That seems appropriate for some scenario-based features but in a usual game it would trigger chaos for any player.

I like the idea though for those instances where govt is assumed to be stable and any change in structure could undermine order and result in secession. I could envision a scenario where the idea is to maintain the integrity of a current govt structure in the face of forces (like income, resources, units) that make it tempting to change. The player would have to balance the gain of chaging to a more "effective" government with the certain loss of a portion of its "domain".

But the AI may not be able to figure that out. WOuldn't that place it at a more distinct disadvantage?

quote: changes to govern.txt GOVERNMENT_ANARCHY { Icon ICON_GOV_ANARCHY Rank 0 SameRankAdvice GOVERNMENT_ANARCHY_SAME_RANK_ADVICE HigherRankAdvice GOVERNMENT_ANARCHY_HIGHER_RANK_ADVICE RationsExpectation -1 PositiveRationsCoef 1 NegativeRationsCoef 1 WorkdayExpectation -1 PositiveWorkdayCoef 1 NegativeWorkdayCoef 1 WagesExpectation -1 PositiveWagesCoef 1 NegativeWagesCoef 1 FoodCoef 0.75 ProductionCoef 0.75 InfrastructureCoefficient 0.25 CrimeCoef 2 CrimeOffset 95 KnowledgeCoef 0.1 MaxScienceRate 0 GoldCoef 0.75 CapitalizationCoefficient 0.25 UnitRushModifier 4 BuildingRushModifier 3 WonderRushModifier 6 EndGameRushModifier 6 MaxIncomingTrade 100000 MaxOutgoingTrade 100000 PollutionCoef 1 PollutionUnhappyCoef 0 SupportCoef 1 TurnsToNewReadiness 20 ReadyPeaceCoef 0.5 ReadyPeaceHP 0.5 ReadyAlertCoef 0.75 ReadyAlertHP 0.8 ReadyWarCoef 1 ReadyWarHP 1 DefenseCoef 1 WarDiscontentMaxUnits 0 WarDiscontentPerUnit 0.1 ConquestDistress -5 ConquestDistressDecay 0.2 OverseasCoef 0 OverseasDefeatDecay 0 OverseasDefeatCoef 1 HomeDefeatDecay 0.5 HomeDefeatCoef 1 MaxMartialLawUnits 5 #Greatest amount of forced happiness MartialLawEffect 1 #Forced happiness by militia units MartialLawThreshold 80 AtHomeRadius 2 EmpireDistanceScale 0.00001 MinEmpireDistance 100 MaxEmpireDistance 4000 TooManyCitiesThreshold 2 #Above this number causes unhappiness TooManyCitiesCoefficient 1.5 #Unhappiness per city above threshold ProfessionalUnits 0 GrowthRank 0 ProductionRank 0 CommerceRank 0 ScienceRank 0 GoldRank 0 MilitaryRank 0 PollutionRank 0 LoyaltyRank 0 MartialLawRank 0

As you can see people can get really unhappy, but if you look at your const.txt the riot level is set at 60... thus there's little chance that you'd have a revolution in the early years but if you decide to colonize, expand greatly and not keep the military up to match the growing size, you almost will have a revolution on your hands... good thing is that if you have a military presence nearby then you can easily retake some of the cities before the upstart nation can get going... the only problem I'm having is that to have specific civs start up you have to change the civilisation.txt... is there any other way to accomplish a random start rather than a follow the list start?

Any comments, think any changes should be made or did I make too much of a change?

Omni