Approvel crashing - Need help

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My approval in a huge 20+ hour game has suddenly started tanking.  We're talking 1-2 points per turn.
My reserves are about 100k, and still making a nice $3k  with only 5% taxed.  Since I'm a trader this game, I decided not to have military ships during peace time (aka: I have no military hindering me)

Any suggestions on what I can do?  Alot of my planets are at 40% approval, and I'm wondering if installing entertainment will boost my aprooval; or will it take too long?
(I might add that I'm supporting the smallest nation in the game by giving him money to support his massive army; which I built for him, which makes him lose 2k a turn).

None of my planets are in an enemy influence area, and most of them have been around for 100+ turns. 
I installed alot of pop+ upgrades on my planets, but their populations stopped growing at around 24.1k   Most of these have some appoval + on them but they don't seem to help. 




Any suggestions anyone?  This might kill my nation.   
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That's your problem right there, the population. It is not worthwhile to have populations over twenty billion. You should do something to cull your populations down. I suggest removing something that takes the population limit down to twenty or below on all of your planets.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Your population is the problem. Without heroic measures, no planet can maintain more than 20 billion people - most shouldn't have more than 13.

Building approval buildings will help, especially if you have + approval bonus tiles to build them on. But that population is simply not survivable.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ty for the suggestions, will try it out.

Which race (in TA) has the research for Heroic Measures, and what does it do?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
"best" way to go-

'normal' planet: 1 farm; no morale buildings; pop maxes at 13 Billion

'capital' world: NO farms; maybe one morale building; pop maxes at 16 Billion

'farm' world: must be at least Class 11 (for inherent 10% morale boost); 1 farm on 100% food tile; morale building on morale tile, or 2 Virtual Reality Centers; Pop maxes out at 20 Billion
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Replaced any farms that brought my planet pop past 20 to an entertainment slot.

In one turn, my population lost about 100 billion.
In that turn I went to 97% approval, and 10k income, with 100% going to social.


Yikes!