I have been playing Simcity4 and tinkering with city ordinances. These ordiances help your city, give you income, or make its building more efficient
So coming around to GALCIV2. You could create laws that would help your empire expand and give it some personality. These laws of course could be good,evil, or neutral. Here are some ideas:
-slave labor/child labor (+10% production)
-foodstamps (food consumed slower)
-free health care (+10%morale)
-welfare (+10% morale but -5bc/turn)
-brainwashing (+10% less likely to rebel)
These are just some ideas off the top of my head.
Any ideas?