population troubles

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I noticed that at the end of every game the ai had a tax rate of 39% so now i do that. However, anytime i try to invade their planets, they have at least 9 billion while on my planets i have 2 or 3 billion, i even tried with the populists and researched as much pop tech as i could, i picked pop bonuses at the beginning and yet the computer still has two or three times my pop.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Check how much pop the AI puts on their col ships. IIRC it is minimal, because they are optimised to keep almost all population on high-PQ planets where growth rates will be the highest. You can use transports and col ships to move your own population around.
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
What's your morale bonus % compared to the AI's?

(you can find this on the Stats pages if you have enough espionage)

~SDC~
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
The species rating. Yours is under Stats on the Domestic policy page, and the AI's is under Stats on the Foreign Policy page *if* you have Medium-level or better espionage.

Higher numbers makes for a higher max population per planet for a given level of taxes.

~SDC~