What does the neutral colony do

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At the beginning of the game, there is a neutral colony named "New Berlin".

Later in the game, what the players and AIs can do with this colony ?

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Best Answer

A Neutral Colony has the following effects:

-The colony adds artificial market pressures to the game mostly in power, food, water, oxygen and fuel.

-The larger the colony the more a pleasure dome will produce.

-If the colony dies from overpriced something all players lose the game

There is an ongoing discussion going on here on Reddit about the characteristics and effects of a Neutral Economy.