How do you stabilize an occupied planet after peace?

[daringly]

You fight a war, invade and occupy a planet. After peace breaks out, the planet is yours.

Only problem: Stability is 22%. There are enough amenities and all, but it never goes up. So it is a thorn in your side.

Is there a way to stabilize planets you seize from other empires? Or has expansion by conflict ended?

 

[DeathSheep]

You fight a war, invade and occupy a planet. After peace breaks out, the planet is yours.

Only problem: Stability is 22%. There are enough amenities and all, but it never goes up. So it is a thorn in your side.

Is there a way to stabilize planets you seize from other empires? Or has expansion by conflict ended?

In my experience, first drop 15 to 20 assault armies on the newly- conquered planet, and enact the martial law decision. That will at least boost the stability a bit and prevent crime from getting out of control. Make sure your newly acquired planet has a Precinct Hall/Hall of Judgement, and that pops are working there. Maybe add a Stronghold. Then wait for the "Recently Conquered" modifier to expire on your new subjects, which IIRC will take 3600 days.

EDIT: Upgrading your new subjects to full citizenship from residency will make them happier, but may not be a practical option for certain empires (Authoritarians, Xenophobes, Fanatic Purifiers, Determined Exterminators, Devouring Swarms)

 

[Tacticus101]

Depends what your Empire is.

Purifiers or Swarms can purge or eat the pops.
For an Autocratic or Xenophobe Empire you can enslave the pops on the conquered planets.
Empires without slaves you put some troops on the planet and enact martial law until the lose the happiness penalty.


The main limitation conquered pops have is their happiness, pulled low by "recently conquered" and the fact they usually join annoying factions. Either circumvent that happiness or improve it in order to get use from conquered planets.

 

[Acheron]

Would a righteous governor help? Also, in my experience, newly conquered planets often lack in housing.

 

[TheAzureLiger]

If you have authoritarian and the aristocratic elite civic it's super easy. Just resettle some of your pops and plop down a noble estate and that's an instant 10-15 stability right there. Usually enough for newly conquered planets not to rebel. The alternative is being egalitarian and having utopian abundance. People immediately love you.

 

[Namfuak]

Before taking the planet, you can use raiding or unrestricted bombing to reduce the population. After taking it, you can resettle pops to other worlds to spread out the unhappiness, although that will cost a lot of EC.