Empire (territory)



An empire in Spore refers to the territory of a species in the Space stage. While according to the definition of the word, an empire must be led by an emperor, empires is used in Spore as a very general term and has nothing to do with systems of government. The only empire that must really be an empire are Bards, which have an empress (as they say on delivery mission) and Ecologists, which have an emperor (they sometimes say they have one on plant delivery missions) The only empires without an emperor are Diplomat empires, which have a Grand Council. It can be assumed that Zealot empires are led by a governmental system similar to that of a theocracy and that Warriors have a a system similar to a military junta.

Empires have colors (lots of empires have the same color), and the player's empire will usually have the same color as the creature's coat color. Empires are always titled " Empire", for example, the Corgel's civilisation in the space stage would be the Corgel Empire.

Strength Factor
The Strength factor is a number determined by the amount of planets a given empire possesses. It is shown in the window above a planet in the upper right corner.

Determining Strength Factor

 * Level 1 empires - 1 to 3 planets
 * Level 2 empires - 4 to 7 planets
 * Level 3 empires - 8 to 12 planets
 * Level 4 empires - 13 to 20 planets
 * Level 5 empires - 21 or more planets

Effects of Strength Factor
Only civilizations with a strength factor or 4 or 5 can offer the player an archetype mission.

The health of the empire's ships is determined by strength factor.


 * 1 - 425
 * 2 - 625
 * 3 - 1250
 * 4 - 1850
 * 5 - 2500

Identifying Alien Races
A video here will tell you how to know what how to know what archtype your talking to. the video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrjDBc1qRk&feature=related

Trivia

 * Empires that adhere to the Diplomat and Trader philosophies tend to have empires that expand into level 4 and 5 empires more quickly than others. However, other archetypes can get just as large.
 * Large Diplomat empires colonize systems rapidly, and usually most of their colonies are on T0 planets.