I switch from Democracy to federation (if that's the one after it, I don't really remmeber), and my industry/research/military bonus goes from 50 to 75. But when I look at the number of hammers and sheilds being produced by my colonies, there is no difference. A colony producing 288 research still produces 288. What's up with this?
Also, are these bonuses affecting capacity, or total production.... In other words, do they represent a bonus for the capacity slots that require a bc in order to produce a unit production/research? Or do they affect the total productin taking place.
does a 50% research bonus mean...
a) I have 1.5 research facilities where I used to have 1.0
or

I have 150 beakers where I used to have 100.
thanks in advance...
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