Can't we use full words?
Deep breath in. Now let's go.
I think we're putting things in flux this turn, and what we vote on next is extremely dependent on how things turn out this turn. We have some pretty volatile stuff going on. Tentatively I'm voting for internal buildup and infrastructure improvement. We need to fortify our economy against future disaster and our wish to continue building megaprojects. We also need to fortify our society itself against strife and disunity. Yes this sounds oddly Orwellian, but
@Hangwind had a good point when he noted that the major strength of our people is their ability to act in unison. This ability is essentially governed by the centralization stat, though I suspect a high stability and a low(er) centralization stat would work just as well. (So why not have both?). To that end, I'm thinking of actually going along with my previous idea, at least in part:
[FUT][Secondary]/[Main] Expand Forests
[FUT][Secondary]/[Main] Study Forest
The forest is our single greatest asset. It gives us the best bonuses, both martially, and economically, considering every bit of it is considered managed. Expanding it and studying it can only pay dividends, and currently, we haven't even had the chance to use "study forest" once. There is, of course some issue with expanding it
too far, but we have been in the process of increasing our population anyway, so I think we can keep a hold of this land without stretching ourselves too thin.
The studying action is, I think, our first hard science action. It isn't a 'build this or do that' type of action. It is quite literally a 'look at this and tell me what you think' action. This is absolutely unique in what we've seen of the game so far. Let's leverage it.
Additionally, I suspect that working on the forest in large meaningful ways will help raise our stability.
The forest is the core of our culture; spiritually and societally. Doing anything to further it should produce dividends in unifying our people. This should help mitigate any problem effects that may have come about in
this turn. If there were no issues this turn, this will help fortify our society against future strife and make those difficult choices less stressful.
Wether or not 'Study' or Expand Forest' is a main action or secondary. They synergize extremely well, and linking them in the same turn is, frankly, obviously a wise idea.
TL;DR, the idea behind these first two actions is to stabilize our society and econ with tree planting, and gain some dead useful techs and insight along the way, which should also help our econ.
[FUT][Secondary] Expand Places to Spirits
(I don't know if we actually have to pick, but he forest shrine is the way to go here)
So, I don't actually know what to pick here. Our mysticysm is at 6, so I'm not terribly worried. The only reason I put this here is it would synergize well with the above actions, and promote some unity and intellectual thought.
Other choices to go here would be any major action that improves our internal workings. Walls, Snail domestication, pastures, what have you. These will all boost our econ, permanently improve our infrastructure, and prepare us for our next project.
