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The MC has a system to make choices for him that simulate an optimal path for a set goal in terms of planet development.
The MC lets his civilisation fracture and stop researching so it can do ancient Chinas fall apart trick, for some unknown reason, when he could be encouraging art and technology actively to speed up the planets combat development.
The only reason I can think that this is happening is a tribute to saying "China is great and our history is the best, " as a parallel it would feel like me a european making a civilisation and just after they made guns having them go through the dark ages for no reason.
I suspect that the author will make this at least 50 years period of the MCs inner planet seem worth it by having the resulting kindoms enter an arms race, but why go through it at all. There are already enemies to pit your civilisation against, why pit it against itself allowing research to skid to a halt at all. Just go and fight some other planet civilisations for fun and profit
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