** The number of other commerce links you have. the value of trading with a 10-system nation might be twice the value of trading with a one system nation) However, this is a much-slower-than-linear increase (e.g. This is asymmetrical so a small nation gets more benefit from trading wiht a vast empire than the other way around. The more worlds in your commerce partner's empire, the more income you get. After 100 years your economies are closely integrated and the gains are large It takes several years for income to reach a good level, and it continues to grow very gradually after time. * The level of the income from Commerce Links depends on: * Commerce links are cancelled if the nations are at war with each other * Establishing the links costs Influence.

This represents the overall gains from trade * Both parties to a Commerce Links gain a small passive income of Energy, Minerals or both. starships flying backwards and forwards between worlds of the species independently of their governments * This represents trade between two reasonably friendly powers, that occurs below the abstraction level of the game as a whole. * Establishing Commerce Links would be a new Diplomacy option (in Trade Deals) I can see two ways towards this which are probably both moddable - one new mechanic and one improved one. However, in the EU games being a small trading power is a feasible choice, and mods that make this more viable in Stellaris would be cool). (It's too early to tell whether blobs are over-powered in Stellaris, but they normally are in Paradox games at release. Improve the viability of being a small, peaceful power compared to a massive blob. Add to gameplay by offering more detail and choice around trade and resources (but broadly in keeping with the overall level of abstraction)Ģ.

I'm scribbling them down here in case I want to come back to it in future, and peoples' reactions on what might be fun/feasible would be coolġ. I was thinking about how trade might be implemented in Stellaris and, while it's hideously too soon to start planning mods, these were some of the thoughts I had about how it might be modded in.

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