*Niche bugs may exist, please report them on discord


Do you find the vanilla ethics and civics choices a little too bland and want to give them some extra spice? Then this is the mod for you!

Ethics and Civics Classic expands the vanilla ethics and civics system with a variety of new options, giving you even more freedom to shape your empire to your liking. The mod adds two entirely new ethics and adds new civics and overhauls existing ones, providing new ways to build and play your empire.

E&C Classic modifies a few origins and also provides new primitive origin, Early Space Age. Where the player advances "Through the Ages" to become an Interstellar Empire and receive bonus civic slots along the way. While Ethics and Civics are no longer the only aspect modified, we keep that that classic feel while you play

Community Developed!
Ethics & Civics Classic is a community mod developed by the community and the code is free to use for the stellaris community. Anyone can make the mod great, individual action is how you make the change you want to see. Volunteership comes in many forms, but is always voluntary. Development is done by anyone in the community, even if it's just chatting about change... you're still participating in change by organizing. Let's make a fun mod together!! 🤗



2 New Ethical Scales

• Cooperative / Competitive - Reflects the economic values of your society, including property ownership and how wealth and the means of production are distributed.
  
• Ecocentrist / Industrialist - Reflects how your species views and interacts with its natural environment and biosphere.
  

The vanilla Authoritarian / Egalitarian scale has been split into two independent scales:

• Authoritarian / Libertarian - Focuses on political values and how political power is distributed between the state and its citizens.
  
• Competitive / Cooperative - Focuses on economic organization and the distribution of wealth and resources.

5 Ethic and 3 Civic Points - Increased the amount of available Ethic and Civic points.

50+ New Civics - Alongside reworked and modified vanilla civics, providing new ways to shape your empire.

New Civic Types

• Green - Regular civics.
  
• Yellow - Themed governments with unique combinations and mechanics.

Some vanilla civics have been modified or disabled to maintain consistency and balance across the expanded civic system.

New Authority Type - Direct Democracy

30+ New Government Forms - Expanded government combinations based on your ethics, authority, and civics.

New Policies

• Economic Stance
  
• Authority Stance
  
• Education
  
• Healthcare
  
• Transportation
  
• Telecommunications
  
• Additional Trade policies

20 New Jobs - New roles and occupations.
Leader Level Cap Increased to 20

A full comprehensive introduction can be found here.
(Updates not guaranteed)


The English localisation is actively maintained as the main language of the mod.
The following languages are included in the mod but not maintained by native speakers, the translations may be inaccurate:

• Brazilian
  
• French
  
• German
  
• Polish
  
• Russian
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Spanish

The following languages are added through a third party, we provide no guarantee for the accuracy of the translations nor any updates to this mod:

• Russian by Fres

Do you want to assist in translating this mod in any of the languages above or another language? Let us know in the discord or comment section!


Built-in Mod Compatibility

• Government Variety Pack
  
• ! The Merger of Rules 3.12 - For versions 3.12 and earlier

Integrated Mods

• Criminal Heritage Expanded - Inclusion consented by author: N0bbody
  
• Primitive Players - Inclusion consented by author: Pode
  
• Pirate Ship Set (standalone) - Inclusion consented by author: Pilgrim

Third party compatibility mods

• Guilli's Planet Modifiers by Mondschein
  
• Gigastructural Engineering by Mondschein
  
• BPVR Compatibility Patch by Mondschein
  
• Worthy Ascension Perks by Mondschein
  
• More Traditions by Mondschein
  
• Plentiful Traditions Extra Perks by Mondschein

We do not guarantee their functionality or maintain these mods.


Modder Note:
We strive to make E&C as compatible with other mods as possible. Please reach out on Discord to collaborate on building built-in compatibility :)

An on-start global flag has been set:
has_global_flag = ethic_civic_classic_active
has_global_flag = cultural_overhaul_active



This is a list of all known contributors and is not comprehensive due to many names being unknown.

Art Contributors
ormr1776, Levorue, Alan Kraskow and Sage Wilde.

Code Contributors
Szatan2000, Dracony, Sage Wilde, SteamPnk42, Enriadhodor, Gregor Samsa, Aztexa, FirePrince.

Localization Contributors
Emmanuel DH (French Loc), Miracle_Kagari (Chinese Loc) and Fres (Russian Loc).