What effect is low approval supposed to have on an empire? Playing as the Terrans, I was at war against a 5x stronger Yor Collective but one whose approval rating, through a series of bad decisions, hovered from 0-1% on the various worlds I encountered. Given that abysmal approval rating I was surprised that the empire functioned at all, let alone had the strongest military, best technology, and highest manufacturing rate. In GCII planets with such low approval would see strikes, death of population, and at times even defection to a minor race. Why didn't I observe any of that with the Yor in this case?