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Morale of a [[city]] decides how many people can potentially immigrate to a city. It can be between -128 and +127, though the highest possible positive value is +9. When it is positive that number of people will immigrate to the city provided there are homes. If it is negative that many people will leave the city.

==Morale Modifiers==
Every [[City_Report|city report]] cycle the morale modifiers are summed together and added to the city's current morale.

Morale of the [[city]] is affected by these factors. Some of these factors are mutually exclusive.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Cause !! Morale Effect !! Notes
|-
| Alien Invader
| style="text-align:right;" | -1
| Occurs on habitable worlds when the [[phylum]] or [[Ecological_Role|ecological role]] of the [[citizen]] [[DNA]] differs from the [[Indigenous_Population|indigenous population]].
|-
| Decay
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 Per Building Decayed
| Cities decay due to [[abandonment]] and underpopulation.
|-
| Buildings Destroyed
| style="text-align:right;" | -1
| Occurs if the city has one or more [[buildings]] destroyed.
|-
| Harsh Environment Without Power
| style="text-align:right;" | -2
| Occurs in harsh environment only due to cramped living conditions and no power. Overrides the ''Harsh Environment'' penalty.
|-
| Harsh Environment
| style="text-align:right;" | -1
| Occurs in harsh environment only due to cramped living conditions. This penalty cannot be avoided.
|-
| Suffocation
| style="text-align:right;" | -5
| City in harsh environment has no [[air]] at all. 10% of population dies.
|-
| Gasping
| style="text-align:right;" | -1, -2 if available air is less than 1/2 air needed
| City in harsh environment has some [[air]] but air is less than the full amount needed.
|-
| Starvation
| style="text-align:right;" | -5
| City has no food at all. 10% of population dies.
|-
| Hunger
| style="text-align:right;" | -2
| City has some food but less than the full amount needed.
|-
| Food Variety
| style="text-align:right;" | +1 or +2 depending on variety and [[Ecological_Role|ecological role]] of citizens
| City has enough [[food]] for all citizens and there is a variety of kinds of food. Not applicable when hungry, even if there is variety. Threshold for +2 variety bonus varies by ecological role due to number of food types available to each.
|-
| Occupation
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 to -5 depending on disloyalty level
| City is controlled by an empire that is not the empire of allegiance of the citizens. This penalty drops slowly as their disloyalty drops, until it turns into a loyalty bonus.
|-
| Overpopulation
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for each 5% above max population
| Maximum global populations are listed in a table in the worlds section.
|-
| Homelessness
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 per 4 homeless citizens, max -10
| Penalty imposed when citizen population exceeds the number of homes.
|-
| Cosmopolitan
| style="text-align:right;" | +1
| Cities get a morale boost when their system is visited by an avatar on line. The bonus lasts one day.
|-
| Abandonment
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 per day since last visited, starts at -1 after two days
| Cities that are not within the [[land]] of an avatar need to be visited by your empire or they feel abandoned. A city is "visited" when an [[avatar]] is online in the solar system. See the [[Abandonment]] page.
|-
| Cramped Living Conditions
| style="text-align:right;" | -3 if (Small homes > Medium homes + (Large homes × 2))
| Too many [[apartment]]s means a lot of people are living pretty close together.
|-
| Unemployment
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 to -5, depending on unemployment %
| Unemployment occurs when the number of citizens exceeds the number of jobs by more than 5%.
|-
| Overworked
| style="text-align:right;" | -1
| Homes are full and jobs are available. There's work to do but no room for more people to move in to help so the current population must do every job.
|-
| Arena
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every arena needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[arena]] per 175 population.
|-
| Cantina
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every cantina needed, max -2 +1 for every excess cantina, max +2 Starving, hungry, suffocating or gasping reduces the + bonus by 1.
| Citizens want 1 [[cantina]] per 50 population, minus one if they have [[liquor]].
|-
| Casino
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every casino needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[casino]] per 200 population.
|-
| Church
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every church needed, max -2 +1 for every excess church, max +2 Starving, hungry, suffocating or gasping reduces the + bonus by 1.
| Citizens want 1 [[church]] per 45 population.
|-
| Grocery
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every grocery needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[grocery]] per 100 population.
|-
| Hospital
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every hospital needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[hospital]] per 80 population.
|-
| Park
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every park needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[park]] per 90 population.
|-
| Police Station
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every police station needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[Police Station|police station]] per 60 population.
|-
| Retail Store
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every retail store needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[Retail Store|retail store]] per 55 population.
|-
| University
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every university needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[university]] per 70 population.
|-
| Zoo
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every zoo needed, max -2
| Citizens want 1 [[zoo]] per 150 population.
|-
| Garrison Troops
| style="text-align:right;" | -1 for every 5 excess garrison troops.
| Citizens will tolerate 1 garrison [[troop]] per 30 population, not including the troops at the town square. Each military flag adds up to 5 garrison troops to the troop contingent. Another way to look at it, citizens will tolerate 1 fully manned [[Military_Flag|military flag]] per 150 population.
|}

==New-style Building Levels==
With old-style buildings the number of levels was used to determine the morale impact of a [[building]], under the new-style building system there are no levels anymore and instead the impact of each building on their respective morale value is determined by value in the [[Building_Design|building design]]. They can be seen in the [[Construction]] menu as "Professional" jobs, not to be confused with "services" which are jobs serving no purpose other than being jobs.

See: [[Building Update]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Building
! morale value
|-
| [[Cantina]]
| Lounge
|-
| [[Church]]
| Auditorium
|-
| [[Grocery]]
| Store
|-
| [[Retail Store]]
| Store
|-
| [[Arena]]
| Arena
|-
| [[Casino]]
| Lounge
|-
| [[Hospital]]
| Office
|-
| [[Park]]
| Field
|-
| [[University]]
| Auditorium + Shop
|-
| [[Zoo]]
| Field
|}

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[[Category:Colonization]]