Growing Polarization
The "Growing Polarization" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Growing Polarization

Country event
Popular media is awash with reports about the supposed failure of inter-species integration. Of particular concern is the cost of supporting certain populations on worlds their xenotype never evolved to inhabit. As tensions continue to rise, security forces have reported an alarming increase in inter-species conflict.
The command below will trigger the "Growing Polarization" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- We will not place limits on freedom of speech.
- Instruct the media to tone down their rhetoric.
- Gain modifier: State Sanctioned Media
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Growing Polarization (origin.5200) connects.
Triggered by
- The Cost of Freedom
origin.5046
Can lead to
- A Culture of Division
origin.5210