It is not hard to mod back in.
Copy and paste into Notepad, and use the Replace function to change the [ back to < and the ] back to >, than replace the appropriate sections in the TechTree.xml file.
[Culture ID="StarRep"]
[DisplayName]Interstellar Republic[/DisplayName]
[Cost]1600[/Cost]
[Description]Allows us to transform to an interstellar republic.[/Description]
[Details]With research completed on the interstellar republic, our government can now start to involve its citizens in the decision making process. By choosing to change to a republic, citizens in our empire will, for the first time, get to vote on their ruling party, whether or not to go to war, and what form of government they wish to belong to. So keep your people happy and they will vote in your favor.[/Details]
[Requires]Alliances[/Requires]
[Category]Government[/Category]
[Model]stardemoc0[/Model]
[CultureAbility]10[/CultureAbility]
[DiplomacyAbility]10[/DiplomacyAbility]
[SocialProductionAbility]25[/SocialProductionAbility]
[ResearchAbility]25[/ResearchAbility]
[EconomicsAbility]25[/EconomicsAbility]
[AIValue]15[/AIValue]
[/Culture]
[Culture ID="StarDem"]
[DisplayName]Star Democracy[/DisplayName]
[Cost]3200[/Cost]
[Description]Allows us to transform to a star democracy.[/Description]
[Details]Star Democracy ups the ante on the importance of keeping our people happy. On the other hand, it also vastly increases our economic and industrial capacity as well.[/Details]
[Requires]StarRep[/Requires]
[Category]Government[/Category]
[Model]stardemoc0[/Model]
[CultureAbility]10[/CultureAbility]
[DiplomacyAbility]10[/DiplomacyAbility]
[SocialProductionAbility]50[/SocialProductionAbility]
[ResearchAbility]50[/ResearchAbility]
[EconomicsAbility]50[/EconomicsAbility]
[AIValue]15[/AIValue]
[/Culture]
[Culture ID="StarFed"]
[DisplayName]Star Federation[/DisplayName]
[Cost]6400[/Cost]
[Description]Allows us to transform to a star federation.[/Description]
[Details]The ultimate form of interstellar government also requires a great deal of effort to maintain. People have very high expectations of a central government when each planet has so much independence. However, it also allows for far greater economic and industrial capacity.[/Details]
[Requires]StarDem[/Requires]
[Category]Government[/Category]
[Model]stardemoc0[/Model]
[CultureAbility]10[/CultureAbility]
[DiplomacyAbility]10[/DiplomacyAbility]
[SocialProductionAbility]75[/SocialProductionAbility]
[ResearchAbility]75[/ResearchAbility]
[EconomicsAbility]75[/EconomicsAbility]
[AIValue]10[/AIValue]
[/Culture]
Noumenon72
There is nothing there to improve the economy. As it stands now they give an increase to Culture and Diplomacy only.
This change will improve the economy, however.