Looking over the Ethos and the Governments pages on the wiki, I couldn't help but wonder how the availability of certain government types is determined, so here's my (probably incorrect) hypothesis for what makes government types available for selection:
From the top row to the bottom, we have Autocracies, Oligarchies, and Democracies. For lack of a better name, let us call the middle column the Centrist column. To the left of the Centrist column we have the Militarist and Spiritualist columns, and to the right we have the Pacifist and Materialist columns. The Ethics chosen, as seen in the full image in the fifth dev diary, are Xenophile and Pacifist. We see that the Pacifist and Materialist columns are accessible, and that Moral Democracy has been chosen.
Let us assume that up to two columns may be accessible at any time, that a column becomes accessible when you have taken a certain stance on the requisite Ethics lines - Militarist to access the Militarist column, for example - and that all Ethics affect the governments you are allowed to select from. Presumably, the only requirement to access the Centrist column is that you have access to only one other column. We can guess what the last two Ethical lines give us, but what could the first and second? My assumption is that being on the Collectivist side of things will shift the allowed government types up, so as to allow only Autocracies and Oligarchies, while being on the Individualist side of things will shift it down, so as to allow only Oligarchies and Democracies. However, as they have taken neither the Collectivist nor the Individualist side, they have access to all rows. Thus, with the Pacifist Ethic, they should have access to the entirety of the Centrist and Pacifist columns. However, presumably due to the Xenophile Ethic, the allowed government types have been shifted to the right by one - meaning they instead have access to the Pacifist and Materialist columns.
In summary, my guesses:
Collectivism shifts the allowed governments upwards, and Individualism shifts them downwards
Xenophobia shifts the allowed governments leftwards, and Xenophilia shifts them rightwards
Pacifism allows access to the Pacifist column, and Militarism access to the Militarist column
Spiritualism allows access to the Spiritualist column, and Materialism access to the Materialist column
Unfortunately, as we have only one data point, there isn't really a way to test my hypothesis.
From the top row to the bottom, we have Autocracies, Oligarchies, and Democracies. For lack of a better name, let us call the middle column the Centrist column. To the left of the Centrist column we have the Militarist and Spiritualist columns, and to the right we have the Pacifist and Materialist columns. The Ethics chosen, as seen in the full image in the fifth dev diary, are Xenophile and Pacifist. We see that the Pacifist and Materialist columns are accessible, and that Moral Democracy has been chosen.
Let us assume that up to two columns may be accessible at any time, that a column becomes accessible when you have taken a certain stance on the requisite Ethics lines - Militarist to access the Militarist column, for example - and that all Ethics affect the governments you are allowed to select from. Presumably, the only requirement to access the Centrist column is that you have access to only one other column. We can guess what the last two Ethical lines give us, but what could the first and second? My assumption is that being on the Collectivist side of things will shift the allowed government types up, so as to allow only Autocracies and Oligarchies, while being on the Individualist side of things will shift it down, so as to allow only Oligarchies and Democracies. However, as they have taken neither the Collectivist nor the Individualist side, they have access to all rows. Thus, with the Pacifist Ethic, they should have access to the entirety of the Centrist and Pacifist columns. However, presumably due to the Xenophile Ethic, the allowed government types have been shifted to the right by one - meaning they instead have access to the Pacifist and Materialist columns.
In summary, my guesses:
Collectivism shifts the allowed governments upwards, and Individualism shifts them downwards
Xenophobia shifts the allowed governments leftwards, and Xenophilia shifts them rightwards
Pacifism allows access to the Pacifist column, and Militarism access to the Militarist column
Spiritualism allows access to the Spiritualist column, and Materialism access to the Materialist column
Unfortunately, as we have only one data point, there isn't really a way to test my hypothesis.
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in this case it all would be pretty straightforward:
