City Morale

City Morale determines how citizens migrate to or from a city. Positive morale attracts new citizens and causes higher birthrates, while negative morale drives them away.

Every city report cycle, morale modifiers are summed together and added to the city's current morale.

Positive Morale Modifiers

Total Morale caps at +9.

Name	Bonus	Cause
Food Variety	Up to +2	Many Food varieties fulfill citizen's ecological role diet. Smaller diets need less food types.
Founder	Up to +2	City-founding avatar is part of city's current empire or another friendly empire. Negative if enemy empire. (2019-12-09 Founder Update.)
Cosmopolitan	+1	Avatar is in or has been in city's solar system in the past 24 hours.
Lounge	+1	There is more than 1 Cantina space per 50 population.
Church	+2	There are 2 extra Church spaces over 1 space per 45 population.
Liquor	+1	Liquor products are available at the city.

Negative Morale Modifiers

Modifier	Penalty	Cause
Alien Invader	-1	City citizen's Phylum or ecological role differs from the indigenous population.
Abandonment	-1 per Building per Day	System has not been visited by an avatar in 72 hours and Land owner account is inactive. (2019-12-04 Land Update.)
Decay	-1 Per Building Decayed	City is abandoned and population is gone.
Buildings Destroyed	-1	A city building has been destroyed by weapons in the last 24 hours.
Harsh Environment	-1	City environment is not on breathable inner/habitable/outer world land. Permanent.
Harsh Environment Without Power	-2	City suffers from a harsh environment and has no electricity. Overrides Harsh Environment penalty.
Gasping	Up to -2	City "Air Consumption" demand is not met in Harsh Environment. Citizens spend [1 × Population] air units per report. Only -1 penalty if 50% to 99% of air demand is fulfilled.
Suffocation	-5	City in harsh environment has no air. 10% of population dies. Overrides Gasping.
Hunger	-2	City Food Consumption demand is not met. Citizens eat [ Rounded( 20% × HitPoints ) × Population / FoodNutrition] food per report.
Starvation	-5	City has no food. 10% of population dies. Overrides Hunger.
Occupation	-5	City has been recently occupied by a new empire. Erodes by +1 for every 20% of loyal population.
Overpopulation	-1 per +5%	World population exceeds cap. Starts with -1 at 50% of the population cap, and -1 for every +5% up to -10 at 100%. Population cap is [1/144.25 × VolumeLimit], or [1/72.13 × VolumeLimit] for Ringworlds.
Overworked	-1	City has more jobs than homes and all homes are full.
Homelessness	Up to -10	Population is higher than Homes. -1 for every 4 population.
Cramped Living Conditions	-3	City has too many small homes. Penalty starts when [Small homes > Medium homes + (Large homes × 2)]
Unemployment	Up to -5	Population is higher than Jobs. -1 for 5% jobless citizens, -2 for 40%, and -1 more for every +20%.
Arena wanted	-1 per 175 Pop	City has less than 1 arena per 175 population.
Cantina wanted	-1 per 50 Pop	City has less than 1 cantina space per 50 population.
Casino wanted	-1 per 200 Pop	City has less than 1 casino space per 200 population.
Church wanted	-1 per 45 Pop	City has less than church space per 45 population.
Grocery wanted	-1 per 100 Pop	City has less than 1 grocery space per 100 population.
Hospital wanted	-1 per 80 Pop	City has less than 1 hospital space per 80 population.
Park wanted	-1 per 90 Pop	City has less than 1 park field per 90 population.
Retail Store wanted	-1 per 55 Pop	City has less than 1 retail store space per 55 population.
University wanted	-1 per 70 Pop	City has less than 1 university space per 70 population.
Zoo wanted	-1 per 150 Pop	City has less than 1 zoo field per 150 population.

Morale Building Spaces

Morale Buildings use special spaces in the building design to satisfy citizens. In the Construction menu they are quantified as "Professional Jobs".

See: Building Update

Building	Needed Space
Cantina	Lounge
Church	Auditorium
Grocery	Store
Retail Store	Store
Arena	Arena
Casino	Lounge
Hospital	Office
Park	Field
University	Auditorium + Shop
Zoo	Field