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Let’s take a look at how Culture and Ideology works together!
In turn, each Each Ideology is comprised of a tree of linked bonuses, known as Ideological Traits, which can be unlocked by spending Culture Points.
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The diplomatic boost you’ll get from stacking those Diplomacy modifiers will keep your larger neighbours from attacking you early, granting you valuable time and space to build your own economy, set up trade route routes (remembering that trading with other civilisations also grants you a diplomacy bonus!) construct more defensive stations and fleets, and so on.
Furthermore, your smaller, taller economy will benefit from those extra Planetary Inputs you’re skimming from all the friendlier civilisations in the game. And there’ll be more friends on the map, because you’re now an expert diplomat!
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