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[Michael]

This question is a little unfair for me since I'm the developer haha. I've tried quite a few different setups so far, but my main colony is very egalitarian and democratic. 

I'd like to spend more time experimenting with market economies that are entirely run by worker cooperatives. I'm hoping to start playing with that once I knock some things off my todo list.

What about you?

[ajp]

I appreciate this answer is far too late!  But maybe this might be something you'd consider adding in the future.

Would be interested in creating authoritarian societies to see how they can be subverted and transformed into a society free from the brutal tyranny of a select few.  There's a short book called "From Dictatorship to Democracy" by Gene Sharp which might be of interest.  I appreciate I haven't play this game yet so perhaps not all the elements of a state like monopoly of power (through police and armed forces) might be simulated yet/ever but perhaps the economic side of resistance could be.

...Noncooperation would also be applied against specific policies. At times stalling and procrastination may be quietly and even secretly practiced, while at other times open disobedience and defiant public demonstrations and strikes may be visible to all.
On the other hand, if the dictatorship is vulnerable to economic pressures or if many of the popular grievances against it are economic, then economic action, such as boycotts or strikes, may be appropriate resistance methods. The dictators' efforts to exploit the economic system might be met with limited general strikes, slow-downs, and refusal of assistance by (or disappearance of) indispensable experts. Selective use of various types of strikes may be conducted at key points in manufacturing, in transport, in the supply of raw materials, and in the distribution of products.
Some methods of nonviolent struggle require people to perform acts unrelated to their normal lives, such as distributing leaflets, operating an underground press, going on hunger strike, or sitting down in the streets. These methods may be difficult for some people to undertake except in very extreme situations.
Other methods of nonviolent struggle instead require people to continue approximately their normal lives, though in somewhat different ways.
For example, people may report for work, instead of striking, but then deliberately work more slowly or inefficiently than usual. "Mistakes" may be consciously made more frequently. One may become "sick" and "unable" to work at certain times. Or, one may simply refuse to work. One might go to religious services when the act expresses not only religious but also political convictions. One may act to protect children from the attackers propaganda by education at home or in illegal classes. One might refuse to join certain "recommended" or required organizations that one would not have joined freely in earlier times. The similarity of such types of action to peoples usual activities and the limited degree of departure from their normal lives may make participation in the national liberation struggle much easier for many people.
Since nonviolent struggle and violence operate in fundamentally different ways, even limited resistance violence during a political defiance campaign will be counterproductive, for it will shift the struggle to one in which the dictators have an overwhelming advantage (military warfare). Nonviolent discipline is a key to success and must be maintained despite provocations and brutalities by the dictators and their agents.
The maintenance of nonviolent discipline against violent opponents facilitates the workings of the four mechanisms of change in nonviolent struggle (discussed below). Nonviolent discipline is also extremely important in the process of political jiu-jitsu. In this process the stark brutality of the regime against the clearly nonviolent actionists...

ref: page 47-49

[Michael]

Welcome to the forums, and thanks for sharing!

...Noncooperation would also be applied against specific policies. At times stalling and procrastination may be quietly and even secretly practiced, while at other times open disobedience and defiant public demonstrations and strikes may be visible to all.
On the other hand, if the dictatorship is vulnerable to economic pressures or if many of the popular grievances against it are economic, then economic action, such as boycotts or strikes, may be appropriate resistance methods. The dictators' efforts to exploit the economic system might be met with limited general strikes, slow-downs, and refusal of assistance by (or disappearance of) indispensable experts. Selective use of various types of strikes may be conducted at key points in manufacturing, in transport, in the supply of raw materials, and in the distribution of products.

You'll find some stuff like this in the game! If colonists are angry they may start a rebellion which can cripple the entire economy. You'll have to decide how to deal with these things, but one option is to have a revolution and redesign your economy and government.