Veraticus

I think the game is an absolute triumph and clearly one of the strongest games released this (or last!) year. Personally, I like it much more than Civ 4 -- which is saying something as I thought Civ 4 was reallyreally good, but the singleplayer game was somewhat dry and multiplayer, while fun, lacked the sheer variety that I thought the game should ideally have. (Certainly it didn't have staying power beyond a week or two, for me.) Stardock's developer

Wow, that's really nice.

And, to add another question to the mix, can I stop funding espionage at any level and continue to receive the benefits of that level? Or will I gradually lose my agents in their government and my knowledge of them will drop as well?