
Politician
Politician is an elite job in Stellaris 4.5.2. For every 100 jobs filled it produces 5 Unity and costs 3 Consumer Goods a month. 42 buildings and districts add it, among them Imperial Palace, System Capital-Complex and Planetary Capital.
What a Politician produces
Per 100 jobs filled, before modifiers. Variants that only some empires or worlds get open with their condition.
- Upkeep per 100 jobs
3Consumer Goods- Produces per 100 jobs
+5Unity
+4Trade — any of: Megacorporation; any of: Civic: Corporate Sovereign- Politician is executive
- Owner
- Has corporate government
- Any of
- Megacorporation
- Civic: Corporate Sovereign
- Any of
- Has corporate government
- Owner
-1.5Unity — any of: Politician is merchant; any of: Civic: Augmentation…- Planet
- Any of
- Politician is merchant
- Politician is augmentation merchant
- Politician is ashbroker
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is merchant
- Any of
+6Trade — any of: Politician is merchant; any of: Civic: Augmentation…- Planet
- Any of
- Politician is merchant
- Politician is augmentation merchant
- Politician is ashbroker
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is merchant
- Any of
-1Unity — any of: Civic: Technocracy; any of: Building: Research Inst…- Planet
- Politician is science director
+1Physics Research — any of: Civic: Technocracy; any of: Building: Research Inst…- Planet
- Politician is science director
+1Society Research — any of: Civic: Technocracy; any of: Building: Research Inst…- Planet
- Politician is science director
+1Engineering Research — any of: Civic: Technocracy; any of: Building: Research Inst…- Planet
- Politician is science director
+1Unity — any of: Civic: Exalted Priesthood; any of: Authority: Dicta…- Planet
- Any of
- Politician is high priest
- Any of
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Exalted Priesthood
- Authority: Dictatorial
- Country flag: transcendent_government
- Any of
- Building: Citadel of Faith
- Owner
- Any of
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is high priest
- Any of
+2Unity — Politician is sacred path elite- Planet
- Politician is sacred path elite
+2Engineering Research — Origin: Cybernetic Creed- Planet
- Politician is technophant
+1.5Unity — Politician is blazewright; Politician is fire oracle; any o…- Planet
- Politician is blazewright
- Politician is radiant priest
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is high priest
- Any of
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Exalted Priesthood
- Authority: Dictatorial
- Country flag: transcendent_government
- Any of
- Building: Citadel of Faith
- Owner
- Any of
+2Unity — Politician is blazing harbinger- Planet
- Politician is blazing harbinger
+1Unity — any of: Civic: Superstitious Beliefs; any of: Civic: Zodiac…- Planet
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest
- Owner
- Is superstitious beliefs empire
- Not: Megacorporation
- Owner
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest
+6Trade — any of: Civic: Superstitious Beliefs; any of: Civic: Zodiac…- Planet
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest corporate
- Owner
- Is superstitious beliefs empire
- Megacorporation
- Owner
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest corporate
- Politician is executive
Where Politicians come from
Every building, district and zone whose job modifiers add this job. Zones add their amount for every district they sit on.
Imperial PalaceBuilding · 600 jobs (varies by empire)
System Capital-ComplexBuilding · 400 jobs (varies by empire)
Planetary CapitalBuilding · 300 jobs (varies by empire)
Administrative ArrayBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Augmentation BazaarBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Citadel of FaithBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Deployment PostBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Galactic Stock ExchangeBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Governor's EstatesBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Governor's PalaceBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Grand Embassy ComplexBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Habitat AdministrationBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Habitat Central ControlBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Habitat System ControlBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Hive CoreBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Hive NexusBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Imperial CenterBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Imperial ComplexBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Imperial ComplexBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Ministry of ProductionBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Planetary AdministrationBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Planetary ProcessorBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Planetary Root BundleBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Planetary Root ComplexBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Planetary Root NexusBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Planetary TendrilsBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Primary NexusBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Reassembled Ship ShelterBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Research InstituteBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Resort AdministrationBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Resort Capital-ComplexBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
United Sanctum of AugmentationBuilding · 200 jobs (varies by empire)
Administrative ComplexBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Corporate EmbassyBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Disinformation CenterBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Embassy ComplexBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Grand Cathedral of ToilBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Grand Forge of the FellowshipBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Imperial Concession PortBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Noble EstatesBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Sanctum of AugmentationBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
The Grand Battlements of SteelBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
The Grand Concert Hall of the MindBuilding · 100 jobs (varies by empire)
Other effects of the job
- +300Amenities
when…
- Always
- +400Amenities
when…
- Any of
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is blazewright
- Politician is blazing harbinger
- Politician is radiant priest
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is high priest
- Any of
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Exalted Priesthood
- Authority: Dictatorial
- Country flag: transcendent_government
- Any of
- Building: Citadel of Faith
- Owner
- Any of
- Politician is pyrocrat
- Politician is ashbroker
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is merchant
- +0.02Stability
when…
- Politician is blazing harbinger
- +0.5Stability
when…
- Politician is noble
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Aristocratic Elite
- Is cyber imperial
- Authority: Imperial
- Any of
- Country flag: cyber_individualist
- Country flag: cyber_collectivist
- Any of
- Owner
- +0.5Stability
when…
- Any of
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest
- Owner
- Is superstitious beliefs empire
- Not: Megacorporation
- Owner
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest corporate
- Owner
- Is superstitious beliefs empire
- Megacorporation
- Owner
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest
- +200Amenities
when…
- +1Stability
when…
- Has designation: Penal Colony
- +0.25Stability
when…
- Politician is sacred path elite
- Owner
- Modifier: First Light Guidance
Other names
swappable_data: the same job shows another name for some empires or planets.
