ASCETIC VIRTUES

• Increases the population limit of your bases by two
• Increases your society's tolerance for use of police and military units ( +1 Police )

    This is a good, stabilizing mid-game project. It plays to the strengths of the Peacekeepers ( significantly enhancing their already-significant population edge ) and the Spartans ( boosting their already above-average Police rating ). It counters the weakness of the Morganites ( offsetting their rigorous population limits ) and the Gaians ( restoring them to parity with the other factions in their Police rating).

    This project is probably most necessary for factions making Free Market or Cybernetic social choices, both of which carry quite crippling penalties to Police. With the Morganites' affinity for a Free Market, that makes this project doubly appealing to that faction.

    There's no real downside to this project, but you may want to avoid it if you're trying to control your population. If you're not in the habit of stationing Police units in your bases, there's less reason to bother.