So I was inspired by this reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/ahc7iy/utopian_abundance_is_actually_pretty_decent/) to attempt a Utopian Abundance jobless research build. On paper, unemployed utopian pops are amazingly cost-efficient at producing research and unity, and you should be able to run a FE-like empire where most of your population is unemployed.
Unfortunately, my build was stopped cold by the Unemployment Emigration Push. Any planet that has sufficient unemployment will get +100 Emigration Push, which usually means you are not growing population at all. I had between -3.0 and -4.5 emigration on all of my high-unemployment planets despite having positive amenities, positive housing, 80%+ Happiness and 80%+ Stability.
The really weird thing about this is that even if you close all the borders and remove all the migration treaties, your pops still manage to leave. You'll have 7 planets with -4.0 emigration and only a single planet with +5.0 immigration. I have no idea where all those missing pops are going. Are they running away to join the Caravaneers?
Anyways, I think it should be a simple fix to make it so that Utopian Abundance removes the emigration penalty for Unemployment. I mean, your unemployed pops are living in luxury and enjoying a life of the mind, their happiness is better than most other empires' ruling classes. They should have absolutely zero reason to leave.
Unfortunately, my build was stopped cold by the Unemployment Emigration Push. Any planet that has sufficient unemployment will get +100 Emigration Push, which usually means you are not growing population at all. I had between -3.0 and -4.5 emigration on all of my high-unemployment planets despite having positive amenities, positive housing, 80%+ Happiness and 80%+ Stability.
The really weird thing about this is that even if you close all the borders and remove all the migration treaties, your pops still manage to leave. You'll have 7 planets with -4.0 emigration and only a single planet with +5.0 immigration. I have no idea where all those missing pops are going. Are they running away to join the Caravaneers?
Anyways, I think it should be a simple fix to make it so that Utopian Abundance removes the emigration penalty for Unemployment. I mean, your unemployed pops are living in luxury and enjoying a life of the mind, their happiness is better than most other empires' ruling classes. They should have absolutely zero reason to leave.