Fogia

Fun and realism are two different things and sometimes they go in opposite directions. It might be more realistic to only have a vague idea of how to plan your economy, but I don't think it's more fun. GalCiv2 is a strategy game. In order to make good strategy I need good information, and right now I don't think we're getting it.

I've run some quick tests during the little time I was able to play: PQ 4 : pop cap is 2.695b PQ 5 : pop cap is 4.483b PQ 6 : pop cap is 7.000b PQ 8 : pop cap is 14.700b This is considering you have enough farms to sustain that many people. Note that pop seems not to increase if moral is under 40% on the planet. So, for the original poster, if Mars has PQ 4 then it's normal. Edit: Just to strengthen the point, since you g