Now that the Hive Mind is pretty much certain as unique government and ethics, what other crazy governments do you think could be added in the future.
I'll start with dual government - you start the game with not one species but two. Each one with their own leader that gives half of usual trait bonuses. This can come in all varieties - democracy/oligarchy/autocracy/monarchy. Your cannot give other (than the two) species full citizenship, but you can have two specialized species from the start.
Sounds like a Civic like Syncretic Evolution.
More-or-less confirmed with Syncretic Evolution- you get 4 POPs of another species adapted for manual labour. Presumably this is in order to make a slaver-species easier.
I asume that "Machinists" gives you 4 Robot Pops instead. A quick start into the Robot path.
I want to see stateless civilizations, from libertarian anarchist based absolutely on the people affinities and demands to Mega corporation dominions based on the decisions of diverse conglomerates of power.
Of course with new mechanics (New challenges and rewards for the player due the independence of the powers) and without a individual leader in both cases.
Actually if it is stable, you kind of have a hive mind - where everyone agrees not to agree. A simple mater of headcanon.
Hiveminds might be a good candidate to "not have a leader" (but they might still have one to interact with non-hiveminds).
You cannot suppress factions, and once a faction reaches a certain level its demands are automatically acceded. But this doesn't change your government form, only ethics and your government can have any.
You can supress a faction, reduces thier Ethos Atraction.
On top of just playing so that Ethos is
not atractive to begin with. If you got massive deviation from your government Ethos, you are not playing according to that Ethos (a pacifist going to war over and over).
And I heard nowhere that the change is automatic. I guess the "when you miss a Ethos, the additonal Ethos is decided for by Atraction. But that goes back to "how you actually play".
No. Just no.
Direct democracies would be easily implementable in the west even today. If someone can make entertainment site like youtube accessible for everyone, so can they make online voting.
I am sorry, but that is Bullshit. It fails at the first step - secure Identity. Wich goes against the first rule of Voting - anonymity:
With something like Neural Interfaces it should be possible. But current day tech? Heck no.