ColonelFatso

There is actually a very small jump immediately after you switch from Anarchy, although that might just be a function of the government you choose to replace it, but whatever. Specifically it jumps from 50% to about 60% for me.

Besides that, one environment point only gives a .40 happiness improvement ($.80 per citizen before multipliers), so it's a huge loss, population-count effects notwithstanding.

Owned some, but then got pissed off at this game and went on a wild nuking spree, the week of which was more fun than the previous two years of play combined, thanks NPO for such excellent participation I went with the Manhattan Project method (if you'd spent as much time like 30 ranks short as I did in '07 you might have resigned yourself to that route too ) and soon had twenty shiny new WMDs, which I held onto for maybe a month or two before tiring of the 'get fifty friends together if you want to start an alliance, otherwise you're effed' idea.

I got an event a week or so ago, though my subjects want Capitalism and I have Monarchy.

Although I don't techraid, it will continue to be worth it until it is completely removed from the game (if at some point that time comes), especially given the recent restoration of tech's "market value".

I can't see it going up more than a couple hundred K per level. For those couple days it seemed as though the bottom of the tech market was about to drop out, but I think the recent update probably brought it back up to its previous value (maybe a bit higher). Ultimately, though, supply and demand determines price, as Necrostopheles pointed out.

Methinks I see the rise of land-and-infra-heavy nations...

Five green at the moment, although I once had to take a Yellow trade partner for Gold/Silver. Interesting to note, though, I've only had one permanent or even semi-permanent trade - the rest rotate around. Like: 2 days, 23 days, 35 days, 53 days, 219 days. One of these things is not like the others!

Woot! I've already jumped 150 spots on the rankings! I could get a boost into nuke range for free at this rate!!

Lol, not for me - I'm at the point where my infra almost costs more than my tech. EDIT: You didn't see that.