I've noticed that it was nerfed to just 1 influence instead of the additional 1+ influence on temperate. I can understand that it was too powerful and it needs to be rebalanced. But taking it completely away makes their pop just a bit boring to handle. These special pop bonuses makes them more interesting because you would send them to planets they prefer and it makes handling pop more fun. Every minor faction and all the major factions have bonuses like 3+ Science on cold or 3+ Happiness on hot etc. Only Riftborn and Vodyani don't have an addional pop bonus because they already have incredible strong pop stats. So could you at least give the Empire something else? How about a small industry bonus on temperate? It would fit cause they are industrialists.