多元化、觉醒度和斗争性都是相互关联的，对这三个概念中任何一个的理解都取决于你对另外两个概念的理解。如果你掌握了这三个概念和它们之间的关系：控制你的人群，甚至进一步控制整个社会，都将变得相当简单；不论你的政府是什么政体，它都可以和平地存在，直到游戏结束。无论你想做什么，不要忽视这些概念，否则它会使你困扰的。
多元化
多元化是指你们的人民对社会改革和民主的需求。这个值——在政治界面上可见的百分比——可以被认为代表着你们国家正在变得多么自由。多元化会增加觉醒度，这使你的公民在民主政体中更多地投票，同他们的愿望相一致。这样，人群就会接受他们的政府，减少了他们的斗争性。同样，在一个专制政府中，多元性会增加斗争性，因为人群会在很大程度上认为政府不代表他们。多元化的最小值为1%，最大值为100%。
从某种意义上说，多元化可以表达为你的人群将达到的最大觉醒度。高度多元化将促使低觉醒度的人群增加觉醒度。多元化在游戏过程中增加，反映了这一时期的人群态度变化。某些科技研究，如意识形态思想，会触发增加多元化的发明。 多元化每月会增加平均觉醒度*2/90的数量。
多元化的影响：
- 提供研究点数修正
- 作为识字率提升的觉醒度的一个修正
- 增加需求修正
觉醒度
Consciousness is your population’s desire to fulfill their own self-interests. Consciousness is what allows segments of your population to see themselves as interest groups, band together, and try to gain a voice in government. The higher your population’s Consciousness, the better their political votes reflect their actual desires. This way, if your population is majority conservative, they are more likely to vote into power a conservative government than a liberal one, which can happen if Consciousness is very low. Overall, though, low Consciousness POPs tend to reelect the sitting government.
Consciousness also increases POP needs, by 10% per point. This means that if a POP has a con of 10, it requires 1+10/10 = 2 times the normal amount of goods to fulfill their needs.
Consciousness is increased by the following factors:
- Literacy by CON_LITERACY * Plurality * Literacy * (1 + literacy_con_impact) (only when plurality is at least 30%.)
- Luxury Goods
- Colonial Residence
Consciousness is reduced by:
- Clergy: A Clergyman in a state will reduce the Consciousness of all POPs throughout that state, even if they are of different religions. This works because the game constructs religion as a social factor open to all classes, regardless of creed, color, or wealth. Therefore, religions utilized wisely in the game will prevent classes from discovering their own political identities, and thus becoming angry at the current government.
- Enacting Reforms: Doing this creates a “Trust in Government” feeling among your POPs, where they feel certain that the government is watching out for their needs. Because they feel this way, they have less of a need to form their own political groups, and hence, lower Consciousness. There is a -0.01% Consciousness modifier for each 10% over 50% your government spends on the social reform budget. Over funding, however, is not always possible to do because, first, you may have a Laissez-Faire party in power (see section “Politics”) or it may be far too expensive.
斗争性
斗争性代表了你的人民反抗你统治的可能性。斗争性是每一个新玩家的麻烦，会导致游戏过程中充斥着头痛与沮丧。无论你做什么，当你的整个国家似乎都在恨你时，继续这局游戏好像已经没有什么意义了。理解斗争性有助于防止这种情况发生。
| 人群斗争性等级 | 影响 |
|---|---|
| 1-6斗争性 | 无影响 |
| 7斗争性 | 加入一个叛乱派系并资助该组织 |
| 8斗争性 | 加入当前省份正在进行的叛乱 |
| 9斗争性 | 立刻叛乱（士兵人群对应的单位将叛变） |
增加斗争性的因素
减少斗争性的因素
- 满足日用品需求
- 满足奢侈品需求
- 支持执政党
- 保守主义意识形态
- 军队在附近驻扎
- 叛乱失败：叛军士兵受伤越多，斗争性下降越多