- Executive
- Politician is executive
- Owner
- Has corporate government
- Any of
- Megacorporation
- Civic: Corporate Sovereign
- Any of
- Has corporate government
- Owner
- Politician is executive
- Science Director
- Politician is science director
- Noble
- Politician is noble
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Aristocratic Elite
- Is cyber imperial
- Authority: Imperial
- Any of
- Country flag: cyber_individualist
- Country flag: cyber_collectivist
- Any of
- Owner
- Politician is noble
- Merchant
- Politician is merchant
- High Priest
- Politician is high priest
- Any of
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Exalted Priesthood
- Authority: Dictatorial
- Country flag: transcendent_government
- Any of
- Building: Citadel of Faith
- Owner
- Any of
- Politician is high priest
- Technophant
- Politician is technophant
- Fire Oracle
- Politician is fire oracle
- Blazewright
- Politician is blazewright
- Radiant Priest
- Politician is radiant priest
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is high priest
- Any of
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Exalted Priesthood
- Authority: Dictatorial
- Country flag: transcendent_government
- Any of
- Building: Citadel of Faith
- Owner
- Any of
- Politician is radiant priest
- Pyrocrat
- Politician is pyrocrat
- Ashbroker
- Politician is ashbroker
- Politician is fire oracle
- Politician is merchant
- Politician is ashbroker
- Blazing Harbinger
- Politician is blazing harbinger
- Planetary Warden
- Politician is planetary warden
- Noble Scientist
- Politician is noble
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Aristocratic Elite
- Is cyber imperial
- Authority: Imperial
- Any of
- Country flag: cyber_individualist
- Country flag: cyber_collectivist
- Any of
- Owner
- Politician is science director
- Politician is noble
- Sacred Noble
- Politician is noble
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Aristocratic Elite
- Is cyber imperial
- Authority: Imperial
- Any of
- Country flag: cyber_individualist
- Country flag: cyber_collectivist
- Any of
- Owner
- Politician is high priest
- Any of
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Exalted Priesthood
- Authority: Dictatorial
- Country flag: transcendent_government
- Any of
- Building: Citadel of Faith
- Owner
- Any of
- Politician is noble
- Augmentation Merchant
- Politician is augmentation merchant
- High Astrologist
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest
- Owner
- Is superstitious beliefs empire
- Not: Megacorporation
- Owner
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest
- Fortune Broker
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest corporate
- Owner
- Is superstitious beliefs empire
- Megacorporation
- Owner
- Politician is superstitious beliefs high priest corporate
- Tech Visionary
- Politician is visionary
- Politician is merchant
- Politician is science director
- Politician is visionary
- Patrician
- Politician is noble
- Owner
- Any of
- Civic: Aristocratic Elite
- Is cyber imperial
- Authority: Imperial
- Any of
- Country flag: cyber_individualist
- Country flag: cyber_collectivist
- Any of
- Owner
- Politician is merchant
- Politician is noble
- High Pilgrim
- Politician is sacred path elite
Who can work it
- Has owner
- Not: Is enslaved
- Not: Is being purged
- Not: Is being assimilated
- Is sapient
In the game
The government of an entire colony is a daunting task that requires dedicated and highly trained individuals.
Politician: questions
What does a Politician produce in Stellaris?
For every 100 jobs filled: produces 5 Unity, upkeep 3 Consumer Goods a month, before modifiers (common/pop_jobs). Some outputs depend on the empire; see the page.
How do I get Politicians jobs?
From Imperial Palace, System Capital-Complex, Planetary Capital, Administrative Array, Augmentation Bazaar, Citadel of Faith and 36 more.
Source: common/pop_jobs/01_ruler_jobs.txt, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).
