I enjoyed this! I replayed a couple times, but maybe I broke it through min-maxxing? My levels never dropped in the Aftereffects report, just the sliders up top. Even after I had relocated, etc. before the prompt for it arrived, I was never able to get the population level up again. I will say the writing was very info dense, so I skimmed rather than fully read. It was unclear to me what the progress tree perks were actually doing to the levels, and how I might have to manage to them in the future if the text says it requires expensive infrastructure and maintenance. Thanks for making!