We’ve chosen to integrate the “Planet States” mod into LotOR to be more in line with the lore. However, these planet states are not as advanced as the one from the original mod. The planet states in LotOR start with the same number of pops as you do and aside from helping us deliver a narrative, are also a way to fill the galaxy on low-end machines because they don’t have an internal economy.

There are two big types of planet states: generic and special.

Generic planet states are AI empires that lost the slider lottery and have been changed to a planet state. Any AI empire, besides the ones that we always spawn, can spawn as a generic planet state if the AI Empires slider is not maxed out.

As a generic planet state they offer you different types of trades from resources to slaves. Some of the more important states, like Kuat, also have a ship architecture option that you can buy and use to build ships in a specific way (more on that in future dev diaries).

Special planet states are states that have major importance on galactic scale and that we intend to change to feel unique from the others. The only one that we currently have is the Jedi Order. Another planet state that we are looking to change into a special one is Kuat.