Ddrake9

So, |I haven't played in a while, downloaded v3.6, but now all the Steam Workshop races I had subscribed to are gone. Any idea if we can still get them back for use?

Blah, Blah... boring, unimaginative players above. :) If you you don't use commonwealths then you're missing a part of the game. It's not giving up production, it's being politically savvy. That is, if you choose to play in various styles of the game and choose to stay consistent within that style, you will get to a point where your # of colonies will be more than your current government can handle. As a result, many players just decide to choose whatever gov't type meets