How do you control unemployment?

[Evangeline]

And don't forget to fill all your districts to the max.

 

[Bankipriel]

Actually, if you pick Synth ascension your capital building also provide Roboticist job. So yes, your robot pops will still grow, unless you destroy your capital building.

You probably don't want to do that.

I usually just use Ecumenopolis. All their districts provided tons of jobs, it's great. Don't have enough warm bodies to fill them. >.<

Actually, because your growth is dependent on jobs, you can .... *drumroll* ... turn them off.

So no, your population growth is *not* unavoidable as synthetics as it is with biological pops. I'm not unilaterally advocating that doing such is a good idea, just that it is possible, growth *can* be stopped as a synthetic empires, and it can be a successful strategy for ultra-fast teching if done right.

 

[theweepingman]

Oh, true. I suppose it is possible to deprioritize Roboticist job.

 

[yapxingguan]

4 - Resettle your pops around

This could mean that it's really hard for a player who doesn't like to be directly involve with pops management to enjoy this game i it's current version

 

[Flame13223]

This could mean that it's really hard for a player who doesn't like to be directly involve with pops management to enjoy this game i it's current version

Well nobody really enjoys resettling pops since it lags my PC out like nothing else. (Drops to 7 FPS, literally takes seconds to click anything in it).

So yeah resettling is kind of a last resort option. But if you just turn your most overpopulated cities into trade value generators you'll be fine. Luckily trade value can be used for consumer goods or unity as well so its not like you won't use the benefits, in fact the adaptability is really good there. I swapped to unity production for 10-15 years once bc my consumer goods were nigh-on full and just let it go into the negative to eat up some of my reserves. Flexibility is always great.

 

[Leylos]

This could mean that it's really hard for a player who doesn't like to be directly involve with pops management to enjoy this game i it's current version

You can always do a lottery to get rid of excess population.