I haven't really used drones or nanites yet. But when I get there I'll probably have something to say about it.

You should try playing as your population management will never be an issue. I mean pops do grow over time but planets are really big thank God lots of room. And civilization 6 the bigger your cities get the slower the population increases. Also not very many civ games have a disapproval for high population. You are definitely on to a legitimate concern with the game I'm not sure how the designers will resolve it.

Why are you implementing a population cap of 1 on ungoverned colonies?

I'm so happy to hear this, I've been overly careful about colonizing class 2 planets for the food balance.

Carrie have you considered an overhaul of the way planet output is calculated. I mean the overall concept that you have to have something to make something kind of make sense in general but the way it's applied to specific settings can get sticky. You could create a research lab anywhere in real life, but in this game if you don't have a positive research input on your planet you could build 50 research centers and get nothing and most new players won't even notice that. I think the problem could be easily solved by allowing some improvements to provide a base value of input to planets regardless of the pre-existing input. The current system makes a little bit more sense for things like farming and manufacturing since you need minerals and land. But there could still be a late game hydroponic farm to add farming to planets that have no farmable land I mean people build farms indoors right here on Earth I think they'll figure out a way to do it in space too. Approval in buildings work regardless of planet value. A planet value for cultural influence doesn't really make much sense conceptually either since there's not like an influence mineral in the ground.

Thank you for reading my input. I look forward to seeing the changes and version 0.6.

It has been implemented for some time now.  Galaxy Options on game startup, dropdown list with several options.

11. You should be able to sort planets by size in the info section at the top right. This would help people find Core Worlds to settle much easier, especially on maps with many, many, and lots, and lots of planets.

12. The clouds on the main map should be optional and hex lines more visible on the main map. As it is it makes it very difficult to move my ships in an organized manor as visibility is horribly degraded. Bear in mind not all your players are 20 years old with perfect eyesight, and some like this humble writer suffer from Ocular Migraines and having to squint to see the map increases the likelihood of one being triggered.                                                           Also, the zoom ratio should return to that of GCIII. By this I mean the point that your artwork turns to icon should be much sooner as the smaller they start at the harder it is for people like me to see them and while the Art Department as always has done an outstanding job the art is another trigger for my migraines. 

I say again my bad on the Scum in my home sector complaint that I had not as I thought updated the game.