[Suggestion] Differentiate colonies based on how they are obtained

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Something that bothered me in GCII was that there was nothing to differentiate a colony based on how it was obtained. If you colonized it, culture flip it, bought it, invaded it or it was given as a result of a peace treaty, they would all behave the same.

A solution I thought of is to use the approval system.

  • colonies obtained by invasion would have a penalty to approval, that is if we don't commit genocide on the native population. Maybe this could be tied to the invasion events;
  • traded for it would also have a negative effect on approval, I should note that in both these cases the drop in approval would go away if it stayed a number of turns under your control;
  • culture flip worlds would have no penalty or a very small one, because they willingly joined you.

Something else that would be interesting is if a colony's approval would be very low, like say 20% or lower, it would leave your empire and either join with another faction or become minor civilization.

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that is if we don't commit genocide on the native population.
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Although, the fact that the population of the new world equals your surviving invasion force implies that this is exactly what happens.


culture flip worlds would have no penalty or a very small one, because they willingly joined you.
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I actually think it would be cool if the got an approval bonus that slowly wears off. As they are initially enamored with your culture, then slowly become disillusioned.