can start on a space station or a single colony with a smaller population. There will be a scenario or few to cover this, such as the remnants of a civilisation.

Yes, depending on the galaxy size you’ve chosen (or the time you’re willing to spend doing it!).

Yes, depending on the political system. Currently the player will just assume control of the incoming government.

In the future, there may be consequences added for losing an election, perhaps based on game difficulty, or if the player is a character rather than the government.

As long as they’re technological, they fit within the current political and industrial structures.

A hivemind of social, technological beings for example, is just a set of political, cultural, and technological values.

A stereotypical hivemind that controls an entire civilisation would just be an autocracy with high authority over everything within the civilisation. That can be covered as well.

Due to the size of systems, the galaxy, and limited sensor ranges, it’s possible for parts of a civilisation to survive what would otherwise be extermination in other games.

The default start is humanity on Earth/in the Sol System. It will will be detailed accurate to an extent, down to major moons, planetoids, and perhaps significant asteroids and comets.

Earth will be somewhat abstracted as only so many cities fit can fit on a planet in-game, and if we play as a nation among multiple Earth nations, the nations will have to be somewhat abstracted, perhaps into reasonable power blocks rather than individual nations. We’ll see.

Both! Customisation to allow some more player creativity, and predefined for quick selection, and possibly to build some lore.

There are going to be multiple starting scenarios and dates. Uncertain whether the player will be able to set a specific date initially though.

It strongly depends on the settings you choosing when starting the game, and on how the game develops. It can range from being the only civilisation (if you’ve chosen to be), to having a few large powers, or a hightly fractured galaxy with many advanced civilisations, but none dominant.

Yes, nations have political systems that may require elections (depending on the system) and pass laws.

Any parliament or council is made up of characters occupying seats. They are generally responsible for proposing and voting on laws. If the political system is a representative democracy, parliamentary seats are determined by public elections.