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Cultural Focus: Raises cultural awareness of the chosen ideology, offering discounts for cultural Traits within that ideology's tree. (Refer to Dev Journal #70)
Species: Each Species boasts unique strengths and weaknesses that can dramatically influence your civilization's playstyle. (Refer to Dev Journal #64)
Personality: Dictates the behavior of your civilization when controlled by AI.
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For inspiration, consider existing civilizations like the Corporate Sector. Focused on economics and trade, they maximize the Rich Trait and possess the Traders and Wealthy Abilities, granting bonus trade routes, a wealth of credits, and boosts to gross income and ship range.
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Additionally, you can customize the map, interface, and music themes from this tab, allowing you to tailor your civilization's aesthetic.
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On the left side of the Fleets tab, you can customize the style, colors, textures, and materials of your civilization's fleets. For a comprehensive list of each default civilization's color-texture-material settings, check out my Journal on the Ship Designer, Dev Journal #71.
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On the right side of the Fleets tab, you can assign different ship templates to each ship class. The same customization applies to your civilization's Starbases, allowing you to mix and match ship and Starbase templates to your heart's content.
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