I've been playing the Rimworld alpha (it's a colony sim) and something I really like about it is this encouragement to personalise the settlement by giving it a name.

Something I would like to see in GC3 at the very least is some sort of event which prompts you to choose a name for a colony - three are randomly chosen and presented, or you can enter your own.  With a toggle in the options for people to turn it off, of course.

And maybe on top of that, some stories from the colonies which have nothing to do with the ideology pyramids but instead address issues like low approval, lack of development, and so on, so you don't forget about them.  Again, this can be toggled off if you prefer not to be nagged by Ben to, for example, put in an order to build a hydroponics farm for Hotaru.