Preferred government effects?

[Rusty Nail]

Does the preferred governement of a civ checked off in the editor have any effect on the human playing the civ (e.g. greater efficiency, less corruption, etc.), or it strictly a factor that affects the way the AI plays the game?

[CerberusIV]

AFAIK it just influences the AI choosing which government type to use.

[Franses]

Cerberus is right. It has no direct effect on the human player. There is a (rather current) thread describing it all in detail but I could not find it quickly.

[Willem]

According to a post I read, those designations have very little impact. Apparently someone from Firaxis mentioned that those settings did very little in terms of gameplay.