I've thought it over and decided to change the modifiers to check for low/high power projection (below 30% or above 70%) instead, on account of your feedback.

Basically, more disaffected people falling through various cracks and/or finding the general society unlivable (eg. due to persecution of their ideas/beliefs/identities) and absconding to the fringes, resorting to piracy and suchlike to support themselves and possibly also harass the realm of their origin for reasons both political and personal. Think any number of IRL Third World guerilla movements that nigh-inevitably turn to activities like kidnapping, extortion, drug trade and plain banditry and robbery (piracy if suitably situated, as in eg. Somalia and various Maritime SEA countries) to sustain themselves.

@hellm100, notice how authoritarian governments focus directly on stability over general citizen happiness. Their firm rule pushes more and more dissenters into the fringes where (lacking any legitimate outlet) they turn to piracy. Meanwhile, egalitarian citizens tend to be more content, thus reducing piracy.

It's a good mod, but it's strange that authoritarianism increases the chances of piracy. In fact, authoritarians are more likely to enforce internal security.

Amazing update! I've been hoping you'd update this for 4.0

This mod is a complete redesign of my previous project for Stellaris v3.14. The legacy version can be found here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3411849912